Rollochrome
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Well drats! Hate to say it but my trip was a bust.
I drove 200 miles round trip to pick up the new 8n and hog only to find the following....
* Tractor was NOT restored. Only sprayed with rusteoleum all over.
* The motor and rest of the lower tractor was painted red, along with a good layer of flaking rust sprayed red, the fan belt sprayed red, the hoses sprayed red, all the wires sprayed red....everything. So if the guy that sold these folks this tractor didn't bother wire brushing the rust off....he probably didn't do anything else either..
* The bush hog had a nice coat of red too all over the significantly pitted top, dents all over, and then there was this huge hole in the top of the deck that appeared to have been made with a cutting torch???
* Tires were worn down and very cracked. Could not believe they held air.
* Manifold and exhaust system was spray painted black with lots of over spray...
* Bushings in the steering linkage were 100% disintegrated..
* Choke knob missing
All for $3,500...and that's just what I could see in 3 minutes.
What a disappointment... I left it right where I found it and drove home.
$100 in diesel and 4 hours wasted....
I never felt so good walking away from a deal. If it had been a thousand or more less...I might have considered it. But in my mind, $3500 is the high end and should need nothing.
Well.....back to the drawing board..!
I drove 200 miles round trip to pick up the new 8n and hog only to find the following....
* Tractor was NOT restored. Only sprayed with rusteoleum all over.
* The motor and rest of the lower tractor was painted red, along with a good layer of flaking rust sprayed red, the fan belt sprayed red, the hoses sprayed red, all the wires sprayed red....everything. So if the guy that sold these folks this tractor didn't bother wire brushing the rust off....he probably didn't do anything else either..
* The bush hog had a nice coat of red too all over the significantly pitted top, dents all over, and then there was this huge hole in the top of the deck that appeared to have been made with a cutting torch???
* Tires were worn down and very cracked. Could not believe they held air.
* Manifold and exhaust system was spray painted black with lots of over spray...
* Bushings in the steering linkage were 100% disintegrated..
* Choke knob missing
All for $3,500...and that's just what I could see in 3 minutes.
What a disappointment... I left it right where I found it and drove home.
$100 in diesel and 4 hours wasted....
I never felt so good walking away from a deal. If it had been a thousand or more less...I might have considered it. But in my mind, $3500 is the high end and should need nothing.
Well.....back to the drawing board..!