Clonts Lawn & Landscaping Pics

[Clonts Landscaping]

Well I have enjoyed looking at you guys work and equipment pics so here are a couple of my equipment pics. I will post some more stuff later. Just broke out the digital camera for the first time in a long time so will have to take some work pics later. Questions and comments welcome.161764

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[Clonts Landscaping]

Bought a new aerator today and enough seed and fert to get started.

[Lawn Freak]

Thats a really nice truck. I like your W/B too haha

[Clonts Landscaping]

Thanks man, I love it. Had a 03 4.0 ranger before and dont miss it a bit.

[2brothersyardcare]

nice stuff man

[teamgreendude]

how did you manage to get aerator off i really want one with my old blue bird de-thatcher it's such a time consuming process, mowing de-thatching, seeding, starter fert.

[JosephLawnCare]

what did the lesco aerator set you back, mind me asking. what's the difference between the lesco aerator and a ryan aerator?

[Clonts Landscaping]

The aerator was about 2800 out the door. I'm not sure the difference between the new Ryan aerators. I have a old Ryan that's not a split shaft but other than that they operate the same. That Lesco is actually a Classen just painted another color.

[TREEGUARD]

so then the aerator weighs on ton & your dead tired at the end of the day. I know i rented on a couple of years ago. But my bluebird isn't ant lighter

[TREEGUARD]

those look like KB homes in the back ground are you new to the area

[rusty_keg_3]

Ok, why did you put the aeraton on b4 the fertalizer? Looks good...

[Clonts Landscaping]

I'm not sure who the builder was. I actually purchased the house as a foreclosure a couple of years ago. Whoever had it before me trashed it so me and couple of friends fixed it up and I saved a few bucks.

[Clonts Landscaping]

I put the aerator on first so I wouldn't have to tie it down. I wasn't aerating yesterday just went to pick up the aerator fert and seed. I haven't done any aeration yet this year. We haven't had more than a sprinkle or two in over a month. Look at my yard in the background of the pics I posted. Nice and crispy.:cry::cry::cry:

[Clonts Landscaping]

Picked up a dumptruck a couple of months ago and figured I would post a pic. Will try to get some work pics up this week.

[old oak lawn]

That's a Good Looking truck. The bed looks really high, what was it used for before you bought it.

[93Chevy]

Looks like that may have been a grain body, but I could be wrong.

I like both your Ford and your Chevy. That's a cool looking dump, but you'd have a hard time pulling me out of the Powerstoke.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Thanks. I think someone used it for debris removal but not sure. Dont think it was a grain truck becuase it did not have a grain chute on the door.

[rcslawncare]

Nice stuff, I like the dump!

[GrassIsGreenerLawnCare]

Nice man! i also like the gravely...good to see other people like the heavy beasts as well! lol mine took a tumble out of the trailer when i got hit from behind at a stop light and did a full barrell roll and didnt bend/ break a thing except for a bent rim.(wasnt tied down cuz it was in sideways) Love the truck too....unfortunately im starting the way u did with a 4.0 chevy s-10, cant wait to get a real truck soon.

[bobcat48]

Nice truck and nice gravely.looks good.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Yeah those gravleys are built like tanks. I just wish it was a hydro just could not justify the spending the money at the time.

[eatonpcat]

Yeah those gravleys are built like tanks. I just wish it was a hydro just could not justify the spending the money at the time.

My Gravely is heading to the shop today for transmission repairs... 270 hours!!

[GrassIsGreenerLawnCare]

My Gravely is heading to the shop today for transmission repairs... 270 hours!!

i dont wanna steal the thread...but do u mind saying what model gravely? my 1336 leaks fluid from the gear shifter spout on the transmission. 180hrs and already had a bent trans pulley, multiple tranny belts, leaks, and electric pto problems (went thru fuses and blades wouldnt engage). its running and has been running like a champ ever since i fixed these minor problems tho. i find it to be one fast mower cuz of the large tires. alot faster than my exmark!
love your truck too by the way CLONTS...cant wait to get a dumper

[Clonts Landscaping]

Mine only has 120 hours but no problems so far. My Bobcat has a little over 325 hours and is going to have warranty work done on the motor and seat.

[mowerdude777]

Looks great

[Clonts Landscaping]

Thanks Dude

[STIHL GUY]

nice setup. that ford looks sweet

[Clonts Landscaping]

Thanks Stihl. It's is in desperate need of a good cleaning. Inside and out.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Snapped a few work pics the last couple of days. My Bobcat is at the dealer getting some warranty work done so I broke out the old Husky. I miss my Bobcat after running it the last couple days.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Couple more

[Clonts Landscaping]

A HOA account.

[bobcat48]

Very nice.

[Clonts Landscaping]

I picked up a Wright Sentar off of craigslist. It's has less than 200 hrs on it and came with the bagger. I had to put a plugg in one of the back tires and adust the clutch and throttle and she is ready for the spring.

[GreenGiant94]

Looks great man! Awesome truck! How do you like your husky ztr? Does it work well?

[newjerseylandscaping]

Nice stuff. Love the truck.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Like the husky alot. I use it as a backup and to bag leaves with. Its a good mower but my Bobcat will run circles around it. I will try and post some pics of it with the bagger on later this week.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Thanks Jersey.

[bobcat48]

Looks good.very nice stander congarts and have fun with it.u have a great season.one sweet stander u got there:weightlifter:

[SIWEL]

I want to look into the standers this year. Wrights look like a real quality machine

[Clonts Landscaping]

I want to look into the standers this year. Wrights look like a real quality machine

Yeah I have been wanting one for a while just did not want to drop 7 or 8k on a new one. I got pretty lucky on this one I think. Picked it up for $3200 with the accelarator bagger.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Looks good.very nice stander congarts and have fun with it.u have a great season.one sweet stander u got there:weightlifter:

Thanks man.:cool2:

[bobcat48]

Thanks man.:cool2:

why Your Welcome,anytime.

[parrlawncare]

You will enjoy the stander man, I love my surfer. It looked really clean and well maintained when you brought it by yesterday. You got a killer deal on it.

Oh yeah, the bobcat is a beast...I should know.

[Clonts Landscaping]

You will enjoy the stander man, I love my surfer. It looked really clean and well maintained when you brought it by yesterday. You got a killer deal on it.

Oh yeah, the bobcat is a beast...I should know.

Thanks Eddie. When you gonna break out that camera and start you a thread?

[Clonts Landscaping]

It took LS forever but I finally got my knew toy.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Sorry, new toy

[Clonts Landscaping]

Also picked up a little tractor a couple of months ago. 32 hp, 66 hrs, and a hydro tranny.

[Clonts Landscaping]

A couple of pics of a few jobs I did this spring.

[KPZ Enterprises]

whats the new toy u have there? mower, spraying rig? cant quite make it out in the crate... any up close pics of it..

[Clonts Landscaping]

whats the new toy u have there? mower, spraying rig? cant quite make it out in the crate... any up close pics of it..

It's a Lawn Solution Aerator.


http://lawnsite.com/showthread.php?t=355204&page=5

[tntstinomite]

how do u like the aerator? How much was it?

[Clonts Landscaping]

Love it so far. $8500

[Clonts Landscaping]

I thought I would snap a pic of my trucks side by side. There both filthy.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Picked up another truck Saturday. I will snap a few more pics in the next couple of days as we build the dovetail and fix a few things.

[mowing4rlife]

Well I have enjoyed looking at you guys work and equipment pics so here are a couple of my equipment pics. I will post some more stuff later. Just broke out the digital camera for the first time in a long time so will have to take some work pics later. Questions and comments welcome.161764




How do you like your gravely?

Bought a new aerator today and enough seed and fert to get started.

:clapping:Nice aerator you got there! If you don't mind me asking how much was that machine?

[Clonts Landscaping]

The Gravely is a good mower but I really dont use anymore since I picked up my Wright. I think I'm gonna try and sell it or trade it a nice skid sprayer. That aerator was about $2800 but I ended up returning it. It never worked right. I took it back to JDL twice to have it fixed and it just got worse. So I got my money back. I ended up buying another Ryan Lawnaire and picked a LS RideOn this year.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Snapped a few pics of us fabbing up the dovetail and painting the wheels. The more I work on this thing the more excited I'm getting about putting this thing to work. It's gonna be nice not dragging aroung a trailer everyday.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Everything is ready for paint...

[LawnMan19]

You're fab work looks really good.

[Clonts Landscaping]

You're fab work looks really good.

Thanks man, A guy that works for me did most of the fab and I helped where I could.

[Clonts Landscaping]

He built it to last. I had him build to support the weight of my tractor or whatever else will fit in it.

[LawnMan19]

I'd rather pay a little extra and have it be to strong then just strong enough too.

[Clonts Landscaping]

We finally finished the dovetail and gate. I'm really happy with how it came out.

[KPZ Enterprises]

looks real nice.....hows the cub cadet yanmar holding up for u??

[Clonts Landscaping]

I love it. It's perfect for what I use for. I mainly put out muich and topsoil with it and use it to aerate some of my larger properties. I just picked up a 4 ft tiller for it so I'm looking forward to playing with that this Spring.

[Clonts Landscaping]

The front end loader came in real handy when I was painting evrything.

[KPZ Enterprises]

well lets see pics of the tractor n tiller n all the toys for it......when u get a chance of course. lol

[Clonts Landscaping]

well lets see pics of the tractor n tiller n all the toys for it......when u get a chance of course. lol

Yeah, I will. I have to service everything in the next week or so. I will try to snap some pics of everything. I have a few pics of the tractor somewhere in this thread.

[LawnMan19]

It looks really good.

[Clonts Landscaping]

It looks really good.

Thanks man. I cant wait to get it on the road and start making some money with it.

[M RASCOE&SONS]

looks real good.are you going to letter up the box truck?

[Clonts Landscaping]

looks real good.are you going to letter up the box truck?

Yeah, I have a few more mechanical things to work out and she's getting lettered up. I'm gonna go ahead and get my dump truck lettered too. Been meaning to do it for years.:usflag:

[Clonts Landscaping]

I'm replacing the tines and bearings on my Ryan aerators. I had always been told it was a pain to change these but it really aint that bad.

[Clonts Landscaping]

I snapped a few pics of the inside of the box truck. It's taking awhile but it's coming along.

[Clonts Landscaping]

I snapped a couple of pics of us moving a little building today.

[KPZ Enterprises]

looks like the tractor could use a balast box for that job. lol

[stephen424]

Your backpack blowers don't swing around and bump each other when traveling?? Since you have them secured by just the straps!
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[Clonts Landscaping]

looks like the tractor could use a balast box for that job. lol

Yeah, that may have helped but we got it done anyway. That building was a little heavier than I thought it was gonna be.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Your backpack blowers don't swing around and bump each other when traveling?? Since you have them secured by just the straps!
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I honestly dont know. I havent started working out of it yet. I'm really setting it up now to just get started. I will figure out exactly how I want everything once I'm using it everyday. I have always worked out of open trailers so this is a learning experience.

[bigred13]

Clonts how far are you from Asheville?

[burnsyscapes]

that ride on aerator, how much production can you get out of that for an hours worth of work?

[Clonts Landscaping]

Clonts how far are you from Asheville?

About 2 hours. I'm just outside of Charlotte.

[Clonts Landscaping]

that ride on aerator, how much production can you get out of that for an hours worth of work?

I dont know the breakdown of acres per hour. I do know it's very productive, much easier than a walkbehind, and does a much better job than anything else I have ever used. I used to rent a LT Rich for 2-3 days a year to do all my larger yards and my HOA's and my LS will run circles around a LT.

[bigred13]

Been a warm winter huh? I was getting ready to go buy a new mower tomorrow and they are calling for snow. Figures I got too excited too fast! still have to get through march!

[stephen424]

I honestly dont know. I havent started working out of it yet. I'm really setting it up now to just get started. I will figure out exactly how I want everything once I'm using it everyday. I have always worked out of open trailers so this is a learning experience.

i use the trimmer trap ST-2 for my stihl br600 blowers. you can use it with open and enclosed trailers. for enclosed, just put a rubber space between the trailer wall and the st-2 and you're good to go. secures it nicely

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZaTW0H3Qpw

[stephen424]

I honestly dont know. I havent started working out of it yet. I'm really setting it up now to just get started. I will figure out exactly how I want everything once I'm using it everyday. I have always worked out of open trailers so this is a learning experience.

i use the trimmer trap ST-2 for my stihl br600 blowers. you can use it with open and enclosed trailers. for enclosed, just put a rubber space between the trailer wall and the st-2 and you're good to go. secures it nicely

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZaTW0H3Qpw

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ST-2-Backpack-Blower-Rack-Open-Enclosed-Landscape-Trailers-Trimmer-/180810967458?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a192c69a2

[stephen424]

that ride on aerator, how much production can you get out of that for an hours worth of work?

i have one also. i also have a Classen model ride on aerator for sale on this forum. they both are very similar. last year, i aerated a property that approx 23,000 sq ft of grass in about 35 minutes.

specs on the classen say you can do 50,000 sq ft in an hour, so...

[Clonts Landscaping]

i have one also. i also have a Classen model ride on aerator for sale on this forum. they both are very similar. last year, i aerated a property that approx 23,000 sq ft of grass in about 35 minutes.

specs on the classen say you can do 50,000 sq ft in an hour, so...

I have used a Classen RideOn and they are nothing like a LS. I have seen you compare them on your thread and I did not want to speak out of place but there is no comparison.

[Clonts Landscaping]

i use the trimmer trap ST-2 for my stihl br600 blowers. you can use it with open and enclosed trailers. for enclosed, just put a rubber space between the trailer wall and the st-2 and you're good to go. secures it nicely

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZaTW0H3Qpw

Those are pretty cool. What do they cost?

[Clonts Landscaping]

Those are pretty cool. What do they cost?

Nevermind, I just saw the ebay link you included.

[Clonts Landscaping]

Been a warm winter huh? I was getting ready to go buy a new mower tomorrow and they are calling for snow. Figures I got too excited too fast! still have to get through march!

Yeah, the warmest I can remember. I'm ready for Spring but it looks like it's gonna be pretty cold around here next week. I'm ready to get my pre-emergent and spraying started.

[stephen424]

I have used a Classen RideOn and they are nothing like a LS. I have seen you compare them on your thread and I did not want to speak out of place but there is no comparison.

I mean, they do the same thing, same concept. LS gets around quicker and easier imo (that's why I'm selling my Classen). But the Classen is still a luxury sedan when compared to a walk behind aerator
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[Clonts Landscaping]

I mean, they do the same thing, same concept. LS gets around quicker and easier imo (that's why I'm selling my Classen). But the Classen is still a luxury sedan when compared to a walk behind aerator
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No doubt. I was gonna buy a Classen but decided on the LS. I have seen the one you have for sale and that is a very good deal. That would be perfect for someone who has alot of small and medium sized flat yards.

[bulhead19]

Love your ford. is it a 6.0 Diesel? What model is your redmax blower? how do you like versus the br600?

[Clonts Landscaping]

Yeah the ford is a 6.0. It's actually in the shop getting a long block put in it. I'm also having ARP head studs and a EGR delete added. I love the Redmax so far. It's a 8500. It is a good bit stronger than my 600. It's perfect for leaf cleanups. I bought from a guy on lawnsite about a month ago.

[bulhead19]

Long Block? What do you mean by that? I'm looking for a bigger bp blower im leaning towards the redmax blower over the 4 mixer

[Clonts Landscaping]

A new motor. The crank broke in the old one.:cry: