Thanks Hay Dr.

To tell you the truth we live in the mountains and the smallest pull-type mower is 9'2" and is just too wide for farmers to pull down our roads. We tend to sell disc mower caddies because they pull down the road easier. In Iowa even the county roads are wide and Vermeer does not understand an 8' pull-type is the largest that can be pulled down the roads along the Appalachian MTNs. Another reason for caddy is you can wear out a disc mower and purchase another one and mount it on the same cart. If you purchase the pull-type non-conditioned mower you will have to rebuild the mower and that will cost more than purchasing the same size 3-point mower. The old 3-point mower usually will be traded in and it will still have some residual value to be applied on the new 3-point mower and lower that out of pocket cost. Pyramid caddies are $2,000. The Vicon and Vermeer pull-type mowers work well and we are hearing good things about both of them. Our preference is the Vermeer disc mower because of the hex shaft drive. Shaft drive mowers have a 1/3 less moving parts and require less HP per cutting head. The Vermeer TM-700 (9�2�) has a market price of around $9,500. The TM800 (10�6�) is around $10,500. When customers start spending over $10,000 for a disc mower only they usually start to consider the Vermeer MC840 (10�6�) mower conditioner for $16,500. Likely I made the water more muddy but I hope I helped you.