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Re: Re: Buying a Lawn and Garden Mower/Tractor


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Posted by Forrest Finch on February 17, 2005 at 22:25:29 from (24.59.66.81):

In Reply to: Re: Buying a Lawn and Garden Mower/Tractor posted by bigp on April 14, 1999 at 05:51:41:

Hello,
I've read all of the feed back that you've been getting, and a lot of good points have been made.
It's absolutely true that you should look at quality vs. price. Names like John Deer, Cub Cadet, Massey, Ford, and some other farm brand names are very tough machines. But, when you get away from the farm brands and start looking at the store brands, ie Sears/Craftsman, Husky, Yard Machine, and all of the rest, The Sears/Craftsman brand packs more Bang for the Buck than any of them! By-the-way, The Sears brand tractors are built by a company once known as "David Bradly", then, after a merger,it became "Roper" for many years. Now after several other mergers, it has become "American Yard Products" or "AYP". "MTD", who builds many brands, including JD, purchased Cub Cadet from "International Harvester" a few years back. I own two old Sears brand tractors. One is a 1976 Sears garden tractor that runs four seasons out of the year. It mowes, Blowes snow, rear blade mounted to a hydraulic 3 point hitch, and a Heated cab. I'm 52 years old, and as long as I can find parts when I need them, I'll run er another 30 years. The other one is a 1982 Sears/Craftsman. ( Not to be compared with Sears.) lawn tractor. It mowes flawlessly.
I don't want to make you JD people mad. I owned a JD a few years back. It cost me a small fortune for parts. Yes, JD's need maintainence too. I kept the Sears and sold the JD, and never looked back.
If I were in the market for a new tractor. One that would work for me when, and just as hard as I want it to, I would be in the market for a Craftsman GT 5000 garden tractor with a 25 hp Kohler V-twinn, and a 6 spd, gearbox. Put it in the gear you want, and go to work. No need to shift. The reason I prefer a gearbox is because they last forever and require very little maintainence. Much tougher then the automatic, and less money. Not to mention, the automatic is using 2-3 hp to push fluids. The gearbox takes approx. a 1/2 hp. to oporate, leaving more power to run your impliments.
I'm including the link to a group of little tractor motor heads that may be of interest to you. Tell them Forrest sent you. Also a picture of the tractor I just mentioned.



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