any toro groundsmaster fans on here?

Xfaxman · Apr 17, 2015

From last month, with R1 tires and a load of dead wood.

Xfaxman · Apr 17, 2015

This month I added a tractor canopy that I found on craigslist.

Kernopelli · Apr 17, 2015

Nice rig!! I was thinking about you today. I was driving by the local golf course and saw a 580D that they took out of service and it has been sitting outside their maintenance shop for several years now. It's 4x4 w/o the side decks and it's a monster! I have no idea what might be wrong with it but every time I see it I think it would make a nice loader and snow pusher! Maybe, I could one-up you and make a telehandler out of it :laughing: . I know the grounds keeper and the course owner and I was thinking I'd better get off my tail and ask one of them about it soon or I'm afraid it will get hauled off for scrap eventually.

Creamer · Apr 17, 2015

When did they quit making groundmasters?

Xfaxman · Apr 17, 2015

Kernopelli said:
Nice rig!! I was thinking about you today. I was driving by the local golf course and saw a 580D that they took out of service and it has been sitting outside their maintenance shop for several years now. It's 4x4 w/o the side decks and it's a monster! I have no idea what might be wrong with it but every time I see it I think it would make a nice loader and snow pusher! Maybe, I could one-up you and make a telehandler out of it :laughing: . I know the grounds keeper and the course owner and I was thinking I'd better get off my tail and ask one of them about it soon or I'm afraid it will get hauled off for scrap eventually.

Go for it! A 580D with a telescoping boom would be awesome. :thumbsup: There are a lot of traction units and parts available on eBay.

Xfaxman · Apr 17, 2015

Creamer said:
When did they quit making groundmasters?

They still make Groundsmasters, the GM360 is the latest.

And with a cab.

The 3xx series like I have has been discontinued, but replaced with the 3xxx series.

Here is a 3280D.

Creamer · Apr 18, 2015

I was told by a dealer just a couple of days ago that Toro did not make any front decks anymore. The mid decks may be called Groundmasters but they are not the same. I have a front deck and would not want a mid deck. The Groundmaster always looked like a great machine to me but mine was only half the price and was a ZTR.

Xfaxman · Apr 18, 2015

Creamer said:
I was told by a dealer just a couple of days ago that Toro did not make any front decks anymore. The mid decks may be called Groundmasters but they are not the same. I have a front deck and would not want a mid deck. The Groundmaster always looked like a great machine to me but mine was only half the price and was a ZTR.

First thing there is a s in the middle. When searching on eBay you have to spell it four ways, groundsmaster, groundmaster, grounds master and ground master.

I just looked at their Website and all the front deck mowers are the large multi deck models. This may be the smallest one, the three wheel drive, three deck 3500.

I can't afford the new ones anyway, so my 2004 328D should last me the rest of my life.

My put together loader is 25 years old and I used it this week to move the 8' diameter bale ring.

Xfaxman · Apr 28, 2015

Xfaxman said:
Thanks, yep, very happy with the way they work and the power of the diesel engine. Only using one for mowing now, the first one has the loader on it, so that leaves two parts machines

Several years ago I read about the 88" Triflex rear discharge deck, it has two fold up wings. It was made from 1988 to 1994. I finally found one last October and put it on the 4WD unit.
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This is the 88" Triflex deck posted above.

I needed a smaller deck for making and mowing trails to ride horses on, TORO didn't make one smaller than 72", so I removed the two wing decks, that left a 54", 3 spindle deck just a little wider than the wheels, perfect for the trails.