New guy from Alabama with a two 3240's!

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mirage775
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First and Last Name: Jason Maples
Location: Huntsville, Alabama

New guy from Alabama with a two 3240's!

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My name's Jason, live in Alabama and I recently bought 2 running 3240's from a fella off Craigslist. Long story short, tore one completely down, (engine smokes and the 54" deck was in pretty bad shape). The other one I'm going to restore and either keep and use or possibly sell. Oak told me about this site and BB. I'm gonna need some 40th Any decals for the hood. I'm also having some transmission issues, that I'll post in a new thread.

Thanks for having me! Jason
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Re: New guy from Alabama with a two 3240's!

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Welcome Jason! Now that is a cool picture. If someone is undecided on baby moons or not....here u go....one with and one without. I personally like the tractor on the *****. :lol: Good luck with them.
127, 1650, 1572, 1872, 2072 . A mower, blower and blade for each.

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Jason
where those on e-bay and craigs list for a long time? 2k for both? if i was 1000 miles closer id be after those! seams you got a good deal there.....

welcome!

mirage775
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Re: New guy from Alabama with a two 3240's!

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JMotuzick wrote:Jason
Were those on eBay and Craigslist for a long time? 2k for both? If I was 1000 miles closer I'd be after those! Seems you got a good deal there.....

welcome!
He had them on ebay for $2000 for both. His Craigslist ad said 2 3240 Cubs $1000. He was a bit of a jerk. I text him and asked if that was $1000 for both? A day later, he text me back and said I'd like to have $1000 each for them! I said, not interested in spending $2000 on them. A couple days later he came back with, hahahaha, I was just kidding, it's $1000 for both. Odd fella indeed.

They were about 30 minutes north of me, so I grabbed them. Hoping to make 2 nice mowers, with a few hundred bucks in them. Turns out, was going to have to make one nice mower out of the both....

Wanted to restore the 54" deck, but it was gonna need a lot of welding repairs, as it's rusted through in a few spots. One mower smokes bad, one ran great. One transmission had a leak, other was fine. The 48" deck is in better shape than the 54". I only have an acre to mow, so I figured the 48" is fine to use.

I really wanted a 3 point hitch and tiller for it, so I'll be looking for those down the road. Wouldn't mind having a front blade either. No need for a snow blower though, LOL!

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