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[Richard Fink]

Mike that is old photo i see the old ford dump you had in it. Just bite the 
bullet and replace with chain and sprockets.They don,t wear out very fast. 
lol
R Fink
PA





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2012 5:21 PM
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> My tractors are all running OK, Dick. But the weather has been either
> unbearably hot or raining here in NJ for the last few weeks. So I have
> just been staying indoors. But the damn grass is growing like its May.
> Usually I can pretty well forget about cutting grass after mid-summer,
> but now I am out there once a week.
>
> My old Woods RM306 (6' rear mount finish mower) just tore up its last
> belt the other day. It is going for scrap, and I need to find another
> that is gear drive, not with a belt that takes half a dozen twists and
> turns and costs $50+ and lasts less than a season. Unfortunately, Woods
> wants something like $4500 for a current replacement, which is about
> $4400 more than I paid for this one and twice what I paid for any of my
> tractors. (I invested more in belts over the last few years than what
> the mower cost. Now I know why the guy sold it to me so cheap.)
> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/other_machinery/ford-860-with-woods.html>
>
> I have seen some imported mowers that cost less, but I also noticed that
> their shipping weight is about half of the Woods, which tells me a lot
> about their construction. Any suggestions anyone?
>
> Mike
>
> On 8/10/2012 6:30 PM, Richard Fink wrote:
>> Hey Charlie every one must have thee tractors running ok. Or real
>> busy working on them. R Fink PA
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