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 Posted: 06/17/05 - 09:31 Post subject: Anyone know about garden tractors?
Will need one to mow about 3 acres of lawn on the WTR100 country estate and compound, plow a little snow off the drive - maybe 400' worth. Will prolly also get a rough cut mower to maintain a path around the hay fields - that'll probably be a little less than a mile total.
I'm thinking of buying used - did a google search and I'm swamped - anyone got any advice?
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 09:32 Post subject: Re: Anyone know about garden tractors?
| wanttorun100 wrote: | | Will need one to mow about 3 acres of lawn on the WTR100 country estate and compound, plow a little snow off the drive - maybe 400' worth. |
How close to the Arctic Circle is the Ponderosa? It is June, last time I saw the calendar. 
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 09:36 Post subject:
New Holland Boomer Series with a 60" Woods pto deck would be excellent.
Don't buy a Crapsman - they make decent tools and crappy lawn tractors.
Deere and Cub Cadet are still good tractors. A friend of mine has a Kubota and has had very good luck with it.
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wanttorun100
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 09:41 Post subject:
Rob know anything about Wheel Horse brand?
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robp
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 09:42 Post subject:
| wanttorun100 wrote: | | Rob know anything about Wheel Horse brand? |
Never had one but they have a very good rep around these parts.
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 09:43 Post subject:
Why don't you buy a 4 wheeler and get a mower attachment and blade for it?
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 09:44 Post subject:
Get one of these Grasshoppers. I mowed acres and acres and acres of land...roadsides...tree farms...more land...one summer. 40+ hours a week in '94. I loved using this piece of equipment. You can get around trees well and it's easy to use.
I loved this thing! Really. It was my best summer job before I was rehired teaching!
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 09:47 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | Why don't you buy a 4 wheeler and get a mower attachment and blade for it? |
I love the way you think HOWEVA the MRS thinks ATV's are a tool of the devil and will kill the childrun!
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 09:51 Post subject:
| wanttorun100 wrote: |
I love the way you think HOWEVA the MRS thinks ATV's are a tool of the devil and will kill the childrun! |
My kids been riding for years with no problems... I, OTH, ended up in the hospital with a broken collarbone from a small incident involving a three wheeler and a stump....
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 09:52 Post subject:
| nolefan85 wrote: | Get one of these Grasshoppers. I mowed acres and acres and acres of land...roadsides...tree farms...more land...one summer. 40+ hours a week in '94. I loved using this piece of equipment. You can get around trees well and it's easy to use.
I loved this thing! Really. It was my best summer job before I was rehired teaching!
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Those zero turn mowers are pretty awesome Noley.... pretty dang pricey though!
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 09:53 Post subject:
The other tractor used in even larger areas was a Kabota.
You'd get it all done quickly then (the mowing part)
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 10:06 Post subject:
Dixie Chopper
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 10:10 Post subject:
That's your tractor story?
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 10:22 Post subject:
When we had our farm, we used a Cub Cadet Garden Tractor for the 4 acres around the house.
For the fields we had a John Deere 2500 (this was a used one we bought from Penn DOT). A bush/brushhog for heavy cutting and a flail to cut the fields nicely.
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Posted: 06/17/05 - 12:44 Post subject:
I have a Wheel Horse Riding Lawn Mower, it's held up very well, I've had it about two years and I got it used.
We also have a walk behind DR Mower--a walk behind Brush Hog. It's been handy for all the rose bushes all over our place. We got it because it's so hilly here, you can't take a riding tractor up and down the slopes.
Cub Cadet and Deere are good brands to go with.
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