Tractor Sizing B7500 Size

[jwstewar]

Hey glad to here some other TBN'ers from Chillicothe. I also live in Chilli town - actually more correctly I'm down off Rt. 50 East almost Londonderry. And yessir it can be hard to get parts for the '65 antique. Good thing is for the most part it is in pretty good shape other than the mower deck, thank goodness for the 63" pull behind. I had a mandrel go back on the deck and I've actually got a cousin making one as I can no longer buy it. May have to look at some engine work though. Still starts and runs great with ample power (for a 12HP GT) but it is starting to leak oil pretty bad. I changed (well kinda) the oil last week after the winter hiatus, but I got very little oil out.

 

[jwstewar]

Hadn't really considered folding ROPS. The purpose of this shed really wasn't for the purpose of housing a 'bota, but was hoping that I could kinda make it work. I'm hoping to be able to do a garage shortly as well, but in case that doesn't happen I want to have a fall back plan to protect my baby if/when I get it. Gotta get the wife rest of the way through college so she can then hopefully find a job and buy me 'bota /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif.

 

[chillycoffee]

I says Chillicothe, but I lives neer roxabell, witch is south of rout 35 west of chil. Nobody not never hear about roxabell. I tells them roxabell and they looks at me like i just tell him to eat his boot! sounds like the 65 hang on for deer life! where you find a 63 mower? that even older than the gardin tractor! you must go yard-salin! i go sometimes. they has a good one over by fruitdale. i used to live over by the tracks neer the plant. that smell like my in-laws pits!

 

[pumkinshow]

I got me a boat. Starcraft, 21 foot, dulie Mercury motors on it. it go 40 mph full throttle. You interested in buying me boat?

 

[jwstewar]

Actually it isn't a '63 it is a 63" mower. I purchased last year from the now defunct Quality Farm & Fleet (God bless its now empty shelves/w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif. It is made by Agri-Fab and has it own B&S engine. A 12.5 I/C engine. Does a great job with the grass and saves a lot of wear & tear on the old Sears as if I don't use the deck on the tractor and only use the pull behind the Sears can then just putter along.
Roxabelle area? Isn't that out toward Greenfield? Also off SR 28?

 

[chillycoffee]

If you'r driving from greenfeld to chillicothe on 28, and goes left at lattaville, you cant miss roxabell. I sees what you saying about the mower. 63 would be older than the tractor thogh! I bet Seers would by the old tractor from if you told them you has it. I bet there ain't to much bunches of them still mowin! I thot the old 73 JD was an antike! Where you go school? I went to Teays Valley until the 7th grade. That be in the Cirvleville area. I probly try to get my GAD if I ever gets a job where I don't got to sleep all day! You go to chillicothe high? I got my computer on the branch campis give-back. where you got yours?

 

[jwstewar]

I did go to Chillicothe High School my Freshman/Sophomore years. Then for my Junior & Senior years I went to Pickaway-Ross Vocational Center and got into Computers. Right now I'm down to about 4 computers. The one I use the most is a Compaq that my cousin had that was struck by lightening and I resurected it from the dead. I then also have a Toshiba laptop that I bought at Best Buy. Both of those are AMD processors. I also then have a Pentium II PowerSpec from MicroCenter that is the kid's machine (2 year-old girl and 9 mo. old boy). Sure does save a lot of wear and tear on my machine with them banging on that. Also have a handheld Windows CE computer/toy /w3tcompact/icons/grin.gif. With the house projects/honey-do lists haven't had much computer time other than at work. But I'm probably going to look at building a new machine in 2 or 3 months. Try to get some of the projects completed that I've been waitin' on spring for.

 

[pumkinshow]

You interested in selling the sears traktor? I hear the 12HP are better than some ov the 21HP traktors nowadays.

 

[pumkinshow]

I went to Teays Valley until 11 grade, than swich to tech schhol. What year you gratuate? u still interested in my traktor?

 

[jwstewar]

No, don't think my dad would like that. His uncle actually bought it new, so he kinda wants to keep it around for the memories. I've also got the 3 pt. hitch on it with a disk and single bottom plow. Have done a lot of work with that tractor through the years. It actually has very few hours. Dads uncle only used it about 5 years to plow/disk a small garden up before he died. Dad then got it and used it to keep an even smaller garden up for a few years (20X20) Dad finally found the mower deck for it in the late 80's. He used it on their city lot (80X120) with 2 driveways, house, pool, & and a camper so not many hours there either. I then started using when we bought our property in late '99. This will be my 3rd summer mowing with it. He still comes down to the house and stares at it waiting for me get my own tractor so he can have his back. I bought him a 13.5 horse Snapper w/ a 38" deck for Christmas in '98 because the Sears was 2 big with all of the stuff and I got a helluva a deal on the Snapper - cousin owned a lawner mower/saw shop that went out of business there in Chillicothe.

 

[chillycoffee]

Man, you am gots a lot of computers! Is you some kind of computer gewrew? I gots that free innernet, but it slowr'n a rented mule in a mud pit! How you got so many computers? I wood like to got a biggest monitour. I think the one i gots is a forteen inch. Maybe if i gets a raise, i'll look on ebay.

 

[jwstewar]

You may be better off just finding a bigger monitor at some place like HH Gregg or someplace like that. A lot of times you can find a 17" for around $99 or so. By the time you pay $30 or $40 on Ebay and then have to pay shipping you are at possibly $70 or so and you still have a monitor that you aren't sure how old it is and how long it will work - just my $.02 worth.
I don't like to call my self a "gewrew", but I guess I can find my way around them. I'm a computer programmer by trade but I also do consulting on the side. I've done everything from mainframe programming w/ COBOL and CICS, Network Design, Installation, & Administration including interfacing w/ tanning beds, PC Support w/ building PCs hardware wise and establing a software build that will work consistently in a complex environment. Currently I'm working on a new Claims system for Grange Insurance that will integrate with a document imaging system, automatic fax system, and the mainframe computer. This will be spread out eventually to 9 or 10 states. Sure can be a challenge sometimes to make sure all of the communication links are working properly.

 

[jwstewar]

I took your advise. Stopped on my way home from work Thursday. Just so happened the dealer was still there and I got to talk to him again. We were able to some lookin' & peekin'. Also helps to get on a little bit more of a personal level when I get ready to actually go back and buy/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif, which will hopefully be soon.

 

[pumkinshow]

Look you got the whole kit and kaboodle! I'm thinking of trading my wagon for a plow. I got a garden 50 by 50. I like veggies. How much a plow cost me? You want to sell yours? I gotta get me a new traktor. What do you recomend?

 

[chillycoffee]

$99! That a lot of dow! Maybe i looks at 15 inch. anyone trade a 15 inch for the old JD! i bet i find one at flee market in weekend time. a frend of mine work over at tomsin cleening up at night. theys might be hire after spring so i mights get look there. when you havin yard sale? haha!

 

[chillycoffee]

oh yeh, if forgots i gots grange for insorance. you works over at price insorance in chilly town?

 

[pumkinshow]

Hey Rockin'


I got Grange insurance also. I talked with ZWAYER from Circleville. Nice man. He give me good rate. I even got my '86 traktor and wagon insurd if someone rip me off. they a good company. I feel safe at night.

 

[jwstewar]

Actually Price is an independent agent (as all Grange agents are). They are just representatives of Grange and aren't actually part of the company. I work for Grange itself. I actually work at the home office in Columbus.

 

[jwstewar]

I'm in no means an expert - very few hours on anything but a garden tractor. I'm wanting to buy a Kubota B7500 w/ 60" mmm and FEL. I'm not sure how much a plow would cost. I know think the plow I have would fit anything other than this old Sears - but I could be wrong on that. I'm in the process of building a shed - gotta get some pictures posted - and I thinking about using the plow to bury an electric line to it.
You tractor should be new enough /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif that it should accept the sleeve hitch for $149 and then the plow for $189 through Sears. Could probably find something similar to this at TSC - especially right now that the RoundTown as there own TSC effective today.

 

[chillycoffee]

That a long-a$$ drives to work! you must got a [censored] pinto or a rad rice! why you not work at radio shack? i thinks wal-mart sell computers! you not never not got to drive cleer to columbus!