PT-422 on eBay

[KentT]

Just noticed a PT-422 on eBay with bucket, 60" finish mower, forks and cement mixer in Arkansas. 345 hours, and opening bid is $3500 with no reserve. It doesn't have a ROPS, but looks to be in decent condition.

eBay: Power Trac PT 422 w Mower, Cement Mixer, Bucket , Fork (item 280132761840 end time Jul-14-07 13:15:59 PDT)

 

[jstricker]

I've been lurking on this forum for ~2 years to get the feel of what to expect as a PT owner. I just got the 422 for sale on Ebay and will pick up sometime next week, so I hope all will have patience with my newbie questions for a while. Guess I better go tell my wife I just bought a tractor...

 

[KentT]

That's a pretty good price for that package... about 40% of new, for a better machine, IMO. The new ones only have one steering cylinder instead of two, like this one...

BTW -- welcome to the "other side"...

 

[NJBill]

JStricker,
Congratulations I followed that for quite awhile, I wish you luck and I hope you will be as happy as myself with my 422, the part which really pleased me was that Bidder no 1 was successful, so many times I see some cut throat come in at the last few seconds and make a steal.
By the way where are you located?
Bill

 

[Barryh]

I've been lurking on this forum for ~2 years to get the feel of what to expect as a PT owner. I just got the 422 for sale on Ebay and will pick up sometime next week, so I hope all will have patience with my newbie questions for a while. Guess I better go tell my wife I just bought a tractor...

Nice buy congrats, hope to see your adventures on this fourm. Take lots of pictures. The wife will start finding many uses for your PT after she gets used to having it around.

 

[pajoube]

Congratulations on your purchase, you got a deal.
Many projects lined up for the 422?
All of us are here to help you with any questions.
PJ

 

[jstricker]

Thanks for all the encouragement. I live on 20 sloped acres in Soddy-Daisy TN on the side of Mobray Mountain, about 15 miles north of Chattanooga. When I saw Kent T's post that there was a PT on Ebay, I jumped. My "first" projects are moving some very large rocks in the back "yard" with the forks, mowing the front lawn in less than 3 hours (we only had a push mower), moving several piles of mulch and leaves with the bucket, and brush cutting. My future plans are to purchase a mini hoe to dig out a foundation for a greenhouse, fix a 7 ft drop-off for either a retaining wall or massive vegetation planting, re-do some of our drainage ditches, and dig a pond. I want the boom pole brush cutter for some of my slopes, a stump grinder, one of the trenchers for a sprinkler system, an auger for post hole digging (with the cement mixer to help, of course), and the rotary broom to clean our road in the Fall.

As I posted earlier, I've been thinking about this for a long, long time!

Any ideas on where to find ROPS for the 422? My slopes can be very steep, and I have very little land that is flat. Attaching ROPS is gonna be a must.

 

[KentT]

Thanks for all the encouragement. I live on 20 sloped acres in Soddy-Daisy TN on the side of Mobray Mountain, about 15 miles north of Chattanooga. When I saw Kent T's post that there was a PT on Ebay, I jumped. My "first" projects are moving some very large rocks in the back "yard" with the forks, mowing the front lawn in less than 3 hours (we only had a push mower), moving several piles of mulch and leaves with the bucket, and brush cutting. My future plans are to purchase a mini hoe to dig out a foundation for a greenhouse, fix a 7 ft drop-off for either a retaining wall or massive vegetation planting, re-do some of our drainage ditches, and dig a pond. I want the boom pole brush cutter for some of my slopes, a stump grinder, one of the trenchers for a sprinkler system, an auger for post hole digging (with the cement mixer to help, of course), and the rotary broom to clean our road in the Fall.

As I posted earlier, I've been thinking about this for a long, long time!

Any ideas on where to find ROPS for the 422? My slopes can be very steep, and I have very little land that is flat. Attaching ROPS is gonna be a must.

Know where Soddy-Daisy is, for sure... my property is in Blount County, near Townsend -- actually in Walland, but if you haven't been there, and paying attention, you'd never know where that is... There's several other PT owners in East Tennessee, as I recall.

Last I heard, the factory ROPS/FOPS was $500 and it bolts right on to your PT-422. IMO, that would be money well spent... especially since it sounds like a trip to Tazewell for additional attachments is in your near future....

 

[cqaigy2]

Last I heard, the factory ROPS/FOPS was $500 and it bolts right on to your PT-422. IMO, that would be money well spent... especially since it sounds like a trip to Tazewell for additional attachments is in your near future....

I bought one from PT for my 422, it's the same as they put on the 425. I believe it was $500 and bolted right up. So far i haven't tested roll over protection yet, but have had some large limbs come down on the top.

 

[MossRoad]

I've been lurking on this forum for ~2 years to get the feel of what to expect as a PT owner. I just got the 422 for sale on Ebay and will pick up sometime next week, so I hope all will have patience with my newbie questions for a while. Guess I better go tell my wife I just bought a tractor...

Congratulations!!!