got my new to me finish mower

jmt1271 · Aug 29, 2006

its a woods rm550. i will try and post a pic. tell me a fair price for this good condition mower. It mounted right up to the iMatch!

jmt1271 · Aug 29, 2006

i am trying to get in touch with Woods to get some touch up paint. i will sand off the surface rust and do some painting, should be good as new. the only new price i could find was 2180. that seems high, but was all i could find, let me know. thanks.

ovrszd · Aug 29, 2006

jmt1271 said:
its a woods rm550. i will try and post a pic. tell me a fair price for this good condition mower. It mounted right up to the iMatch!

I've been shopping for a RFM and I've saw prices all over the scale for this type of machine. The cheapest I saw was $550. Side discharge seems to sell cheaper than rear discharge. Not sure your iMatch is a good match. If you had a quick hitch with adjustable top hook it would work great. The way yours is hooked, you have very little float on the top link. Hopefully your lawn is relatively flat?

Ductape · Aug 30, 2006

Nice little mower ! I too am looking for a lightly used finish mower, preferably about 60 inches. I hope i have as much luck as you did !

scott_vt · Aug 30, 2006

Nice lookin finish mower !!!

I have been lookin at the 6ft rfm Caroni listed in Agrisupply. I have read some excellent reports on this mower. I was looking at the side discharge listed for $1139.95 plus shipping.

Plus its red

Neophyte · Aug 30, 2006

I think you still need the Woods RM Quick Hitch Kit or, at a minimum, the LandPride Quick Hitch Kit. See the picture below. Note they replace the lift arm braces with chains so the rear of the mower can tilt up; this comes into play at the bottom of a hill or when backing into a hill.

With the way you have it, you would want to be careful when lifting the mower. If you were driving over bumpy ground, the floating top link could pop out of the iMatch and the rear of the mower would drop to the ground! These kits prevent this from happening.

Woods Kit:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...k-hitch-setup-advice-woods-quickhitch-kit.jpg

LandPride Kit:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...5-landpride-fdr2572-jd-i-match-rfm-raised.jpg
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...landpride-fdr2572-jd-i-match-rfm-floating.jpg
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ndpride-fdr2572-jd-i-match-pages-320-003m.pdf