Zg227????

[shires]

My neighbor has a ZG227 for sale that he bought at an auction.
He's told me he'll sale it to me for what he has in it, but I have no idea what it's worth. I'll ask him later what the cost is after I hear back from some of yall.
I used it to mow my grass yesterday and it runs good.
The deck needs to be leveled and the front decks wheels put on and adjusted right.
It also needs a new left rear tire. The tire slips while trying to turn and go down hills.
All the controls work great.
I'll also have to put a grass shoot back on. Someone put a home made mulch cover on it.
The mower also has 2105.7 hrs on it.
Wondering how many hrs you can really expect out of one of these mowers or kubota gas engines.
I'm pretty good at fixing things so I have no doubt I can work on it if someone needs replacing.
I'll attach a few pictures.
Thanks for any comments.

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=337&pictureid=1906

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=337&pictureid=1907

Just talked to my neighbor and he told me $3900
Reason one tire is slick and the other is not is because he just put a new one on the right rear after he got it. It had a whole that couldn't be patched.

 

[300zx]

Shires, that seems like a lot of hours for that kind of money, IMHO, but I have no references other than the following:

Here is a zd28 in Baltimore, 1370 hours for $4200

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/grd/4590444225.html

I bought my zg20 in the Spring of 2008 for $6335. The zg20 is the same chasis as the zg227. The zg20 has the 20hp Kohler engine and the zg227 has the Kubota engine. At the time I bought the mower, I didn't want to pay the extra $300 for the Kubota engine. After 6 years of use on my 1 acre, it only has 150 hours on it!

My guess is that the mower you are looking at was used commercially. It would take 52 weeks full time at 40 hours per week to build up that kind of hours. Most homeowners would not have that kind of usage.

Good luck on your decision,
John in VA

 

[85Hokie]

My neighbor has a ZG227 for sale that he bought at an auction.
He's told me he'll sale it to me for what he has in it, but I have no idea what it's worth. I'll ask him later what the cost is after I hear back from some of yall.
I used it to mow my grass yesterday and it runs good.
The deck needs to be leveled and the front decks wheels put on and adjusted right.
It also needs a new left rear tire. The tire slips while trying to turn and go down hills.
All the controls work great.
I'll also have to put a grass shoot back on. Someone put a home made mulch cover on it.
The mower also has 2105.7 hrs on it.
Wondering how many hrs you can really expect out of one of these mowers or kubota gas engines.
I'm pretty good at fixing things so I have no doubt I can work on it if someone needs replacing.
I'll attach a few pictures.
Thanks for any comments.

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=337&pictureid=1906

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=337&pictureid=1907

Just talked to my neighbor and he told me $3900
Reason one tire is slick and the other is not is because he just put a new one on the right rear after he got it. It had a whole that couldn't be patched.

If it was a diesel engine I would consider it, but a gas engine, I think it is a bit too high with that many hours on it, and like you said, you will need to put more money IN IT to get it "right" - not sure what a good price is, but 3900 is high, my 2 cents.

 

[North Idaho Wolfman]

That price is high for a unit with that many hours, and with the problems it has.
I think It should be more in the 2.5K to 3.0K range at most.