HELP! Race mower progress thread

[Bill G]

 

[Woodwater]

I like sheep's!

 

[StihlEchoingHusky]

I’ve been in the slow process of building a speed mower for a while now..

Man I saw the title of this thread and I was half expecting to see something like this....

Speed bumps? That's cute! Proceeds to high center on a blade of grass

 

[Bill G]

Simple rules in life.......... T and T. If
it has tires ya race it it it has teets ya chase it

 

[LAWN BOY]

It seems I forgot to report back with progress from when I went to Merrill in late November. I got the engine running and the mower driving, kinda. Gears 5-6 were generally super slow and weird. I don’t see anything wrong with idlers or anything, I’ve been told the belt could just be that worn/old.

 

[Bill G]

You want this thing

 

[Bill G]

It sold for $600 and so did the trike next to it. Same guy bought both.

 

[LAWN BOY]

It sold for $600 and so did the trike next to it. Same guy bought both.

Nice. Did you build it or just acquire it at some point?

 

[Bill G]

No. It was just more crap at the spring auction today.

 

[Bill G]

I texted a buddy up in Wisconsin about a sweet 4x5 round baler there but he was not interested..............his loss.

 

[LAWN BOY]

No. It was just more crap at the spring auction today.

Ah ok, I misread your message and thought that you were the seller.

I texted a buddy up in Wisconsin about a sweet 4x5 round baler there but he was not interested..............his loss.

What brand? Did it go for a good deal?

 

[Bill G]

Ah ok, I misread your message and thought that you were the seller.

What brand? Did it go for a good deal?

It was a M and W. I do not know what it sold for since Bob was not interested I did not waste time watching. I had too many other things to watch. I would guess $1000-$1200.

 

[Bill G]

This is a decent Deere 569 baler...... Monitor showed 22K. It sold for $15,000.

 

[Mastermind]

John Deere balers always go high.

 

[Bill G]

John Deere balers always go high.

They generally go higher than "off color" but are not the highest priced. A McHale is unbelievable. That 569 was around $40,000 when sold new. Obviously not today nor is a 569 new today....... In around 2010 my sons and I went to an auction 90 minutes south to look at a fairly new Deere 457. I really did not want a small (4x5 bale) but it was clean and I ran it to $7000 or so. The owner would not sell it for that. I got pissed and we left the sale. It was still early in the morning so we went another 90 minutes southwest down around the Missouri border to the Keosauqua Iowa Saturday cattle auction. There were having a bred cow auction in addition to the normal run. I wanted a small group of bred cows. For years I would buy "aged cows" and get a few extra years out of the ole experienced gals. They were running groups of young cows and heifers in. We were sitting next to a local Amish man and were speaking with him. I expressed my frustration that all the groups were young ones. He said several times...."be patient the ole experienced gals are coming" Well I was not patient and bought a group of heifers that had been bred way too young.............I should have listened to the Amish man as shortly there after the aged cows came through the ring and my wallet was running on empty and we still had to get a late lunch and fuel to get home.................