New member and new owner
Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2019 8:41 pm
Hello Folks!
I'm Justin from Virginia. I've lurked here for the past few months as I've shopped for my "new" tractor. My wife and I purchased a piece of property out in the country a couple of years ago. Since then, I've set about making improvements (at least, that's what I call them, the wife's not always convinced). We have a gravel driveway and 2.5 acres of which about one is cleared. The old owner used to pay someone to power rake the drive and just let the leaves fall where they chose. I started looking for a tractor to tame the property myself. I started my search on a green website, followed by orange and then yellow. One thing I found is that if you're going to buy a new garden tractor (not even a SCUT/CUT) with ground engaging capabilities, it could potentially set you back a 5-digit sum of money. Well, my pockets aren't deep enough for that. During this time I also began to realize that they simply "don't build them like they used to". When I began looking at old tractors I knew that's what I needed (or wanted?). I became the owner of a 149 today. It needs some tinkering and adjustments, but it starts, runs and moves pretty well. It's been stripped of it's goodies so I'll be doing some research to replace the looted goods (specifically the rear lift arm assembly). My intentions are not to restore, rather put this old girl back in service. I have on my shopping list the following: Rear Hydro Lift, Sleeve Hitch, Box Scraper, Harrows (or discs, depending on where you're from I suppose), Johnny Bucket loader (or full front end loader if I can find one REASONABLE), Ag tires, weights. Your thoughts on any of those items are welcome, good bad and the ugly.
I'm Justin from Virginia. I've lurked here for the past few months as I've shopped for my "new" tractor. My wife and I purchased a piece of property out in the country a couple of years ago. Since then, I've set about making improvements (at least, that's what I call them, the wife's not always convinced). We have a gravel driveway and 2.5 acres of which about one is cleared. The old owner used to pay someone to power rake the drive and just let the leaves fall where they chose. I started looking for a tractor to tame the property myself. I started my search on a green website, followed by orange and then yellow. One thing I found is that if you're going to buy a new garden tractor (not even a SCUT/CUT) with ground engaging capabilities, it could potentially set you back a 5-digit sum of money. Well, my pockets aren't deep enough for that. During this time I also began to realize that they simply "don't build them like they used to". When I began looking at old tractors I knew that's what I needed (or wanted?). I became the owner of a 149 today. It needs some tinkering and adjustments, but it starts, runs and moves pretty well. It's been stripped of it's goodies so I'll be doing some research to replace the looted goods (specifically the rear lift arm assembly). My intentions are not to restore, rather put this old girl back in service. I have on my shopping list the following: Rear Hydro Lift, Sleeve Hitch, Box Scraper, Harrows (or discs, depending on where you're from I suppose), Johnny Bucket loader (or full front end loader if I can find one REASONABLE), Ag tires, weights. Your thoughts on any of those items are welcome, good bad and the ugly.