[AT] ZTR mower follow up

Fri May 2 06:21:28 PDT 2014

NO good deed goes unpunished Cecil.  That seems to be the way of the world.
It's amazing how folks will take advantage and then be unwilling to return
the favor.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil R Bearden
Sent: Friday, May 02, 2014 7:10 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] ZTR mower follow up

Charlie:
I know what you mean about being the last one to find out about a good deal.
  I have a friend who bought a 1958 D6 8U Cat for $800 a couple of years
ago.  It only had about 1500 hours on it and was used mainly as a winch
driver on an oilfield pulling unit.  It had been in a barn for a
decade.   I helped him get it out of the barn and running and hauled it
home and wherever he needed it.  He had some back surgery and was
thinking about selling it.  He promised me several times that I would
get first chance on it if he ever decided to sell it.   I have hauled
equipment for him for free as we trade labor and I have the machinery
and he does not.  Last month I asked him about the dozer and he said he
sold it for $10,500 to some farmer about 80 miles west of here.   I
would have bought it even though that is expensive for a machine that is
56 years old.   For some reason I just do not really care to help him
very much now..........    I am glad you got someone to let you have a
good deal.

Cecil in OKla

On 5/2/2014 3:35 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> 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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