[AT] OT- Gift Horse Lawn Mower

[Indiana Robinson]

I like all of what you said Steve, but especially the last half of the last
sentence...

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 12:41 PM Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Warren:
>
> I am not going to resort to Google on this one.  Instead I am going to
> tell you what I think based on my experience with my ~2013 Gravely ZTR-48
> with 24HP Kawasaki, bought new.  I think it has around 400 hours on it and
> maintained basically by the book.
>
> First of all, there are two kinds of zero-turn mowers.  The cheap
> residential ones have a pressed-steel deck and non-servicable, permanently
> sealed hydrostatic drives.  The better ones (still not commercial grade)
> have decks welded together from thicker steel, and they have hydro units
> with spin-on oil filters that you can service.
>
> If yours is the cheaper version, the answer is zero.  You have
> probably already put more into it than it is worth.
>
> If it is the better version, I'd say the machine is now worth about
> $1000.  Add up the cost of parts, pay yourself a decent hourly wage,
> subtract from $1000, THEN ask yourself what the friendship is worth.
>
>
> Steve O.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 10:02 PM Mogrits <mogrits at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I recently mentioned looking for a Zero Turn mower to a friend and he
>> said he had one to spare. He said his wife wouldn't use it anymore so he
>> "bought her a new one". That's an even funnier statement if you knew them.
>> He said for me to take it, work on it, and pay him what I thought it was
>> worth. Uggh.
>>
>> It's a 2011 Toro SS5000 Timecutter 50" cut with a Kawasaki 22hp engine.
>>
>> Drained and freshened the gasoline.
>>
>> Three of four tires were flat but will briefly hold air...a couple days
>> anyway, after I plugged a rear. The rears are worn out and need
>> replacement. The battery is weak but will hold a charge about a week. The
>> deck belt was broken so a replacement was fitted to reveal a bad idler
>> pulley (I should have known something broke the belt). So that was fitted
>> only to reveal a bad spindle. Bought and replaced. So, mower deck problems
>> solved.
>>
>> First use revealed it to be a NASCAR mower, only turning left strongly,
>> and it wound up in our pond and had to be pulled out with a tractor! I
>> stayed dry and only the front wheels got wet. So internet search revealed
>> how to balance steering and I used all the adjustment to no avail then
>> inspected and found a badly worn drive belt. I acquired and replaced that
>> and lo and behold, I think if I undo my steering adjustments and figure out
>> how to re-attach the foam pad piece to the steel bucket seat I may have a
>> mower I can use.
>>
>> So I guess, after replacing a battery, two tires, deck belt, a spindle,
>> tensioner pulley, drive belt, probable soon drive tensioner pulley and seat
>> repairs my question is this...
>>
>> What would you pay this good friend for this neglected mower?
>>
>> Warren
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Francis Robinson
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Central Indiana USA
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