[AT] ZTR mower follow up

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Fri May 2 01:35:15 PDT 2014


Mike, fortunately most of the lawn service companies here are owner operator
type and if they have any employees it's just one guy that works with the 
owner.
This guy works alone.  He bought this machine new.  I think it's a 2005 
model
and it has less than 700 hours showing on the meter so even though he used 
it
professionally it hasn't been run hard and put up wet.   Since the engine is 
newly
rebuilt by certified techs, the only thing I am concerned about at all is 
the wheel drive
units and they seem to be fine.

I know what you mean.  I’m usually the guy that just missed the deal or 
hears about one
after just spending the big money.  I guess it's my turn to get lucky..... I 
hope.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Mike
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 10:06 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] ZTR mower follow up

Dammit Charlie, I didn't need to hear that when I'm looking at the new
ones! Sounds like you got a killer deal, enjoy your new toy. You were
fortunate to know the owner, and how he cared for his equipment. Around
here, used ones still command a pretty good price, and the service
history is unknown. If they were used by a lawn service, you can bet
that they were operated by a crew that could give sh!t if they were hard
on it, it wasn't theirs.

Mike M


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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