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Old 07-11-2018, 12:15 AM
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I don't have the baffles in my deck. It cuts just fine!
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I don't have the baffles in my deck. It cuts just fine!
Maybe if the grass is short. In Illinois, it won't cut for sh!t without them. Leaves strips. One of my decks the baffles are shot. Looks like crap when I mow with it.
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Old 07-11-2018, 12:27 AM
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You do know what I mean by baffles, right? The half circle things that go behind the blades?

You can't put a twin cylinder in the frame of a 129. Doesn't fit. Largest engine you can put in is a K341. (16hp K series.)
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I mentioned the twin cylinder solely to get your thoughts as a point of comparison as to how you feel the old Kohler K-series stacks up against these newer ones. Sorry...I wasn't clear.
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Old 07-11-2018, 12:29 AM
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Maybe if the grass is short. In Illinois, it won't cut for sh!t without them. Leaves strips. One of my decks the baffles are shot. Looks like crap when I mow with it.
lol...I gradually saw the baffles wasting away to nothing over the years. Every time I'd scrape the deck clean each spring more pieces of them would come off. I'm sure it's far better for them to be there, but my blades pretty much just rip the grass rather than cut it clean anyway. I'm more concerned about the play in the spindles. The last thing I'd want is to have the deck start self-destructing while the blades are running.
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I mentioned the twin cylinder solely to get your thoughts as a point of comparison as to how you feel the old Kohler K-series stacks up against these newer ones. Sorry...I wasn't clear.
Oh. The K series are better. The cast iron Kohlers can be rebuilt. They are one of the single best engines ever made. Both in durability, hours of service, and low maintenance cost. They are also the easiest to get parts for and the cheapest.
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Yeah, you need to rebuild the spindles.
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Given the cost I'm being quoted for some of these other tractors, I can believe it. Can't imagine there is ANY (new) tractor engine out there that would last as long as I've had this 129.
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Yeah, you need to rebuild the spindles.
On a deck that's apparently starting to rust out?
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On a deck that's apparently starting to rust out?
Well, it's a bit of a crap shoot, really. It's tough for us to judge whether it's worth it or not without actually seeing the deck. And each of us would have different go/no go criteria.

I look at it this way, even if I put new spindles in the deck and in a few years it crumpled due to rust thinning it to the point of failure, I can always salvage the spindles and use them in the next deck.
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Well, it's a bit of a crap shoot, really. It's tough for us to judge whether it's worth it or not without actually seeing the deck. And each of us would have different go/no go criteria.

I look at it this way, even if I put new spindles in the deck and in a few years it crumpled due to rust thinning it to the point of failure, I can always salvage the spindles and use them in the next deck.

And I'll say the K series kohlers can't be beat for longevity as mentioned, and soooo many were built for sooo many equipment manufactures and a lot were not "mower" related.
They come pretty close in popularity to a small block chevrolet.
Prolly still be in production if the Emission regs were not enacted.
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