idiggplants
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- Mar 20, 2019
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- Tractor
- stx38
we need a tractor for our remote hunting/atv cabin about 4 hours away from home.
i got a JD stx38 from a friend of mine on a trade. black deck, newest set of serial numbers... basically traded him some used atv tires that i could have gotten $75 for. i put on a new drive belt, fixed the seat saftey switch, new battery, tire tube, and added a headlight. probably forgetting something, but i know that all in, including the pretend $75, im at $150. from what im seeing online i could sell it for $300-400 quite easily.
another friend just posted an lt180 to facebook mktplace. asking $350 with 900 hours on it. it looks clean, says it runs well(havent seen it but he is a decent friend of mine) and needs nothing.
im trying to decide which direction to go in. keep the stx or buy the lt180 and sell the stx. idk what i could get for the stx.
my main thing is reliability. i certainly like the 1' wider cut, and the idea of hydrostatic is awesome, but the most important factor is that when the thing breaks down, its not a fix it in place thing... i dont have time(let alone many tools or electricity) up there to fix it, it needs to get pushed onto a trailer and brought home for anything more than an oil change or a carb rebuild. im wary of hydrostatic as ive had a couple mowers fail, and it seems like that means it is a situation where a new more is a better decision than fixing it.
any input would be great. THANKS!!!!
i got a JD stx38 from a friend of mine on a trade. black deck, newest set of serial numbers... basically traded him some used atv tires that i could have gotten $75 for. i put on a new drive belt, fixed the seat saftey switch, new battery, tire tube, and added a headlight. probably forgetting something, but i know that all in, including the pretend $75, im at $150. from what im seeing online i could sell it for $300-400 quite easily.
another friend just posted an lt180 to facebook mktplace. asking $350 with 900 hours on it. it looks clean, says it runs well(havent seen it but he is a decent friend of mine) and needs nothing.
im trying to decide which direction to go in. keep the stx or buy the lt180 and sell the stx. idk what i could get for the stx.
my main thing is reliability. i certainly like the 1' wider cut, and the idea of hydrostatic is awesome, but the most important factor is that when the thing breaks down, its not a fix it in place thing... i dont have time(let alone many tools or electricity) up there to fix it, it needs to get pushed onto a trailer and brought home for anything more than an oil change or a carb rebuild. im wary of hydrostatic as ive had a couple mowers fail, and it seems like that means it is a situation where a new more is a better decision than fixing it.
any input would be great. THANKS!!!!