[AT] gravely sickle mower

Tue Oct 4 06:51:10 PDT 2005

Yep when MTD bought out Troy Bilt they only wanted the tiller line and
the Bolens and Troy Bilt names. They dropped the sickle bar cutters, The
heavy duty chipper/shredders, and the walk behind mower/chipper/vac
units, as well as the L/G tractors. I only wished I had been up at the
warehouse and plant more often when they were in the process of moving
out. The literally tossed out anything MTD wasn't buying. Entire
dumpsters of chippers, tractor parts, new engines, garden carts and the
like were scrapped. I was there a couple times to deliver parts for
units that MTD planned on keeping and did snag a few things for myself,
2 new in the crate Tomahawk chippers with LOTS of spare blades and
screens, one complete 20 HP tractor with cab and deck, 6 sets of hard
coated tiller tines for my Horse tiller, a complete sickle bar (4HP) and
a few extra cutter bar assemblies for them. Could have gotten a few
tillers as well (MTD was going to drop the Horse model at the time, but
kept it as the Bronco) but didn't have room.

So IF you ever wear out one of the cutter bars for that sickle OR break
the guards or the knife just holler.

Steve Williams
Near Cooperstown, New York

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 1:06 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] gravely sickle mower

> Well, Cecil, the Troy-Bilt sickle bar mowers are no longer being
built.
> Anything you find for sale that is new, is NOS.  I stopped in and
looked
> at the one here locally this morning.  It was built in 1995 and has
seen
> almost no use.  The engine (4 horse Briggs) started on the first pull,
> and mechanically this thing is like new.  It runs very quietly.  The
> asking price was $300.  I hesitated, and he immediately came down to
> $250.  You do understand, that I'm in the show rooms of all the local
> dealers often enough that they recognize me even though they may not
> remember my name.  So anyway, since the dealer said he had two
inquiries
> about it this morning (neither one was me) I went ahead and bought it.
> The only thing it needs is replacement sections on the knife.  Those
are
> standard combine sections, so that's a piece of cake.
>
> I bought this for you, but if the price is out of line or if you
decide
> you don't want it, that's OK.  I'll either keep it myself, or I'll
> resell it.  I had the Jeep with me this morning instead of the pickup
(I
> just wasn't thinking) so I didn't bring it home with me.  The dealer
is
> going to deliver it to another of his local showrooms (for my
> convenience) in a couple of days and I'll pick it up from there.  He's
> even throwing in a pallet for it for free.  That's no biggee because
> pallets are always a pain to get rid of.  He mentioned that he might
> give me six of them so I can construct a crate for shipping.  :-)
>
> The only thing this unit needs for it to be in "like new" operation is
> new sections.  The question is: Do you want the thrill of installing
> them, or do you want me to do it for you?  I ask this because I have a
> Hershel-Adams riveting tool and I can replace the whole knife in less
> than a half hour.  BTW, this has a 36-inch cut and it has the safety
> blade guard with it.
>
> I had another dealer searching nationally for anything new or used
that
> might be available, but when I bought this one I had him cancel his
> search.  When I told him the specs on this unit and what it cost, he
> said I got a good deal.  But I used to work for this man!  He is first
> and foremost a salesman.  He would tell me I did OK regardless of
> whether or not he believed it.
>
> So let me know whether or not you're interested in this mower.  I'm
> guessing that shipping will run less than $100 from here to Oklahoma,
> and if you want me to get replacement knife sections and install them
> you're probably looking at around $400 for the whole project delivered
> to you and ready to run.
>
> Since this model is out of the lineup, it's difficult to find an MSRP
on
> it, but I think I remember the new price in the neighborhood of $650
to
> $750.
>
> Larry
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> crbearden at copper.net
> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 8:54 AM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: RE: [AT] gravely sickle mower
>
> Larry:
> I really do not remember what they are selling for now.  I found a
> couple on E-bay that sold for around $450, but the shipping was going
> to be almost that since it was a residential pickup and the owner had
> to farm out the crating etc.....
>
> Cecil
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: rlgoss at evansville.net
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: RE: [AT] gravely sickle mower
> Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 08:12:45 -0500
>
> >OK, Cecil.  I'll check on it tomorrow.  I haven't checked to see what
> >the new price is on those units, but I will do so before heading out
> >in
> >the morning.  Do you have any feel for % of new price you might
> >consider?  My own thoughts are that if this is in operating condition
> >it
> >still should not be priced over 50% of retail, but that may still be
> >too
> >high.  This is a current production item so prices for them should be
> >available in on-line stores.
> >
> >Larry
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> >crbearden at copper.net
> >Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 11:44 PM
> >To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >Subject: RE: [AT] gravely sickle mower
> >
> >Larry:
> >I would appreciate it if you would check on this for me.  I cannot
> >understand why someone would put a piece of equipment like this on
> >E-bay and then require the buyer to pick it up.....  Why don't they
> >just advertise in the local paper.  However, I have only found 2
> >items within 100 miles of me over the last 5 years...
> >
> >Cecil in OKla
> >>If you don't get a response from someone closer, Cecil, there's one
> >>of
> >>the relatively new Troy-Bilt walk behinds setting in the used lineup
> >>at
> >>one of the dealerships in Poseyville.  I just saw it setting there a
> >>couple of days ago and have not inquired about it.  I'll be up there
> >>again on Monday morning picking up parts from another dealer in town
> >>(my
> >>old employer) so I can check on it then and get back to you about
> >it.
> >> I
> >>just did a drive-by on the lineup but I'll get out and kick the
> >tires
> >>if
> >>you're interested.  This dealer also has an A-C model G with
> >>cultivators
> >>setting on the lot, too.  That one has been there for a while and
> >the
> >>price is way too high.
> >>
> >>Larry
> >>
> >
> >
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