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Fred in Pa 
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Posted: 18 Apr 2023 at 2:20pm |
Mowed 24 years with 410 on the right , 2 = 410's for donor's and 416 with 48 inch deck .
It's time to let someone else play with them. They are leaving Saturday
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He who dies with the most toys is,
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 18 Apr 2023 at 3:47pm |
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so....... whats the NEW mower ?
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Fred in Pa
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Posted: 18 Apr 2023 at 8:22pm |
John Deere 
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 6:12am |
 Fred in Pa wrote:
John Deere |
Good thing you are a mechanic!
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shameless dude
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 7:42am |
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yer FIRED!
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Steve in NJ
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 7:43am |
Curt,
Good thing he owns a Tractor repair shop too!! He'll havta' put a belly mower under the El Camino to mow the lawn, and use the pickup bed to catch the grass.....  Steve@B&B
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 7:57am |
I had a John Deere 316 (which was supposed to be one of JD's classics). It was kind of like the snowmobiles of the late 60's/early 70s; use it a while and work on it. My cousin has a JD zero turn which constantly has problems.
I don't know Fred very well, but he could be just agitating us about the green mower...
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Dakota Dave
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 9:20am |
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I've got a JD 214 and a 216. Normal maintance and they run for years. We have a 318 at the farm that mows a couple acres of farm yard a week and is constantly on the grain auger of the little harrow. Other that fluid and filters its survived years of abuse it's not pretty as its been rolled mowing the ditch a few times. The new Jd we bought for the church gets an annual oil change blade sharpen and battery then used by anyone willing to mow the 4 acre yard. My boss however has a box store JD it's a piece of junk. We've replaced many parts.
Edited by Dakota Dave - 19 Apr 2023 at 9:22am
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 9:23am |
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I have a 2005 Simplicity 2561 Zero. It is green....dark green.
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Fred in Pa
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 5:20pm |
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He who dies with the most toys is,
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 5:56pm |
maybe its THIS kind of GREEN ?
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 6:45pm |
steve(ill) wrote:
maybe its THIS kind of GREEN ?
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Thats just wrong.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 7:07pm |
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Used to heap Gravely stuff up around myself. Getting that stuff out of my garage was liberating. All that remains is a 12hp walk behind with 40" deck that I grew up with from the early 80s.
But I now with a Bad Boy zero turn now and will NEVER go back.
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 7:13pm |
A (older) friend of mine had a Bad Boy zero turn that he loved. Last year he tried out a Toro with suspension and now he says he will never go back to any mower without suspension.
I bet old Fred is chuckling because he got us all arguing!!!
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 7:40pm |
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I certainly wont argue that suspension wins. But I'm a settler. I content myself with a suspension seat for a great price on a used machine in good shape.
Gravely 8000 series still stir my loins but I'll probably never own another.
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AC720Man
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 8:32pm |
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JD could only have wished they built a tractor that good. What an insult to us all. Poor C is probably crying under the paint.
Edited by AC720Man - 19 Apr 2023 at 8:33pm
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Posted: 19 Apr 2023 at 9:22pm |
ChillyB wrote:
Used to heap Gravely stuff up around myself. Getting that stuff out of my garage was liberating. All that remains is a 12hp walk behind with 40" deck that I grew up with from the early 80s.
But I now with a Bad Boy zero turn now and will NEVER go back. |
That seems to be the trend with gravelys... anybody i knew who had a a gravely had 3-4 minimum. Wait, I think i might know some AC guys like that
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Posted: 20 Apr 2023 at 3:22am |
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I think we should all go fart in his office chair!
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Fred in Pa
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Posted: 20 Apr 2023 at 6:39am |
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I would never own one of the mowers AGCO was stupid enough to brand as a Allis Chalmers . That was a in sault to AC .
Edited by Fred in Pa - 20 Apr 2023 at 6:46am
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Posted: 20 Apr 2023 at 6:40am |
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I think we should all go fart in his office chair! |
It's probably pretty used to being farted on...
Knowing Fred a little, I bet he's roaring reading the comments in this thread.
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Steve in NJ
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Posted: 20 Apr 2023 at 8:15am |
Love my Bad boy mower. It's a 2010, but man does it mow! That 27HP Kohler rock n' rolls too! I can cut 3.5 acres pretty quickly.
Steve@B&B
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Posted: 20 Apr 2023 at 10:08pm |
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Oh Fred we just came across some arbor shafts.
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Posted: 21 Apr 2023 at 11:48am |
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I've got a 314 you can have if you want to start up the fleet again.
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Fred in Pa
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Posted: 21 Apr 2023 at 12:44pm |
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Thanks Brian , never had a 300 series AC ,But this John Deere is doing a fine JOB
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Posted: 21 Apr 2023 at 3:04pm |
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Posted: 21 Apr 2023 at 3:05pm |
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Fred, if you wanted green ya should have found one of these 919 hydro’s. I hate the lime green but it’s a darn good mower.
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1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD
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Fred in Pa
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Posted: 22 Apr 2023 at 10:42am |
New owner just pulled out drive way .
Being this site is for AC only I can't post picture of new mower ,
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He who dies with the most toys is,
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