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Its odd.. a few years ago my brother outlaw had an old like 1950 Massey Ferguson tractor with a pto mower hoo haa on it.... it was given with the property, years later he tried selling it, couldnt give it away.... I thought it was a great machine, clean tidy, running and quieter than a Land Rover 110 3.9lt Isuzu :p
Regards
Daz
We have around 300 3 and 4 cylinder Kubotas in our fleet just in Vic - the biggest issue with hard staring we see is knackered glow plugs. They can be a bitch to start on cold mornings if the glow plugs are on thier way out and even with good ones, can take 2 or 3 glows in extremely cold weather to start.
Sounds like there could be more to it by what's transpired but I thought I'd bung in my 2 cents worth.
Overall, they are a great motor and very reliable and trouble free which is why we use so many of them.
I've got a 3 cylinder Kubota at home on a genset that's done 24,000 hours and still runs like a clock - no oil leaks, takes full load but is a bit smokey and uses a bit of oil when pushed hard now, but hey that's the equivilant of nearly 1,500,000KM in a car that's averaged 65KPH... (yes, constant speed engines live longer, but it's still a nice comparison) :)
I ended up buying a Scag Wildcat, Zero Turn Mower. A Zero turn was really what I wanted anyway.
I was pretty impressed when I saw this thing in the flesh, everything is heavy duty as it's a commercial quality mower.
As much as I like diesel, most used diesel mowers seem to have a lot more hours on them and still hold a premium price. This Scag has a V twin Kawasaki water cooled engine, 1600 hours and very well looked after. It was used for weekly property maintenance, not heavy commercial use and abuse.
I picked it up for $4000, the previous owner paid $17500 new :eek:
Haven't used it in anger on our new property yet, but gave it a run in our current back yard. It's amazingly maneuverable for it's size (52" cut)
Cheers, Murray
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That should do you very nicely Murray - nice buy.