I bought my Gravely 6.6L about a year and a half ago - it is an amazing machine. Electric start and a remote engagement handle (options). I have a rotary plow, tiller, 48" blade, 30" rough cutting mower, a scary snow thrower with no guards, a circular saw blade for cutting down trees /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif, and a rather rare leaf bagging attachment for the mower. I've found that some of the attachments work better than others - the rotary plow is fabulous for all sorts of jobs, but the tiller is pretty lame.
The 30" deck works farily well, but I have trouble with the slip clutch and then it stalls out the blade in tall grass. The proceedure for adjusting the slip clutch is pretty funny!
I used the snow blower to good effect the first winter I had it, but then we had 2B-modified stone put down in the drive, and it just ate it. It really needed a re-build anyway, so I parked it until I can work on it. I did use it to blow a path across grass and field to get the manure spreader through, and it worked great for that. I can't imagine using this blower without the remote clutch rod setup!
The 48" blade is excellent! I don't have duals (yet!), but with chains on the wheels that thing can really move some snow, and in tight quaters too. But you do have to be careful lest you snag a corner on something, as it can really toss you around, and those bars dont feel to good when they get jammed into your side!
I never tried the leaf catcher - it's a large and cumbersome looking rig, and well, I just don't do leaves! I'm never going to try the saw blade - it's just going to hang on the wall of the barn for ever.
A buddy of mine just "loaned" me a sickle bar for it too - I have not put it on yet, but it looks like it may work very well. I do need to get a dual wheel setup for it, as the old hard tires spin too easily without chains.
Gravely "Super Convertibles" are strange, eccentric, crude machines. Guards, safety, OSHA, liability - none of those things ever occured to the Gravely people! Frankly, they are dangerous devices, but boy do they work. You just have to keep your wits about you, and there is usually some spinning piece of sharp metal near by to remind you. There is no brake other than the forward/reverse lever. The optional electric start does not have any kind of charging system, but it works for quite a few starts.
Overall, I really like the thing - it looks cool, it sounds neat, and it really can do an awful lot of work. Just make sure everyone stands back before you start up the implement!
