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Well the past couple of days its been a real scorcher here in Alabama. Every evening we have gotten a pretty fair shower and the next day its humid as all get up. Having about 6 acres of fast growing grass facing me even with a GX 335 to cut it, it still would have been better to sip cool ones under the shade tree. I kept thinking I like shade, and wished I had a roof on my GX. So......I "borrowed" my wifes large umbrella probably 42 to 48" in diameter. Looked it over pretty good to see if I could mount it without affecting or altering the umbrella itself so as to not have her get upset. What I came up with was to use heavy duty nylon ties to secure a piece of 1 1/4" PVC pipe vertically in the milk crate I have on my L & G tractors rear carrier. The umbrellas handle fit into this PVC pipe just right. So off I went to give it a try. I have to say it was super having mobile shade follow you around at high noon while cutting grass. So today or this week sometime I am on my quest to find a nice heavy duty umbrella in a color more suitable to my JD colors or at least a reasonable pattern..........but one way or another my JD will have an mount made ASAP to hold an umbrella before its used to cut grass again. I don;t know how I got by all these years without some sort of shade or cover. It made a huge difference in confort.
My wife bought me one of those extended reach grabber thinga ma jigs. I made a mount for it also off the rear carrier of the JD to mount it. Its mounted vertically and snaps in and out of a spring clip. This item too has become an invaluable tool in my day to day use of the L & G. It saves a lot of on and off the tractor during the course of a day in things such as picking up a stick or other odds and ends while cutting, and its even capable of hooking and unhooking my numerous electric fence gate handles, and a whole host of other chores all without having to get up and off the tractor. The grabber upper she bought is capable of picking up a penny from the ground and has two metal claws with a rubber tip on them, not the type that uses plastic or springy sheet meal strips to form the claw. Pretty durable, and more than capable of picking up a piece of limb 3 to 4" in diam at least high enough to grab the end by hand and shove it out of the way. I have lots of pine trees (long lead pines) which are notorious for always shedding short dead limbs etc especially after a rain or wind. So if your always having to get on and off your machine during use, and you feel lazy like me, get yourself one of those extended grabber things.
My wife bought me one of those extended reach grabber thinga ma jigs. I made a mount for it also off the rear carrier of the JD to mount it. Its mounted vertically and snaps in and out of a spring clip. This item too has become an invaluable tool in my day to day use of the L & G. It saves a lot of on and off the tractor during the course of a day in things such as picking up a stick or other odds and ends while cutting, and its even capable of hooking and unhooking my numerous electric fence gate handles, and a whole host of other chores all without having to get up and off the tractor. The grabber upper she bought is capable of picking up a penny from the ground and has two metal claws with a rubber tip on them, not the type that uses plastic or springy sheet meal strips to form the claw. Pretty durable, and more than capable of picking up a piece of limb 3 to 4" in diam at least high enough to grab the end by hand and shove it out of the way. I have lots of pine trees (long lead pines) which are notorious for always shedding short dead limbs etc especially after a rain or wind. So if your always having to get on and off your machine during use, and you feel lazy like me, get yourself one of those extended grabber things.
