King Kutter or Land Pride?

[ovrszd]

I have a LandPride BB that is a beast.

I have a KK rototiller that is a beast.

I'm not brand conscious. I'm condition and durability conscious.

 

[cphilip]

Yep.... I'm all over the place

Bush Hog brand Rotory cutter, Farm King rototiller, Tiger Attachments Forks, Land Pride BB. So anything rather durable with good access to parts but yet also reasonably priced is my game.

In this case because its used its a crap shoot. And condition vs price is going to probably win out. Brand is becoming secondary to condition affecting price.

 

[cphilip]

Well... the Land Pride was indeed mint. Not sure what year it is but it was with a tractor it had started out life with and that thing had 145 hours on it. I would guess this thing is no more than 2 years old and was stored under cover most of its life. It was sold new with the tractor we are fairly certain. The Grooming mower itself probably had been used once or twice. Had grass under it but what appeared to be almost unused stock blades. Belt is fantastic. Paint all nice and very few chips or scratches. Wheels as if never rolled. Manual still tucked away in the tube. Very mint unit.

Final price negotiated $1200. Not at all bad for condition. Best used unit I looked at by far.

Only thing is I snapped one of the grease fittings on one of the wheel assembly's offloading it by myself! Arg... dang it. Well... not that big a deal because you can grease these thing just by pulling them out and wiping some one. Ill fix it some day.

Had a bit of a struggle getting the shaft on to the PTO. First time with one of these spring/Ball bearing/ collars. Finally figured it out that everything has to be in just the right moon phase! Wore me out till I finally got the whole thing lined up like it wanted it to be.

But she cuts pretty darn good. I just mowed some places I normally mow. No new ground.

 

[Peter 315]

Well... the Land Pride was indeed mint. Not sure what year it is but it was with a tractor it had started out life with and that thing had 145 hours on it. I would guess this thing is no more than 2 years old and was stored under cover most of its life. It was sold new with the tractor we are fairly certain. The Grooming mower itself probably had been used once or twice. Had grass under it but what appeared to be almost unused stock blades. Belt is fantastic. Paint all nice and very few chips or scratches. Wheels as if never rolled. Manual still tucked away in the tube. Very mint unit.

Final price negotiated $1200. Not at all bad for condition. Best used unit I looked at by far.

Only thing is I snapped one of the grease fittings on one of the wheel assembly's offloading it by myself! Arg... dang it. Well... not that big a deal because you can grease these thing just by pulling them out and wiping some one. Ill fix it some day.

Had a bit of a struggle getting the shaft on to the PTO. First time with one of these spring/Ball bearing/ collars. Finally figured it out that everything has to be in just the right moon phase! Wore me out till I finally got the whole thing lined up like it wanted it to be.

But she cuts pretty darn good. I just mowed some places I normally mow. No new ground.

Looks great:thumbsup:

 

[cphilip]

Can anyone read manufacturing dates from serial numbers?

 

[Peter 315]

Can anyone read manufacturing dates from serial numbers?

Try e mailing land pride

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Well... the Land Pride was indeed mint. Not sure what year it is but it was with a tractor it had started out life with and that thing had 145 hours on it. I would guess this thing is no more than 2 years old and was stored under cover most of its life. It was sold new with the tractor we are fairly certain. The Grooming mower itself probably had been used once or twice. Had grass under it but what appeared to be almost unused stock blades. Belt is fantastic. Paint all nice and very few chips or scratches. Wheels as if never rolled. Manual still tucked away in the tube. Very mint unit.

Final price negotiated $1200. Not at all bad for condition. Best used unit I looked at by far.

Only thing is I snapped one of the grease fittings on one of the wheel assembly's offloading it by myself! Arg... dang it. Well... not that big a deal because you can grease these thing just by pulling them out and wiping some one. Ill fix it some day.

Had a bit of a struggle getting the shaft on to the PTO. First time with one of these spring/Ball bearing/ collars. Finally figured it out that everything has to be in just the right moon phase! Wore me out till I finally got the whole thing lined up like it wanted it to be.

But she cuts pretty darn good. I just mowed some places I normally mow. No new ground.

That was a great find and a great brand. I looked at an older one but went with the Bush Hog RDTH84 which was newer. It had new blades, old belt lasted several hours using it more like a rough cut bush hog. The bushings in the gauge wheel spindles are getting thin so they need replacing. They were about $100 OEM as was the belt so I am in for $1450 now and am happy with it. I bought it from the dealer that sold it new so on CL/private sale low ball price. That is about $2000 less than new locally and with all new major wear points.

 

[cphilip]

Well... didn't take long to get an answer

"Philip

That unit was built on 9/30/2014. I am sorry to tell you that warranty only goes to the original purchaser.
Thanks


Michael Butler
Service Coordinator"

This thing is a time capsule for a late year 2014. I wouldn't have guessed older than maybe 2016.

 

[TheMan419]

That was a good find.

 

[BrooksAgDave]

Those 2 are just about equal for parts availability. Both have cheap Chinese gearboxes, both use blades made by the same company. If one is significantly heavier that the other, go with it for durability sake. Otherwise, 6 of 1......