 Hi again folks. Just wondering if you could give me a bit of advice. I know this isn't a "real" tractor, but I think there are probably a few here who have an interest in smaller machines. I have been looking for a cheap garden tractor for mowing the rear yard where I live. It's probably over a half acre, closer to a full, and takes me about 1.5 hours to mow with a Craftsman push mower. Now maybe that's not a great deal of work to most, but it has been scorching hot here this summer, and the yard needs doing every week, or two at the most. This greatly cuts into my leisure time, and after working all week in a sweaty warehouse or over some smoking hot compressor, I like to kick back on the weekends. I can't justify spending a lot on a machine, since I am saving for my last year of school. however, if the price was right, I was certainly willing to take on a bit of a resotoration to working status of a rough around the edges machine. I have found one locally for $200 that is admittedly tired looking. It is a Massey Ferguson, which, although I know next to nothing about tractors, is a recognizable name to me, like John Deere. It also looks old enough to be a "real steel" kind of machine. I was just wondering if anybody could tell me if they thought it would be financially worthwhile to bring up to snuff for the mowing job at hand. Things like headlights aren't important to me, as it will only be used in the daytime. Naturally, anything catastrophic like a blown motor or rearend would disqualify it, but I am just curious what you all think about the machine. Disregard the no E test and safety note. I think it's a generic message he applies to all ads for old vehicles.
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