I found this old finish mower locally for cheap. Very nice older gentleman had it for 30+ years and downsized from his ranch to a smaller property and switched to a zero turn for his new yard. It works great. He had it all setup on a small allis tractor when I came by and he demonstrated it and everything and then helped me load it. Very heavy duty, over 600 lbs. $175.
I felt like the dog that caught the school bus when I got it home since he loaded it into the back of my pickup. I managed to get it off there with my FEL by parking the truck off a small retaining wall so that I only had about a foot off the ground to the tailgate.
There's no rust-through anywhere and its all greased up and runs pretty quiet. Tested on about an acre of lawn and it works good. I will just need to get used to operating a behind mower.
It looks awful but it's all just patina. I am not sure if I should bother trying to paint it as it seems the patina might be more rust protection than paint. Anyone painted something like this and have recommendations on best way to do it? I might just leave it alone and be happy
I felt like the dog that caught the school bus when I got it home since he loaded it into the back of my pickup. I managed to get it off there with my FEL by parking the truck off a small retaining wall so that I only had about a foot off the ground to the tailgate.
There's no rust-through anywhere and its all greased up and runs pretty quiet. Tested on about an acre of lawn and it works good. I will just need to get used to operating a behind mower.
It looks awful but it's all just patina. I am not sure if I should bother trying to paint it as it seems the patina might be more rust protection than paint. Anyone painted something like this and have recommendations on best way to do it? I might just leave it alone and be happy
