 I agree witht he other poster. The amount of money you would spend in metal and gearboxes could instead buy you a working unit. To build one.. you will need 3-4 gear boxes.. metal for decking and hitch 3 hyd cyls plus plumbing, tail wheels/hubs.. etc.. Around here you can buy used batwings that are working for 2000-3000$ You can get ratty ones that work for 1500-2000$ and you can get working ones that need TLC from 500+ I bought this JD 1517... it's a 98 model.. worked it's entire life on a horse farm clipping pasture. It had a few warts and some welds, and needed tlc.. but worked when i picked it up. The link in the message is the before.. and the pic is the after. I put maybee 150$ of parts/materials into refurbing it.. plus a few weekends of sweat equity. it's a great mower.. I paid 2000$.. even had 1 new hearbox on it, and near new blades.. maybeee 1 cut on them.. soundguy
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