ABANDONED Hydrostatic 3cyl Kubota Diesel in a Jacobsen Reel Mower

This Jacobsen LF128 reel mower is equipped with a hydraulic pump and lots of goodies to harvest!
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[@DGHD]

Should we build a hydrostatic AWD air cooled 4cyl diesel Harley motorcycle? 🤔

[@gasperajdnik5627]

Yes, I like your projeckt videos 😉 Cheers.

[@simonc3192]

Most definitely!

[@redneck4967]

Buy beer get drunk

[@Nortron_]

Do you really have to ask? lol

[@justinparker5978]

Yes

[@bf3and4highlights83]

The amount of work that has been accomplished in Canada while one hand holds a coffee is incredible.

[@Matevz96]

Your "mover" projects seem to be spaced in a way that you always have a new mower when you need to move your grass

[@AaronCook83]

Check out Mustie1's channel. I don't know if he's ever mowed his grass with a mower he didn't pick up for free and fix 5 minutes before.

[@Adam_Poirier]

😂

[@norgepalm7315]

Move grass? I mean i guess you technically aren't wrong..

[@tayhvac4076]

I was thinking the same thing 😂

[@DougL12]

You can hear the Robin bird all angry that you’re near it’s nest

[@cclcanadiancountrylife3628]

Cut the grass real short and then wait for the sun to burn the grass So ya don’t have to cut the grass. Been saving money for diesel projects since 2014

[@dougmapper3306]

Heck, cut out the middle man and just spray the diesel on the lawn

[@ziptiesnbiasplies]

04:46 that's bullshit bud! NEVER forget the canned consent!

[@97marqedman]

I just sold 6 of these through our city’s online auction from our golf course. They all ran and operated just fine - 4000-5000 hrs on each one. They all went for $2000-3000 each! Amazing. Sold 2 pallets of brand new Jacobsen reels and parts too. You’re about a month late with this video, man. Bummer.

[@albertoreyes4114]

😂

[@offgridmangogrower]

Like to harvest an engine like that…!

[@marcfournier823]

You have almost everything you need to make an articulated 4x4 tandem bush hog.

[@paulszabo8222]

This is crazy and I want to see it!

[@T0wTruck247]

Just watched a man cut his lawn while I neglect to cut mine.

[@tonyhussey3610]

Done the grass yet ?

[@supersport1986]

I just bought a Ransoms motor 350D reel mower from my local golf course had went by it off and on for 3 weeks and could never manage to stop and look at it but was almost certain it said 400.00 on the sign finally stopped and looked sure enough 400 and everything works has a 40 hp 4cyl Kubota cruses about 22-25 mph (pretty sketchy) on the road i obviously had to buy it. I have no idea what i'm going to do with it thinking about a custom 4x4 buggy using narrowed Chevy k10 axles driven by the hydro drives would use 2 fronts so i could have 4 wheel steering but who knows

[@abpsd73]

I bought one of those a few years ago, thinking I could use the engine in something like a Bobcat. Never got around to doing anything with it and sold it for more than I paid. I found the linkage for the hydrostatic control was sketchy, the thing would just start moving without touching the pedal.

[@Onewheelordeal]

You should resell it to a landscaping company and put the money into something more badass

[@catman19]

I was at the scrap yard dumping a load, guy beside me had two old Walker mowers he was dumping. Looked at them,one had a 3cyl kubota diesel. He said it ran good,mower was fxxked. He said 50bucks, its yours. Couldn't get the 50 old fast enough. Paid him & met him outside the scale & i had a kubota. Good home & it DOES run good.

[@supersport1986]

Ended up selling it and we will just say I did ok on it lol

[@mvcharisma]

The first think I would have done is cut the wire to that backup alarm that’s constantly beeping

[@nathanjohnson2913]

The other pedal next to the mower movement pedal is the parking brake, the 4x4 switch is just in front of the pto switch on the control panel

[@gasperajdnik5627]

You are a good man and a good mechanic 👍 🤠. Greetings from Slovenia 🇸🇮. 🍻

[@kanethompson708]

🍺

[@leoo0076]

I love it when you just find stuff in the woods and make it run

[@stevemaccollum4688]

All I could think about was driving golf balls at Rich while he mowed his lawn

[@2H80vids]

I think it's terrible that 38 others, and me, have 👍ed that idea - sorry Rich.😂 If that footage *wasn't* speeded up, it would maybe be a fair challenge but Rich is a good-sized target, even without a hat on.😂

[@paulszabo8222]

He was like Julian from TPB with that coffee at the beginning haha

[@germanjesus]

You lucky guy Those were one of the best mowers I ever owned freaking love em.

[@ToyotatechDK]

Stupid funny video Rich. “Ill probably sell another Cummins at that point...” 👌🏻👌🏻

[@DGHD]

Not too many people caught on to that part

[@lowellcrabb151]

@@DGHD It made me chuckle too.

[@nathandiek7454]

@@DGHD I'll fix the 6.0 lol Just up the road from V&R so not far

[@moultonditcher6187]

Walker mowers are fabulous mower giving a great cut,had a super sting 18hp,BUT they are mechanically intensive and not for a person who won't spin a wrench or a use a grease gun.KUBOTA diesel engines and products are just plain awesome.Save the hydrostat parts!

[@misterx243]

5 years... My first tought was: "That diesel is gone." But then I realised that you don't live in Europe where they put bio shit in Diesel

[@lukahutinski9075]

Im trying running it on DME. Seems like the future is now!! I just dont have acess to it...oh well better build myself a fuel processing plant

[@jaydunbar7538]

Diesel in most of the USA is up to 20% bio depending on current weather.

[@misterx243]

@@jaydunbar7538 well that is shitty draining the fuel every 6 months of not using it sucks balls. Many $/€ down the drain

[@DanielChristiansen]

On the other hand i have never seen gasoline go bad here in scandinavia. had ½ a tank in a Corvette, started right up after sitting for 10 yrs..

[@jaydunbar7538]

@Andrew Crews I live in MN, they still add bio in the summer thats why its "up to 20%". If I recall the minimum is 5% in #2 here in MN. During the winter ill add 30-50 gallons of #1 to the tanks if im parking it for the weekend so I dont have issues with the semi, my pickup i just run straight number 1 all winter to avoid issues.

[@NH2112]

Nice mower, we had a bunch like that when I worked as a mechanic at a turf farm. We only used them for whatever the putting green grass is. Should be simple to get running.

[@victorrobison5069]

Those three cylinder Kubota engines are very common on bucket trucks, usually the same fuel as the truck, to operate the hydraulics without running the truck engine. I worked on a lot of them in the gasoline version. Not a hot-rod mill to be sure, but interesting engines, probably a workhorse for small tractor and lawn applications.

[@Kilo-ct8dh]

Just think Sears was basically Amazon at one time...

[@jondelap3667]

And Montgomery ward

[@TheCoffeehound]

Even worse, Sears looked into online shopping before Amazon existed, and decided that the whole internet thing was just a fad.

[@jaybee2344]

@@TheCoffeehound Similar situation with IBM. In the early 70s they had secret basement research center. Where they made the first computer with a intranet with email, Pop down Windows operation system and a mouse. The old school IBM Execs couldn't see how it would sell to anyone. So they scrapped the idea. Then later on Apple took the idea and Microsoft reengineered the Apple operating system. But Microsoft still used MS DOS unlike Apple or ISO.

[@jaybee2344]

Yes Sears and Roebuck sold everything via a catalog in the 1800s. Even full size house kits ( Some Sears houses still stand today) farm equipment etc.

[@TheCoffeehound]

@@jaybee2344 LOL, I grew up in one of those kit houses. My great grandparents built it in the early 1920's, and my parents still live there today. Although, to be honest, I'm not sure if it was Sears or Montgomery Ward.

[@spencersand2754]

You should take off the reel mowers and put lawnmower decks on there and have a big ass lawnmower to mow your yard

[@bigred4556]

Man I love your videos. It makes me want you to help me get this old dozer out of the woods.

[@NovaNinja_]

2 necessities for a cold start / old start... Fresh battery and a cup of timmy's 😂

[@N.Cognito]

The finish missing inside is the chrome. It's only about 50 millionths of an inch (.00005). It really doesn't do much for corrosion protection.

[@oldretireddude]

I love the Milwaukee air pump but hate that screw on hose fitting. I lose way too much pressure just disconnecting the hose.

[@cclcanadiancountrylife3628]

My motomaster is the same, hate the screw on piece. I have 2 tires that the screw on is stripped so have to hold it on

[@oldretireddude]

@@cclcanadiancountrylife3628 I bought these to hopefully fix the problem...www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07263PGCW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_image_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@emerycottle3166]

You should run the glow plugs for a little longer. These Kubota diesels like their glow plugs.

[@ronniewilliz153]

Thats for dam sure

[@cclcanadiancountrylife3628]

We got 2 kubotas here at Grandview lodge and yep they love their glow plugs

[@emerycottle3166]

Almost every mower that the golf course I work at has a Kubota diesel engine.

[@traderjack6151]

You should never use starting fluid in a Diesel with glo plugs.notice it started right up when he used glo plugs

[@hvguy]

I have a JD 455 diesel. I left the transmission in tow mode and when you try to drive it, it made that same sound and barely moved.

[@matthewwatkins3760]

As a guy that owns a golf. Ourse and been working on them all my life. It pains me to see you mowing without roller on some reels . Haha. Good luck with whatever its parts turn into.

[@fu420b9]

Fairway hated those tires.😁

[@cyrusullmann9917]

Those jacobsen LF series fairway mowers were ahead of their time when they came out. I love those mowers.

[@cyrusullmann9917]

Rich, get that toro greensmaster behind the jacobsen. Love those mowers.

[@craigmandall9420]

So i watched this video with the subtitles on and every time the engine was running it would put (music) as the text. Good to see they got that right

[@aaronkarres3603]

I noticed the lack of finish in the socket wells too. Sold Craftsman tools at Sears just out of highschool in ‘94.

[@VedranKasic]

Next an engine swap in some car👍 Men, few years ago i bought old naturaly aspirated diesel VW Lupo 2001. (105 cu. in., 60 hp) For 44 kw engine it holds 5 quart of diesel oil, 7 qt coolant and 3 qt of oil in mt! Its just fckn Indestructible! 2300 pound, 11 ft 7 in car, full throttle all day and 55 plus MPG! 💪

[@flashesbuck]

I was thinking snowblower... But I guess I'm a little late for that suggestion

[@iMelino]

I was hoping that by the end of this video you’d have a 5.9 in that mower...

[@quinn860]

Hopefully that's a future video

[@AntonioClaudioMichael]

Its alive wow sounds very healthy as well @Deboss Garage

[@TheRustiestShackleford]

I know a certain peg leg is gonna be quivering in his boot over this greasy old start!

[@coltonhindel3172]

Miiiint👌

[@quinn860]

😂😂😂👌

[@neilrensen8950]

We used to have a Jacobsen 5 gang reel mower here. Mechanical gear boxes, not hydraulic. You can't let the weeds grow too tall when it's dry though. The reels lay the tall weeds down and don't cut them. They pop right back up behind you :( and then you need the regular (narrow) mower to clean up. Still, it was a fun machine (when we weren't rebuilding the gear boxes)

[@prostreetgsxr]

I worked for Jacobson in Charlotte North Carolina for 17 years. It was a great learning experience. Look up the Jacobsen 9016 mower.

[@94XJ]

Sounds like our John Deere fairway mower...she's been parked for a couple years because after rebuilding the hydraulic pump, I got sick of everything else blowing apart bit by bit. Makes more sense to just use the 24' wide reels behind one of the tractors at this point.

[@jeffcard3623]

I cut many fairways with those mowers at Forest City National GC. Those were great machines. Love the old Jake stuff!

[@Joyboy13257]

Love the racing steering wheel. Reminds me of a factory option one Dodge had for their trucks and cars in the mid 80s (and one I’m putting in my W250)

[@thexwingpotato1001]

Deboss. If you do find one. Can you do a everything wrong with a 4.9 i6 ford motor ?

[@wyattlewis8671]

They're underpowered by modern standards. That's really about it. It would be a short video.

[@thexwingpotato1001]

@@wyattlewis8671 your not wrong. I have a 89 f150 with 81k miles on it and it still has power just not alot. But that low end torque really shows when I'm halling 1000 lbs of concrete it dont even affect it at all. Rides smoth.

[@tiporari]

People routinely misadjust the swashplate control linkage biasing them in the forward direction to pick up ground speed instead of fixing them properly. No or weak reverse can be a result. Otherwise bushings or ports in the hydrostatic trans could be bad/blocked.

[@abpsd73]

Could also be the freewheel/bypass not fully re-engaged for drive function.

[@7eis]

A common problem people have with gas powered ones is seat/safety switches cutting spark. Been there myself a couple times😅

[@chadharmon5716]

Rich and his coffee ☕️ good man ✌🏻👍🏻

[@bigswan61]

Where is Black Jack's MG, with the turbo 4?

[@212th]

I love how the Bird Nest is still on the roof for ages

[@JamesHalfHorse]

Those little Kubota motors never die.

[@wolf.the.forester]

This started like a zip ties video "where's my brake clean"

[@makingithappen5178]

But he forgot the ketchup.

[@SoL600rr]

Why does he remind me of the janitor of Zach and cody😂😂

[@joshturneryy2458]

Put a finish mower deck on the front!

[@cooperr1422]

Those kubota diesels are the best engine s out there in my opinion. They are reliable and start fast

[@zackzander425]

This guy could get the Titanic to sail again. Nice work. Don't count out that guy's 6.0L. Mine has almost 500,000 miles on it. Still has excellent compression. Just strip off the EGR cooler and switch out the stock up-pipes with BD up-pipes when you do the delete or they'll eventually break from the vibration and you'll have an annoying exhaust leak.

[@ginggur17]

Same engine as my Kubota G3HST. Works a treat. Mine is the D600, gutsy lil thing.

[@timderks5960]

Not sure how serious you were on using this machine to mow your grass short after it has grown long, but reel mowers don't handle long grass well. They're really meant for taking small bits off of low grass very regularly. They're also a lot more work to maintain then a regular mower. The reel to bedknife distance needs to be checked regularly, the reel and bedknife need sharpening from time to time, it's just a pain. If you're not going for a golf-course-like lawn, don't use a reel mower, it's not worth it. If you want to reduce how often you need to mow, I'd suggest a robot mower, or just not mowing for a long time and then mow with a brush hog once in a while.

[@SamCyanide]

Yeah that's what he was saying in the video, wasn't really planning on using it because of that

[@tommyodonovan3883]

Get yerself a goat

[@timderks5960]

@@SamCyanide Yeah I thought I picked something like that up at the end of the video, wasn't paying much attention anymore after I noticed he wasn't gonna do much with it. Still useful info for others though.

[@_P0tat07_]

That toro greensmaster behind it is twice the machine the jacobsen is 🤣

[@AC-vx3jz]

I sold one of these in the exact same state a few months ago. The guy didn't like my price until I pointed out all the hydraulic stuff and the diesel. Tons of goodies on these things.

[@WorkshopRebuild]

That's a steal, Love the Kubota! I just came around a TORO REEL MOWER for cheap. 3cyl. Perkins running, driving and mowing! LOL Watch a Bolens series I'm doing atm.

[@philipmackin1025]

The green 4 cyl at the end. Military 3KW generator set. You could not hide in the woods with that POS just screaming. Look at the spark plugs, they screw into the bottom of the head and fill with carbon. Always had a spare set that I would swap out and clean for the next time. Hated all of the geny sets from that era, 1.5, 3, 5 and 10KW, all very loud. Best one was a .5KW 2 stroke that DND purchased early '80's. If you knew how to use a small 2 Stroke, they were golden.

[@shadowsalc1706]

those old fairway mowers need glow plugs 30 seconds everytime when it's cold in the mornings (every morning)

[@adamfrbs9259]

When the wasps come to your yard they say..."So much room for activities, look at all this parked junk". Haha

[@SaDMax33]

Oh my, sandles and lawnmowers don't mix.

[@ryanlong4021]

Would be really cool to see that Kubota in a go cart or a 4 wheeler of some kind. 👌👌

[@MNJay1]

Great find. It's got hydraulics that work. Ditch the mowers. Build a lifting system for the existing hydraulics so you can jockey vehicles and parts around.

[@dudleycornman1624]

We had a John Deere 2653 reel mower at the golf course. It satout in the weather for about 10 years of so. This winter the crew fired it up, cleaned it up and it is now back in service.

[@dantheman2269]

The best mower ever made for a golf course i spent most of my childhood and teenage years using and riding on one of these 😂 Take those reels off and sharpen the bed knife and it will cut like butter plus you can set the height of it as well to better cut the grass

[@gpowerdragon9852]

the whole lawn mower is like rusty and getting old well the Kubota Engine sounds like it's new mint the engine will out life the whole freaking machine that's hilarious good old JDM baby

[@hartsfire5706]

i look at it that you have a grate hydraulic power unit i am betting you have a use for it around the shop. just to fare for me to drive and shipping would kill every trying to get it to me.

[@dickfitzwell9770]

Had one just like this except mine had a yanmar diesel. Maxed the pump out and put a side exit out the hood on it, thing was badass

[@MrZimmaframe]

16:24 😂, you never removed the birds nest off the top 😂.

[@scrotiemcboogerballs1981]

I thought more people would have said something about it 🤣😅🤣

[@Heywoodjablowme2]

Probably fell off when he was mowing and got hit

[@marioderossi3149]

Heywood Jablowme it was a few months between the beginning and and getting it running

[@TeamShrimpGaming]

Definitely missing the back rollers on most of the reels.

[@nickcarvelli9275]

I believe that is the same 3 cylinder diesel kubota uses in toro dingo and there UTVs

[@DGHD]

Yes, which is why the engines fetch a good, especially when its running

[@bretsutherlandsterriblemem8439]

I can see a fella likes his Tim's.

[@gparson41]

Need to showcase the green GTO!

[@youngcummins0892]

I think a backup generator for the shop and house would be a great option!

[@noduh736]

They make good snow plows

[@Killboy550]

Every time I see Rich try to do something one-handed because he doesn't want to put down his coffee I'm reminded of Julian from Trailer Park Boys. 😆

[@40beretta1]

That looks like a fairway mower.... luv to have one to mow my lawn. Good lord I'm stunned you didn't have the OPP or MNR breathing down your neck about that byrd nest... Honestly; Watching De'Boss...I'm divorcing the gassers for Diesel. "if you can get is started, its yours".....V'aaarooom.... Belongs to Rich..

[@scottgregory9672]

I wonder I’d the Robin eggs ever hatched since he never removed the nest.

[@davidsample9130]

Feel sorry for the owners, we have equip at work with same power plant.

[@MajicoolerMaster]

I need one of them engines for my mower 🤣

[@tomchrissuicagoins1900]

Should have tried glow plugs longer maybe well see exciting mid vid comments@!!!!

[@ikemattern9440]

Nice Toro GM3 sitting there also

[@franswa455]

Go for it

[@WAVETUBE84]

Those reel type mowers are professional grade: for golf course greens, football/baseball stadiums, and school districts. BADASS. Regardless, it looks beat. Even ROLLS-ROYCE wears out. I'd be very sceptical about any value.

[@DIYTechRepairs]

If the hydrostat is a bit "jumpy" and sound like that it can be due to air in the sytem or just way to little oil inside. If they are handled correctly they last forever basically :)

[@DIYTechRepairs]

Though later in the video it looks fine :)

[@kimblastein]

Remove all the hydraulic stuff and mowers and use it as a fun thing to get around like a utv or a golfcart or you can rebuild it and sell

[@ZGryphon]

I have to wonder if the roll cage is really necessary. Golf courses aren't known for their steep grades, after all.

[@a4000t]

40L for that mower..crazy,you could buy a S-10 and shove mower decks under it lol

[@SamCyanide]

I see pep over at zipties n bias plies has got to you a bit with the send hahhaa

[@GreatNW]

Full restoration

[@FullMetalFab]

I've got a set of reels off a Banerman B84, I want to turn them in to a set of Cat 0 attachments for my bigger garden tractors. One of my JD's, Ariens or my Case would look cool with seven feet of mower on them !!!

[@MacGyver-1]

I have a parts machine, for that let me know if you need anything

[@danmackintosh6325]

"He wants me to look at that 6-0, so I'll probably sell another Cummins at that point"... it's funny because it's true...

[@RubenKelevra]

Yes, but please add a side car! And add CVTs for better speed on each wheel. Additionally I think the engine needs a turbocharger to get you really going 😙🎶