New, old mower, loving it

[BeerCan]

I recently got a new mower. 16 year old grasshopper 928D. Mows like a dream, 72 inch deck seems gigantic to me.

Has a Kubota d1105 28hp diesel. Runs like a top. Parker wheel motors and hydro gear pumps.

Looks great for an old mower and it is nearly as big as the mini, maybe bigger

 

[oggb]

Our local public works department got rid of all of their John Deere and Kubota equipment and switched over to 100% Grasshopper mowers recently. They love them.

I want to see that on a trailer behind the kei truck!

 

[JTK]

What a beaut! So clean! Was it restored, or is that all original?

As good as new ones look, they're not built anything like that.

 

[andyd]

What is kei truck? Can you register it? TIA

 

[dlundblad]

She looks like a beast.

 

[BeerCan]

What a beaut! So clean! Was it restored, or is that all original?

It's original. It was a county mower in Manatee Florida. I think it was just well taken care of.

 

[BeerCan]

What is kei truck? Can you register it? TIA

Japanese mini truck. And yes, depending on state if you are in USA. Thread in vehicle section

 

[BeerCan]

Wow I burnt up the pto belts on this on my first mow. I mean they disintegrated in a big puff of smoke, I thought I set the grass on fire.

I replace the belts with the surprisingly affordable grasshopper replacements, and have mowed about 6 acres since. Hopefully it was just old belts, I guess if they were original to the mower they would have been 16-17 years old. 560 hours on the mower but I have the feeling it has been sitting for a few years before I purchased it.

 

[jeepman3071]

Wow I burnt up the pto belts on this on my first mow. I mean they disintegrated in a big puff of smoke, I thought I set the grass on fire.

I replace the belts with the surprisingly affordable grasshopper replacements, and have mowed about 6 acres since. Hopefully it was just old belts, I guess if they were original to the mower they would have been 16-17 years old. 560 hours on the mower but I have the feeling it has been sitting for a few years before I purchased it.

Yeah sitting would do it. I've had the same thing happen with mower deck belts.

 

[jake wells]

Wow I burnt up the pto belts on this on my first mow. I mean they disintegrated in a big puff of smoke, I thought I set the grass on fire.

I replace the belts with the surprisingly affordable grasshopper replacements, and have mowed about 6 acres since. Hopefully it was just old belts, I guess if they were original to the mower they would have been 16-17 years old. 560 hours on the mower but I have the feeling it has been sitting for a few years before I purchased it.

Now you need a suspension seat update because if you ever use one you will never go back. The front center castor on the deck is bad about excessive wear and breaking. I think grasshopper sales a upgraded castor for that model but don't hold me to it.