Price Check Thinking about selling a Bolens G152 Front PTO unit

[MattG152]

I am not sure of the part number but I have the full pto drive unit from the mounting bolts, lever, cable, coupler, belts, housing with the u joint, long shaft for belly mower for a G152. I have had no luck finding a mower deck or snow blower so I am thinking about selling it depending on what it is worth. Can anyone give me information on what the part number might be and what all of it is worth? I would rather keep it and find a deck and snow blower near by but I don't see that happening. Thinking about just buying a brush hog for the back.

 

[Ilikeurtractor]

It should be a 1308 unit. Prices are hard to nail down but I would expect to get $200-400 for it if it has the rubber coupling between the drive and engine shaft. Older units have some sort of steel coupling that is inferior if I remember correctly.

 

[MattG152]

Mine has the steel coupling. I need to get some pictures posted. I did find a 60" and 48" deck close but they are off the bolens garden tractors. I don't know if they could be made to work. The 60" would really be nice for me but from what I read the tractor can't handle it. It is a 2 cylinder 15hp diesel.

 

[MattG152]

I am new to Bolens/Iseki. I just bought this tractor

 

[Ilikeurtractor]

Welcome to the forum. I would think you could scrounge up a snow blower and deck in the Wisconsin/Minnesota areas. Seems Bolens was popular there back in the day.

 

[johneic]

Just my 02, but if a gasser can handle it, your diesel should, do not underestimate the extra torque of a diesel.

 

[Ilikeurtractor]

Remember though that horsepower (for our purposes, technically it's energy) is what gets the job done in the end. The torque diesels generate gives the impression they have more "power" but this leads to misconceptions about their ability to perform work at a given rate (power) which is what your implement or whatever really uses when it's in operation. Gasoline engines can generate more power for a given displacement typically. So why use a diesel if a gasoline engine is "better"? Depends on what you consider better. The short answer is diesels have traditionally had long life, efficiency, and reliability advantages vs gasoline. The price of fuels, emissions regulations, and gasoline engine technology advances have been changing the traditions to some extent so it will be interesting to see how things play out over time. I don't see diesels going away ever but the arguments to have them are becoming weaker in my opinion.