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- Joined
- Jun 24, 2012
- Messages
- 9
- Location
- Newtown, PA
- Tractor
- Bobcat Ransomes 25hp 61ZTR, (past JD214) JD 455, Craftsman GT 5000
Hi all. I sold my 214 a few years back, it lasted on CL about 12 hours. $200. It was all there, but the
K321 was spent, you could eyeball the cavitation in the cyl sleeve. Don't know how many hours, but it was a 1983and I beat it hard. I also had and still have a 98-99 25hp Bobcat ZTR with 1750+ hours. I keep the ZTR at the other property (3 acres) and use a lawn service for where I live (4 acres, 1+ mowable). I never thought I would be back in the garden tractor market. I need the tractor to tow a cart which may be filled with stone, debris, firewood, as well as the occasional mowing. I have a 200' gravel sloped driveway. The slope here is 10% or more, lots of trees and usually wet and muddy. My mechanical skills are as good as or better then most home owners, I have shop space too. I am all over the map as far as making a decision. I've found projects. I've found box store tractors, I've found a guy that has a number of older JD 200 and 300's, as well as a 430 and a 455. He would rebuild to order. I don't want to spend that much. Anyway, it looks like there are a lot of used 100 box store series tractors available locally. ARE They (boxstore 100's) any good used? Can I tow firewood uphill? or am i just going to tear up the lawn and get stuck? Any suggestion is helpful as I am trying to re educate my self.
K321 was spent, you could eyeball the cavitation in the cyl sleeve. Don't know how many hours, but it was a 1983and I beat it hard. I also had and still have a 98-99 25hp Bobcat ZTR with 1750+ hours. I keep the ZTR at the other property (3 acres) and use a lawn service for where I live (4 acres, 1+ mowable). I never thought I would be back in the garden tractor market. I need the tractor to tow a cart which may be filled with stone, debris, firewood, as well as the occasional mowing. I have a 200' gravel sloped driveway. The slope here is 10% or more, lots of trees and usually wet and muddy. My mechanical skills are as good as or better then most home owners, I have shop space too. I am all over the map as far as making a decision. I've found projects. I've found box store tractors, I've found a guy that has a number of older JD 200 and 300's, as well as a 430 and a 455. He would rebuild to order. I don't want to spend that much. Anyway, it looks like there are a lot of used 100 box store series tractors available locally. ARE They (boxstore 100's) any good used? Can I tow firewood uphill? or am i just going to tear up the lawn and get stuck? Any suggestion is helpful as I am trying to re educate my self.
