Lawn Tractor Help

[Pete_G]

That tractor is just a baby.

Those have to be the toughest lawn and garden tractors ever, being almost totally hydraulically driven, not counting the belt drive clutch.

Not cheap to be sure and not particularly modern at this point, but there's nothing quite like them.

Random fact - if you have the 60" deck it is an interference design. Really bad things would have possibly happened if that metal frame got up inside there and the toothed belt failed. The sounds, speaking from experience, are unpleasant (and expensive).

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by Pete_G

That tractor is just a baby.

Those have to be the toughest lawn and garden tractors ever, being almost totally hydraulically driven, not counting the belt drive clutch.

Not cheap to be sure and not particularly modern at this point, but there's nothing quite like them.

Random fact - if you have the 60" deck it is an interference design. Really bad things would have possibly happened if that metal frame got up inside there and the toothed belt failed. The sounds, speaking from experience, are unpleasant (and expensive).

It was expensive when I bought it, but all my neighbors are on thier third tractor from the same time I picked this one up down in Swansea. The kicker was the log splitter that attached to the back. At the time it was considered a SMALL COMMERCIAL SPLITTER AND THE GUY SOLD IT TO ME FOR $600.00 BECAUSE THE GUY WHO ORIGINALLY BOUGHT IT BROUGHT IT BACK. Said splitting wood was for him and it had been sitting under a tarp for a year. I just noticed the mowing deck is actually has a rust through spot. I am sure I can weld it and fix the spot.

I have been lucky to be able to get parts for it at a couple of different places, especially since Ingersoll went belly up twive and has now been reincarnated up in Maine. Still American made.