[AT] ZTR mower follow up

[charlie hill]

I think so.  I found one like it on an dealer's site, in worse condition 
with more hours
for twice the money.  Somewhere in the Midwest.

He had the engine rebuilt then it had a leaking seal somewhere and when he 
took it back in
to have that repaired they talked him into buying a new one.  He had the 
repairs completed, had
it completely serviced and put new blades on it.  Then he used it for a 
couple of days to make sure
it was right before he was going to put it up for sale.  It was still on his 
work trailer and his new
one was still parked in his shop when I bought it.  I just happened to ask 
him at the right time.
This guy has been my friend for nearly 40 years.  I don't think he'd do me 
wrong.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Bruce
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 7:41 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] ZTR mower follow up

Sounds like a great deal Charlie.
David
NW NC

On 5/1/2014 7:14 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> Well I thought I'd tell everyone that responded to my enquiry what I did.
>
> A friend of mine who is semi-retired and does some mowing on the side
> was telling me he had just bought a new Dixon ZTR mower.   I asked him
> where he got it and about the dealer and told him I was looking for a ZTR.
> He said "I'll sell you my old one".   It's a Dixon Ram 50 Mag. which is
> from their commercial line.  it's a 50" cut, powered by a 20 hp Kohler 
> which
> he just had
> rebuilt by the dealer.  The mower has been dealer serviced ever since he's
> owned
> it.  If it coughs he takes it in to be checked.   It runs like a top.
> It's been garaged every night of it's life.  Brand new belts and Dixon's
> high end
> Grizzly blades.  The seat isn't even dirty.  674 hours on the meter.
> He sold it to me for $800.00.
>
> I mowed about an acre with it today.  It's tight and smooth.  Starts as 
> soon
> as
> you bump the starter.  No leaks, no smoke, no rattles.   The paint is even
> good
> with only a few scraped up spots on the edges of the mower deck where it's
> rubbed
> stuff.  I'm tickled.  I figure if I can mow my yard all of this year with
> out problems it won't
> owe me a dime since it would cost me that much to hire this yard mowed for 
> a
> season.
>
> Here's a link to one like it on the Dixon site.
> http://www.dixon-sales.com/ram44_50.html
> They don't make that model any longer but the machines that replaced it 
> are
> almost identical.
>
> Charlie
>
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