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The ultimate barn find, Dicer! LOL Even though it wasnt lost!
Cub Cadet CC30
The things that people junk, amazes me. Most times an old machine like that is far from used up and doesn't need all that much to work again.I have an '80's Wheelhorse with a cast iron Kohler engine. Got it out of the junkyard, needed points and a fuel pump. The deck and spindles are in excellent shape.
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US built Lastec 4520 x 10' cut zero turn with 5 articulating anti scalpe decks. You can drive it over a mound like 5 guys pushing 25" lawnmowers. Cuts 10 acres/hour at 9mph... which will be nice as it currently takes me about 6 to 7. 45hp x 4 cylinder Kubota diesel. Weighs 2700lbs. The one I'm hopefully getting is 3 years old with 900 hours on it and meticulously maintained by my Wife's cousin. He owns a golf course and is negotiating a lease buy out for me to get it "cheap". New was $65k... getting it hopefully for 22. They sell at auction for over 30k with a lot more hours on them. If we can't do the deal with Lastec... it'll be goats!Do tell us the details about the engine in that sucker!
HOLY COW! I wasnt expecting that. (Doors blown off)US built Lastec 4520 x 10' cut zero turn with 5 articulating anti scalpe decks. You can drive it over a mound like 5 guys pushing 25" lawnmowers. Cuts 10 acres/hour at 9mph... which will be nice as it currently takes me about 6 to 7. 45hp x 4 cylinder Kubota diesel. Weighs 2700lbs. The one I'm hopefully getting is 3 years old with 900 hours on it and meticulously maintained by my Wife's cousin. He owns a golf course and is negotiating a lease buy out for me to get it "cheap". New was $65k... getting it hopefully for 22. They sell at auction for over 30k with a lot more hours on them. If we can't do the deal with Lastec... it'll be goats!
More than I really want to spend to cut grass... but a new John Deere zero turnHOLY COW! I wasnt expecting that. (Doors blown off)
I see too many single cylinder Kohler Courage engines in the junkyard. I think they came close to a class action lawsuit on that one. I have an otherwise good zero turn with a Command twin with a broken connecting rod. Got to get that fixed to cut my mowing time to a third or less.The things that people junk, amazes me. Most times an old machine like that is far from used up and doesn't need all that much to work again.
I just wish Kohler would have stayed with those engines they'd still have the reputation as the best out there. Today's Kohler's are a shell of what they used to be. They should have stopped "innovating" after the magnum or at least the command series. Anything from them since is total crap.
And they act like they're ashamed to have built engines stronger than the $#1t-house at one time in their existence. The courage and after that the 7000 series are worthless.
What kind of mower? (Brand, size of deck)I see too many single cylinder Kohler Courage engines in the junkyard. I think they came close to a class action lawsuit on that one. I have an otherwise good zero turn with a Command twin with a broken connecting rod. Got to get that fixed to cut my mowing time to a third or less.
My old john deere has been thru 3 familys and still runs greatI have a 1967 John Deere. That thing is built like a tank.