daugen
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New Holland Tractor TS100, Like Brand New
John Deere 4300 HST 4x4 ONLY 26 HOURS!
three years ago I bought a JD LX280 lawn tractor from a friend.
It was a 2004 model with .6 hours on it. He bought it, got tied up in work, stuck it in a basement garage
and forgot about it. Then business was poor for my old friend, and he knew I bought/collected mowers and machinery, and
he mentioned he had this mower in his basement. Well....what an incredibly nice mower. At half price.
Today in looking through the local CraigsList under farm and garden, which I do occasionally, I saw two almost brand new tractors that were well over three years old.
These tractors likely all have a story. Maybe prized so much they didn't want to use them? or a not very sensible purchase to make in the first place is more likely.
An expensive tool that sat, and sat, and sat. Maybe the owner got sick, who knows, but there must be a story to tell.
When I bought my JD mower, which had the nice Kawasaki twin in it, I immediately drained the oil and refilled it, sprayed WD-40 in the cylinder pretty well, and then after a few cranks, she started and I kept it at as low rpm as I could for a little bit, then that engine just purred. After sitting all those years. Fun to see actually.
So when you are looking for new, might pay to check around to see if one of these time machines are out there. If that New Holland Tractor was a Ford, that means a number of years ago, right? Thought it had been a while since Agco took them over.
John Deere 4300 HST 4x4 ONLY 26 HOURS!
three years ago I bought a JD LX280 lawn tractor from a friend.
It was a 2004 model with .6 hours on it. He bought it, got tied up in work, stuck it in a basement garage
and forgot about it. Then business was poor for my old friend, and he knew I bought/collected mowers and machinery, and
he mentioned he had this mower in his basement. Well....what an incredibly nice mower. At half price.
Today in looking through the local CraigsList under farm and garden, which I do occasionally, I saw two almost brand new tractors that were well over three years old.
These tractors likely all have a story. Maybe prized so much they didn't want to use them? or a not very sensible purchase to make in the first place is more likely.
An expensive tool that sat, and sat, and sat. Maybe the owner got sick, who knows, but there must be a story to tell.
When I bought my JD mower, which had the nice Kawasaki twin in it, I immediately drained the oil and refilled it, sprayed WD-40 in the cylinder pretty well, and then after a few cranks, she started and I kept it at as low rpm as I could for a little bit, then that engine just purred. After sitting all those years. Fun to see actually.
So when you are looking for new, might pay to check around to see if one of these time machines are out there. If that New Holland Tractor was a Ford, that means a number of years ago, right? Thought it had been a while since Agco took them over.