[AT] ZTR mower follow up

[Cecil R Bearden]

Charlie:
Great Deal!!!!!!!!!!!!   You might drop off a fifth or case of your 
friends favorite beverage to him soon for such a good deal!!   Sometimes 
the planets align themselves and we are in the right place at the right 
time...
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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