[AT] New little tractor bargain.

Chuck Saunders gooberdog at gmail.com
Tue Oct 3 05:48:43 PDT 2006


Mattias, they don't always happen to someone else. They always happen to
that Robinson fella. ;>). Good deal farmer!
Chuck

On 10/3/06, Mattias Kessén <davidbrown950 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Why do those things always happen to someone else :-( Congratulations
> to your bargain anyway!
>
> Mattias
>
> 2006/10/3, Francis Robinson <robinson at svs.net>:
> >        Three years ago I bought a 20 HP 42" cut Yard-Man lawn tractor
> from Wally
> > World. We have used it to mow about a zillion acres (actually we mow
> about 8
> > acres) and at times I have used it to hog stuff down that was taller
> than it
> > was... After 3 very hard years we have been really pleased with it. I
> have
> > worn out about 4 sets of blades on it. Not just worn back a little but
> worn
> > to a nub...   :)  I also wore out a couple of deck drive belts. This
> summer
> > I put a pair of tie rod ends on it and a little bearing at the bottom of
> the
> > steering wheel shaft. Considering that I also use it to mow steep road
> > ditches and several rough lots with it the durability has been
> excellent. I
> > did decide that maybe I should replace it this winter and had been
> looking
> > around. Wally World had one of the next model up sitting in their L&G
> dept.
> > that had sat for quite some time. I kept watching it because it was
> getting
> > a little old for a new mower. They had not however cut the price much at
> all
> > on it. Some time back I noticed that it was gone but a couple of weeks
> ago
> > they had brought in one that was a return, maybe even that same mower.
> It
> > had a sticker on the hood that said, "does not run". It was a 22 HP 46"
> cut
> > and had been cut from $1500 (was once almost $1700) down to $800. I
> looked
> > it over and it could have not been run an hour or so. The black coating
> was
> > still on the blades except at the leading edge. I asked the clerk if
> they
> > had any idea why it did not run. She said she would check and I asked
> her to
> > see if I could talk to the manager because I wondered if they would
> consider
> > cutting the price a bit more. I thought another $50 to $100 might buy
> ant
> > parts I might need. She came back and said that they didn't know what
> the
> > problem was but that the dept. manager said if I wanted it I could have
> it
> > for $500... I about sprained my shoulder getting my wallet out...   :)
> I
> > went back with a trailer and brought it home and started looking at it.
> When
> > they gave me the manual the plastic bag was marked "will not run for
> very
> > long at a time". I filled the tank, double checked the very clear oil
> and
> > installed the battery, which was just sitting in its hole (backward) and
> was
> > not connected. I used a jumper pack and it started right up. We have
> been
> > mowing with it all week and it has yet to misfire even once... Runs
> perfect,
> > cuts perfect. I have no idea what its problem was before. Since I got it
> so
> > cheap I am keeping the old one instead of selling it. We now have almost
> > matching his and hers mowers.   :)
> >        Between those two, the Yanmar 1500 and 5' finish mower and the
> #$%& CUB and
> > its Woods mower and the 6' bush hog maybe we can keep the grass mowed.
> >
> >
> >
> > Francis Robinson quote: "People that throw out trash while driving are
> > trash..."
> >
> > "farmer"
> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > Central Indiana, USA
> > robinson at svs.net
> >
> >
> >
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