Old garden tractors. Anyone else addicted to them?

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by fordtruckin

Yeah I agree with you on that. For the price of the new JD lawn mowers you can find a rebuilt 318. I’d rather have old metal then new personally.

Only the larger models are built by John Deer, the rest are made by MTD, not the best name on the market.

MTD makes 90 percent of the riding mowers these days. Them and AYP pretty much own the market.

[Ken07AOVette]

Originally Posted by KegRiver

LOL would that it were true. I steered clear of them because I saw far too many abandoned because they weren't worth fixing.

Sister has a newer JD and I've been called on to fix things on it several times in the four years since she bought it.

Hmmm

I have had several, and they have been great. Are they the Home Depot version maybe?

[bsmitty27]

Home and un packed the trailer. Going to give her a once over this winter and have her all ready for spring.



[IMG]http://John deere 332 https://imgur.com/gallery/sQxAxI4[/IMG

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette

Hmmm

I have had several, and they have been great. Are they the Home Depot version maybe?

I believe your 455 was built by John Deer.

I'm not sure when they switched to MTD or what models MTD produced for them. I think it was around 2004 but not sure if that's right.

At one time there was over one hundred companies producing garden tractors.
Even the big farm implement manufactures produced a few.

I know Case, John Deer, Massey Ferguson, Deutz, Ford and Minneapolis Moline and Allis Chalmers did.

Even Honda, Arctic Enterprises (Arctic Cat) , and Yamaha gave it a try.


Now there are only three that I know of.

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by bsmitty27

Home and un packed the trailer. Going to give her a once over this winter and have her all ready for spring.



[IMG]http://John deere 332 https://imgur.com/gallery/sQxAxI4[/IMG

Your link doesn't work.

I had to go to imgur to see it. Nice looking tractor.



Manufactured in 1988, model was produced from 1987 to 1992
16 hp 3 cyl Yanmar diesel
Power steering
hydrostatic transmission
Hydraulics
Electric clutch 2000 rpm PTO

Sounds like a good one.
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