Klorinth said:
Hey guys...
Thought I would add a machine that I am thinking of looking at. I am very new to the tractor world so am still learning a huge amount.
Owner describes machine as follows:
"20 HP SIMPLICITY SUNSTAR Garden Tractor hydrosatic drive low/high ranges, posi track , 48" mower, 42" rotter tiller, 42 snowblower."
I have asked for more details like year and hours, etc. I'm curious about your initial impression. Anything that I should look for when I go see it?
Is this "posi track" the differential that everyone likes? I'm not certain what is he means with this.
Anyway, thanks for the fun reading.
Klorinth, The Sunstars are very good machines. Do you have any idea what year it might be? If it has the tiller, its a 38" tiller, they are very, very hard to find. the posi trac was on the later models, 95-97 and were good for mowing, but the locking diff was better. Also, what kind of hrs are on the machine?
The 1986 and maybe 1987 Sunstars had the exhaust pipe exit right out the front grill. There was also a 14 and 16 hp single cylinder Kholer with 42" or 48" decks. Only year those were made was 1986 I think.
the 1988-1991 models, the exhaust exits out the left side of tractor in front, and still had the orginal decal scheme. Other wise unchanged.
In 1992, they were called GTH, with that decal on the front of the rear fender and also had the newer decal scheme. Still the Mangum engine.
From 1993-1995, the change to the Command engine took place, lost the GTH decal and was the Sunstar. Also, some 20hp models had the posi trac instead of the locking diff.
1996 and 1997, once again a different decal scheme and no models had the diff lock.
This is what the 1986-1991 Sunstars looked like, minus the JD rims on the rear.
This is what the 1993-1995 Sunstars looked like. Not orginal seat.
Other models were the lime green Detz-Allis from 1986-1992, the orange Agco-Allis form 1993-1997. Also there were Massy Ferguson models in there color from 199?-1997.
Thats what I know about the Sunstar variations, I have had 5 Sunstars and all good machines.