Toro Z-Master 3000 Series Blade Change (72" Deck) - Ray Hayden, J.D.

[@SenjaAldee]

Always nice video my friend and have a great day and stay safe

[@SenjaAldee]

Have a great day and stay healthy and stay safe

[@craftstest]

Amazing .. Super like Keep in touch good luck 😍❤️😍❤️😍❤️

[@musclecarappraisal]

Thanks for the DIY tips...thanks Bob

[@IamLeotheUnique]

Watching and supporting.Great job👍👍👍

Great video edition

[@TheLaughingLion]

I like that arctic camo gear buddy. Looks like a nice sunny day to change the blades. Full view and liked! 👍😻

[@rayhayden]

Never had to worry about Mom... I dress myself funny!

[@ScottsJourneys]

great work po,thanks for this very useful video.have a blessed day po.

[@Candyartcraft34]

İyi akşamlar video izleme zamanı.👉👀

[@HealthyVeganLiving]

Wow Ray that was fun to watch LIKE 👍Gary

[@hawer01]

awesome upload fully watchd

[@CateBarbosa]

Hello my friend Ray here supporting you and watching your video! Stay safe and take care! Big thumbs up 👍👍👍

[@rayhayden]

Hi Cate! Thanks for stopping by!

[@moodyblooms]

Excellent video & channel, keep them coming, have a nice day!! 👍

[@4cryingoutloud604]

Like! Thanks for sharing.

[@Candyartcraft34]

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[@LolaK]

Hi...Incredibly interesting Thank you greetings''

[@BK42Cycles]

Hey Ray :) D.I.Y is always the best way to go! Have a good day... cheers

[@BitsofRealPanther]

Stopping in to give this one some love in full. "Watching and supporting," dude. Please have a great Wednesday and stay safe!

[@rayhayden]

I was just thinking of you yesterday! I hope you are doing well!

[@NoSaltBP.org.]

Hi Ray! Coming through to show support. Full watch and view!

[@unowhotravelchannel]

Awesome work Ray, great to see you on YT, watching and supporting😎👍

[@GioJazzBand]

Heyy nice video my friend!! I"?'m already back and active!!! Thnx 4 ur vst 😊💕💙

[@rayhayden]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@arji_lyfe]

Dropping by to give another support Watching and supporting... And always stay healthy Ray

[@LolaK]

Great video! Really enjoyed watching!

[@reddecember02]

That is neat that you can change the blades of your riding mower. I bet grass clumps get stuck in the blade like you showed. Gave full view and a like.

[@rayhayden]

The grass clumps up nicely under there! LOL!

[@BonGalabansafe]

That's a very cool tools. Nice flat ground. Full watched and like. Have a great day.

[@JohnCRV]

Looks like you good use out of the old blades. Watching and supporting plus leaving a 👍

[@rayhayden]

I have a bunch of torn up blades... waiting to recycle the metal one day!

[@ActNaturally]

Great blade change Ray!!

[@Interp66]

Great job Ray! Watching and supporting!

[@billyb5057]

good tuition on changing the blade mate amazed how worn the old blade is wow *left our like👍Au 👍🌟full view🌟*

[@AllenOxendine]

Nice Machine you have Ray.. Cuts much better when you have good blades. Hope you have a good week.. Full View and Like.. Be Safe..

[@piano_man]

Good video Ray, sending my best wishes during these tricky times buddy

[@lovesurfbunny]

Watched your uploads with full ads and big thumbs up, great sharing, very helpful!

[@BOOMBIGZ]

Excellent tutorial!! Watching & supporting!!

[@transitvandoors]

Watching, liking and supporting.

[@Foreversinging5]

Hello Ray!! Wow very cool, looks awesome, amazing work!! :D Thank you for sharing, a big like for you!! Please stay safe you and your family, have a blessed weekend and see you soon!! :D

[@JenniferMoralesFelineFilms]

It's great to see you back in action! nice job 👍

[@CreatingASimplerLifeOffGrid]

Great diy! So many people pay for this to be done. Watching and supporting 👍

[@BenjaminChavez]

Good job Ray, a little labor intense but it pay off to have those tools handy. Best wishes for you and big thumb up.

[@watchmykicksllc]

link for jack and mount?

[@rayhayden]

The mount is something we picked up from the dealer when we purchased the mower. The jack is a trailer jack, and the dealer actually suggested that I pick that up at the local Tractor Supply store due to it being less expensive there. The mount stays on the mower - no need to remove that, and the jack is maintained in the garage (actually, we keep the mower in the garage too), The jack can be stored on its side so it doesn't fall on something, or to take up less space, and have it handy, I take the safety chain that holds the pin, and I wrap that around one of my heavy shelving units so it cannot fall over.

[@Dee-Ann_Louise]

Yes, one would need a jack for that. Gotta have the right tools for the job. Awesome!

[@Reviewing_Playing_and_More_RPM]

Always thought those were supposed to be easy to install, seems like a lot of work...great info on the screws tightening when the blades turn, to bad it's so hard to take off...have a great day...

[@mikebojtor]

Very cool Ray I like the Jack I have a chain pole in my barn hook on the front of the mower lift it straight up Nice for cleaning all the excess grass out all right buddy just showing some love talk soon dude

[@moodyblooms]

That is a lot of grass to cut. I'd cut to 2" as well. Keep up the good work Ray and stay safe!!

[@sherrischneider2794]

Use a torque wrench to tighten the blades. It will make your life easier and safer.

[@rayhayden]

I do have torch wrenches... and they do! Thanks for watching!

[@ryerob741]

I'm a commercial landscaper, we run Toros...z master series in various configs and age..the older zmasters had a mounted stand called The EZstand but it is a little tricky to use...now a days the mount for a trailer jack is better option...i will say a battery 1/2" impact is the only way to go and using a long/deep well 15/16" socket loses some torque value...we use the 20 volt lithium Craftsman impacts and a short well 15/16" socket is perfect and you don't have to go higher up on the jack as much to get the extra long socket on the blade bolts...just sayin inch and a half longer socket at the angle needed..is 2+ inches higher on the jack...

[@rayhayden]

You are right, a quality impact wrench with the CORRECT socket (I had the regular socket, I corrected THAT error! LOL!), and I can get the blades changed fast now. I love the trailer jack thing - the one part is mounted directly to the Toro, and the trailer jack can be any of the typical ones with the proper weight capability. My Toro dealer had me buy the mount from him, but told me to grab the trailer jack down at Tractor Supply, because I could get a larger one for a lower price - I thought that was rather cool for him to offer that advice! He told me about a EZStand - probably the same thing... I like this one well. The only issue is if I break a drive belt, I don't have the tools on hand to crank up the entire mower to get under it safely to change that... thanks for watching, and I appreciate the insight as well!

[@photocontrol]

Great job Ray! Amazing how much the blades wear out! A big difference comparing the old and new one! The Milwaukee impact wrench has impressive power. You need to buy a 15/16" impact socket (black finish not chrome) to avoid premature wear and tear of impact stress on a regular socket.

[@rayhayden]

Thank you for this information... I will seek out a 15/16 impact socket!

[@photocontrol]

You're welcome Ray!

[@stephopalopal]

Better thg than a county park( sweeET)Handtight..handtight♡the Boss of red sauce, at one point I think around 11 min,( something of this nature..when you are under the lawnmower is like ASMR~LawnmowerASMR its relaxing watching your videos plus yes Ray..I love yall both..its beautiful out

[@lhollingsworth1979]

That's interesting my friend, following! Have a good day!

[@houndsmanone4563]

Nicely done, Ray. The right tool for the right job. I'm a Milwaukee fan and you're correct, battery prices are whoppingly high (yes, I said whoppingly...😊). Get 15/16" deep socket made specifically for "impact wrenches". Made tougher; harder steel for impact wrenches. A set @ HF for $13.99/$33.99 (3/8" drive; 1/2" drive respectively). How long did mower blades last before replacement? Full-watch. Later

[@rayhayden]

I will be looking into that socket, thanks! The blades might last me about five cuttings or so. I am mowing around 17+ acres each time, and some of the growth is still rough material. I want to keep asking you about that heavy duty rake you have. You used it for pine needles in one of your videos, and I believe I recall you being able to use it to help clear ditches along your driveway too. My thought is to use it like a land plane, or box blade (I do own a box blade). The deal is the box blade bunches up grass clumps, but just below the lawn is nothing but soft sand... I was hoping that I could use that heavy duty rake and just drive around all over the property in criss cross patterns to make the whole property smoother. And the thought for this is because the box blade gets bogged up, and because of the soft sand below the grass, the rear tires will spin, making things worse. The heavy duty rake (I saw this in another video) actually raked up garbage like limbs and such, but also allowed material - like soft sand - to freely exit the back end, even when they had a lot of debris in the rake. I'll make a video about that sort of thing later too.

[@houndsmanone4563]

@@rayhayden You're right Ray about the Landscape rake. The landscape rake is heavy duty and it will pull limbs, etc. Please note, it WILL dig into the grass/weeds then pull them out from the soil. Is that what you want to do? (remove all the vegetation?) When your field was weedless, you had brown fields, the landscape rake would have been great to pull and even-out the field but please know that it too will pull out clumps. It's not as heavy as the box blade, thus allows you to not dig too deeply into the soil. Also, when you drive across the field, be in 4-wheel drive and crank up the RPMs a bit to make sure you're moving at a nice pulling pace and not really too slow to allow the rear implement to dig down into too deeply. You should have a 3 pt detent that allows you to lock your 3 pt at a height you desire. Also note, the contour of the land will make the implement dig deeper in some areas more than others. The best to realize the effects is to actually see it in action and see what levers were adjusted on the implement, the tractor, and 3 pt to adjust. Do not buy a landscape rake, rent one first to make some passes on your field to see how it works. The more equipment you purchase, the more storage room needed. Ask me how I know 😊.

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[@bethanyameyer]

That does not look easy! And it’s awesome you were able to use old blades!!

[@Kevin-fe4zd]

Safer to use a jack stand.

[@rayhayden]

The twisty jack attaches to the front of the mower, if I am on the angle part of our driveway, I put blocks behind the wheels and under the mower as well. Thanks for watching!

[@Kevin-fe4zd]

I had a neighbor get crushed under his car when his floor jack failed-could have been prevented with one or two $15 jack stands.

[@rayhayden]

Yes, that would suck... The jack on the mower is attached to it, unless the jack fails, it isn't going to move at all... it is like the jack on a trailer, or for a boat trailer, it is not permanently attached, but the part it locks onto is permanently attached.

[@stephopalopal]

Yes☆ Ray Bob Ross Villa Liotta Hayden blades seem to go ..spending evening with The Haydens watching and supporting Full Grit or Grime◇ StephopalOpal NOLA

[@casualcarolinafishing5835]

Yep, they needed to be changed alright. Those old ones look like they gave about all they had in them.😂

[@Orefamilylawncare]

2 inches is why your blades are in such terrible shape I bet.

[@rayhayden]

Thanks for watching! You would not be more correct! The two inches is just the start of it - the fields are not smooth enough either - that is the second part.... the third aspect is that I will run these blades over small sticks and such as well when they are "aging." One more thing, I actually hold on to them for doing nasty chopping of things where there is a lot of dirt or sand.

[@Orefamilylawncare]

@@rayhayden I have several sets of rough blades (commercial contractor) so occasionally we run into some rough property. However we NEVER cut anything below three inches here in VA

[@rayhayden]

Our grass is goofy here... the ground is really sand, and the grass is just on top, and just below the surface... the blades of grass hit seed stage (in most of the lawn, we have a lot of different grasses and such) at about 2", and then shoot up to about six inches real fast.... it is "interesting!"

Great video edition