[AT] OT Lawn Tractor Mfg.

[Ralph Goff]

34 acres? I have hay fields smaller than that and I wouldn't think of taking
them on with a riding lawn tractor , mower . An old tractor with a 6 foot
rotary would even be small for that acreage I would think. Unless its a dry
summer with grasshoppers of course.
One horsepower per acre sounds about right in this case.

Ralph in Sask.
http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html

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From: D. Day <ddss at scppd.net>
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Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 7:21 AM
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> Back in 1988, we had a small acreage (8 acres), I bought an Duetz Allis
> (Simplicity) 1916 garden tractor.  I paid about $6000 for it with all
> implements.  My neighbor, who is also my dentist, went the MTD route.
> Today, I still have the 1916 and it handles everything my M doesn't do.
> After THREE MTDs, my dentist eventually bought a JD and seems happy with
it.
>
> I cannot imagine taking care of more than a few acres with my 1916, much
> less 34 acres! He'll probably need a small garden tractor in addition to
> something larger as you suggested, so buying a garden tractor won't be a
> waste of money, it just won't be enough of a tractor to handle what he's
> got.
>
> Dick
>
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>
> One of the guys I work with is purchsing a new riding mower. Actually he's
> looking for a Garden tractor which technically makes it a little more
> versatile.
> So far he's narrowed his search to a Husquvarna and a Sears. He's been
told
> that these 2 are mfg. by the same company. Does anyone know if this is
true?
> My
> first thought is that MTD must build them both but he claims that, in his
> research, the MTD name has never come up.
>
> I tried to talk him into a small antique tractor (a Super A or CA with a
> mid-mount mower perhaps) that would be more versatile around his 34 acres
> but I
> haven't convinced him...yet.
>
> Thanks,
> Karl
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