Originally Posted By: JLoy
I would find a shelter kept, low hour, used machine and I am sure that I could find something seriously better than new for that price.
Yes I could and I've been looking....nothing so far that I would buy.
Here's the deal...I just got old so the wife and I sold our huge home & 54 acres of land and we down sized. I sold my Grasshopper 430D Z-turn which was real nice. I now have a normal size yard in a normal neighborhood. I don't want a Z-turn...least not a small one, they are to bumpy of a ride.
I still have my 1973 Wheel Horse C121 that's in great shape. It's big and heavy, it has rear discharge deck and I hate the lawn sweeper routine. The way it's geared you're either going to slow or to fast, my wife (keyword, remember that...haha) hates driving it, she was scared to death of the Grasshopper after putting it in the pond her first try.
I want to set the Wheel Horse up for snow plowing only. I don't want some old heavy JD that's the same as what I have.
Now that I got old I want a nice rider so I look like every other old guy in my neighborhood, plus (this is where key word comes in)if I get a nice rider my wife will be more than happy to jump on it and cut grass.....ahhhh that would be nice, don't you think ?
Thanks