To Velvet Ride

The tractor is solid.

The forum? Sure I agree with you on that. It is a great resource for a wide range of hard won knowledge. No doubt about that.

I won't be runover roughshod and not get my hackles up. The comments about this 444 were a taunt and I fell for it. It was a chicken ship thing to run down this 444. I felt that it shouldn't end that way while it had my name on it. The tractor is a good one, and I don't appreciate someone else getting in between me and a buyer. Dam snob thing was all it was.

I'll just keep the 444 and let my boy have it. None of this B.S. has been worth the effort you fellas have caused. Ya'll go back and hunt down someone else that's trying to move ahead.
I got better things to tend after.

And Allen, it ain't for sale no more, not for any price. Good luck on your tractor search. You'll find a good one if you can keep an open mind about it. Don't get scared about making your own mind up either.

Mike D

As for velvets knowledge, well, it seems to me that he has a handle on stuff. I won't discredit him there, but he does not know my machine, nor the circumstances behind it's sale. To jump in and spoil my efforts at an honest sale is not very commendable behavior.

As for "somewhat rude and blunt but you have the right to voice them here like anyone else." I've been no more blunt than velvet chose to be, or for that matter how you have chosen to be sir.

It appears as though you chose to support velvet on this matter solely based upon his knowledge of tractors rather than on the truth of the disagreement at hand. The way I see it, and the way I was brought up, don't run someone else down.
You don't know me, you don't know a dam thing about my tractor or the work that has gone into it. You jumped on the bandwagon. Enjoy your ride sir. You must have practice at it. Your comments to me show talent in choosing sides by loyalty based on details completely unrelated to the argument. Simple as that in my book.

We reap what we sow. I'll sell this machine, and I know it is a good one. I've used it. You have not used it. Mostly what I've seen you use is your mouth in running down something you know nothing about.

Your opinion is based on assumption. Whats that make you? Suspicious, assumptive, perhaps even a bit put off by my lack of success? IT DON'T MATTER! It is a good machine and will make someone a good purchase. Regardless of your comments, it will sell and $3500 is a fair price for it.

As for the sheet metal... I have all of it, including the battery box lid, tool box lid, side panels, pto sheild, etc. AND YES it has a functioning 3 point lift. So velvet ride, there you have it... mind your own business.