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@@uncleeddie-xo9ln Thanks for watching. I couldn't agree more.

@billgriner3754 I, in fact, made one myself. I cut it just a bit larger than the opening than the discharge opening and welded it in place. I wish I could share pictures on here, otherwise, I would show you.

@markbouldin6513 Thanks for watching. I don't think anyone around here (Ft. Bragg area) has a yazoo. I might be a horse of a different breed, but that's why I don't run liquid cooled machines. Air cooled engines perform quite well, and there's never a worry about cooling system issues. My first Gravely, a 2008 152 xdz had over 6,000 hours on it when I sold it. The 23 hp kawasaki engine never had a single overheating issue.

@bjrollick5262 thanks for watching. That's one I haven't used. My absolute favorite is the red copperhead .105. That stuff is nearly bullet proof.

@BigSouthOutdoorsTV One thing I have found with the Husqvarna Titanium is if you beat it against the ground it will over heat and melt off at the head like you were describing but if you flip edge and don't best the ground it's fine and for regular Trimming it holds up great. Amazon has the 3lb spools for $45

@bjrollick5262 I'll check it out. Thanks!

@@markd9105 we got what we needed when tropical storm Debby came through.

@@efrenvenegas3346 We are doing well. Thank you for asking.

@bigsonslawncare I've never heard you mention it. I didn't know you had one.

@auralsonicwaves7170 Oh my God, I love Scotty Kilmer. I have several products he has featured on his channel. I also love @chickanic.

@@markd9105 I agree. This particular customer has been with me from day one, 25 years ago.

@@darrellbrackett7948 I'm not sure what you're referring to.

@johnforsyth8414 Thanks for watching. Very good question. I'll explain it the way it was explained to me by the dealer. Any Gravely mower with a rollover protection (ROP) bar is commercial. The Gravely pro turn Z & ZX are their commercial entry level machines. Anything below that is residential and only SLIGHTLY better than this Ariens. I stake my reputation both as a business owner and a youtuber on the quality of Gravely machines, but nothing on the residential side. If you are looking at a particular machine for your own personal use, i.e., using it every two weeks, I would look at the Gravely proturn Z.

@johnforsyth8414 I have zero experience with them, so I really am not qualified to say other than to say their parts are proprietary. That means you HAVE to buy their parts and they are double and sometimes triple what other companies charge for the same parts. That is why I've never owned one.

@@BigSouthOutdoorsTV Thanks! I don’t know anything about them and only read a few comments on your videos. Thanks for clarifying that.

@edwardrmayojr872 yes it could've been.

@markd9105 Even though I am one, I try my best to support small local businesses. Thanks for watching! 😁

@@auralsonicwaves7170 yea, they pulled us out of a bind for sure.

Me too. We were in a literal panic, but Mike's Plumbing got it taken care of. Thanks for watching.

@keithpowell2786 Thanks for your support Keith. They don't seem to be nearly as bad this year. One of my customers, an extermination company treats them. I don't know if they are being irradiated or if it's something else. Either way, I'm glad they aren't nearly as bad as they were just a few years ago.

Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you're subscribed.

@georgekelly9797 due to privacy and respect for my customers, with all due respect, I don't discuss exact pricing. I will say this, I charge a fair market price for my area.

@@markd9105 Thank you.

Thank you for watching and for your support.

@cobracommander2885 the 352 has a little over 100 hours and the 452 has over 1,400 hours. Both are doing great. I haven't thought about doing an update video, but I can.

@@cobracommander2885 Thank you for watching and for your support.

@@auralsonicwaves7170 Thanks for watching and for those kind words.

@@snowjammma Thank you for watching. God is my source. The members of his body are some of my customers. 😁

@johnforsyth8414 Thanks for watching. Yes I will expound. The reference I made to going slower was simply because the aftermarket blades are slightly shorter than the OEM blades and may require a slower speed to cut all the grass.

@@cyclone61jeff42 Thanks for watching. YES, they do!

@melparr1139 Thanks for watching. I don't have any experience with Yamaha engines. All I've ever had was Kawasaki engines, other than the Kohler engine that was on the Craftsman z6400. I'm glad your dealer was willing to work with you on making you happy, unlike the dealer I bought this machine from. They didn't even want to talk to me. That's why, after 22 years of trading, I went to a different dealer.

@markd9105 Well, thank you sir.

@markd9105 thanks for watching. No, I haven't. I'll look into it.

@@markd9105 Thanks for watching. I think so. 😁

@@barry8458 I KNOW, RIGHT! They are not hardened. I took one of the blades to a metallurgist and had them tested. No carbon whatsoever in the metal.

@danwhite635 Thanks for watching. It's almost the same machine as this Ariens with a couple of exceptions. The front forks are reinforced, it has 1.5 more hp, and the seat has a high backrest. That's it. If you're interested in a Gravely, I would step up and take a look at the pro turn z or zx. They are entry-level commercial machines and whether or not you're using it for personal use or business, the pro turn z and zx are good starting points.

@@JustJoshinSC I agree. Hind sight is 20/20. Had I know then what I know now, I would've looked elsewhere. I wish Gravely had a small commercial mower that costs under $5,000.00.

@@BigSouthOutdoorsTV I’ve been getting the Gravley Laser Edge blades now. They are $100 a set but I have 35 hours on the ones on my mower now and they are still good. The metal is thin layers that peel back and h Keep the blade pretty sharp. Idk how they do it but they are good blades! I live in central SC and we have a lot of sand in our soil. Tears mower blades up.

@@JustJoshinSC I'm 22 miles east of Ft. Bragg. Have you ever tried copperhead blades made by Rotary? They last longer than factory blades and are half the cost. That's all I use on both my Gravely mowers.

@@BigSouthOutdoorsTV I have. They didn’t work well here. I have to buy industrial blades. There’s so much sand it just dulls them.

@JustJoshinSC any blade is going to get dull within a week or two of heavy use. I sharpen and change blades every week. Otherwise, the grass blade tips turn brown.

@rickerose541 you have obviously never experienced southern summers. TOO HOT for long pants of any kind. These work much better thank you very much.

@BigSouthOutdoorsTV you are right. I grew up in s.e. Oklahoma. It gets very hot and humid there too.

@bamagolds Thanks for watching. They own the rights to sell Gravely but they did not design Gravely machines. Benjamin Franklin Gravely designed them. Ariensco bought the selling rights in 1982. Gravely machines are still built by the same design standards that Mr. Gravely did.

@gateway8833 not much. We do have a couple of properties that, when it gets really dry, it gets dusty. Most of our properties are more loamy than sandy. The problem with the blades is they aren't hardened. I took one of them to a metallurgist and had the steel tested. There were only trace elements of carbon in the steel. That's why they didn't last.

@josephhettiger2711 thanks for watching. Not at all. If you do, it's not the line, it's because the user has ejected too much line. I use the .105 diameter because, in commercial applications, it lasts 3 times longer. .155 is brittle due to how hard it is, so I stick with the .105.

@Garciaboy80 for stuff, too big for a trimmer of hedge trimmer, I break out the chainsaw. 🤣

@@auralsonicwaves7170 you're welcome and thanks for watching.

Are you talking about the head that resembles a wire grinding wheel?

@@BigSouthOutdoorsTV no that's another farce only for cement echo black diamond I'm gonna try if not I won't stop searching until I find it and when I do I'll let you know personally Brian dad is still here went from 285 to 177 says the food isn't all that great but his mind along with his insults and advice are right on he even went to the reunion via wheel chair van it's hard to take a polish hard head Amy vet out he's living proof I sometimes think I have some of his trates but no contest when it comes to cutting grass I'm the king in that area he wasn't happy when I bought the gravely zt hd 52 she wouldn't let me get the 60 damn women it was my coin and she still won we need to Tim up so as to tell them we're to stick there thoughts and opinions ha ha ha but I'll say this much ya shes got some scratches but recoat paint is great not one issue at all even with a brush up against a curb at 8mph build like a brick outhouse hee haw

@@douglasgraham1916 Please do. You won't be disappointed.

@@user-zs5bp7ts8q is that rotary line?

@HikingFreak Thank you for watching. Ariens and Gravely machines are not even in the same solar system. First, Ariensco engineers designed Ariens mowers. Gravely mowers were designed by Benjamin Franklin Gravely. Their first zero turn was built in 1939. Even though Gravely has changed hands several different times over the years, now Ariensco, the machines themselves were not engineered by Arienco. They bought the rights to sell Gravely products, but they are still built by the standards that Mr. Gravely designed them by. They might be assembled and sold by Ariensco, but they are NOT the same. Example: The mower featured in this video weights 640 lbs. My Gravely 352 weighs 1,400 lbs. My first Gravely, a 152 xdz, weighed 1,200 lbs. When I sold it....4 years ago, it had over 6,000 hours on it and to this day, it's still going strong. The Ariens in this video, has 192 hours on it. You saw the repairs I've had to do on it, and I honestly don't know how long they will last. THAT'S the difference.

@@BigSouthOutdoorsTV Thanks and makes sense. I know that even the Ariens IKON from Lowe's and the retailer are two different units.

@scottr3141 thanks for watching. 500 hrs??? Oh dear Jesus. Please change those blades. Your machine will appreciate it. 🤣

@cprice1 Thanks for watching. As for residential zero turns for personal use, I would take a serious at Cratfsman z series. Avoid ANYTHING with a pressurized Briggs and Stratton. If you're not familiar with what that means, avoid any machine that has a Briggs engine that has an oil filter. Get one with a Kawasaki or Kolher engine. The Craftsman I showed in this video had 847 hours on it when I sold it, and it's still going. I wouldn't recommend it for full time commercial use, but they are tough machines when it comes to personal, home use. If you're not interested in that, check into Cub Cadet.

@jwbranham2009 Thank you for watching. Your assumption about the blades is 100% spot on. Not long after I released this video, I took one of the blades to a metallurgist and had the steel tested. In short, there was no carbon in the metal. Carbon is one of many metal hardening agents. He showed me the test printout, and it showed only minute traces of carbon in the steel. He told me those blades were too soft to be used for mower blades.

@@Garciaboy80 AWESOME!