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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>This little guy has 3143+ hours. The meter works even tho the glass on the cluster falls out, and is broken so the cluster is a mess. There was nothing unbalanced at all about the old blades which leads me to believe it was just weeds and gopher mounds for 21 years that got them to that point. Like I said earlier it definitely mowed with vertical windrows of uncut stuff. Someone on the Facebook page asked if it was used as a box scraper. Well with an abundance of gopher and ground squirrel mounds might as well be. Needless to say I will not be abusing this machine. It runs like a champ and now it mows like one as well. A brush hog would probably be a better unit but no rear PTO on this. And a new machine is out of the question. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>When I first got the deck off and looked at the blade bolts I was actually worried that I may not get them removed as the heads were almost carriage bolt like. Thankfully the Milwaukee impact did the trick easily. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’d take this one in a heartbeat at least based on how it operates. Yes, it is abused and in need of a $1000 worth of plastic, but I’d give it a good home. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> AT <at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Gunnells, Brad R<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 06, 2020 12:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at@lists.antique-tractor.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] [External] Thanks Dean.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Wow! Talk about something that's been rode hard! I too have never seen a blade like that.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>And that poor machine. Saddens me when I see something that's been that neglected. Hard to believe it has given that many years of service given it's appearance. I'd love to have one of those myself, but I'd run away from that if it were on the auction block. Hahahaha<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Brad<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='color:black'> AT <<a href="mailto:at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com">at-bounces@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>> on behalf of <a href="mailto:bradloomis@charter.net">bradloomis@charter.net</a> <<a href="mailto:bradloomis@charter.net">bradloomis@charter.net</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 5, 2020 11:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group' <<a href="mailto:at@lists.antique-tractor.com">at@lists.antique-tractor.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [External] [AT] Thanks Dean.</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal>To Dean VP,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>I am the ‘operator’ of a Deere 455 at work. Which also means I’m the mechanic. Because of your uploading of the manual on such machines on the associated JD page on Faceplant I now have access to info I would have had to wing it through. Heck, it’s almost an antique, a 1999. I love that poor abused machine. I want to take it home badly. It fires right up ever single time, even tho the starter is a wire to the battery that has to be touched to the post to get it to crank. But varoom and it’s off and running. That and replacing the 21 year old mower blades, now it actually mows. They literally tossed a rear blade and a drag before I could salvage them. More money then sense and a need to ‘clean’ things up. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Again, thanks for that upload. A wealth of information. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal>Brad<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>