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Re: Re: Re: Industrial Vs. Farm tractor
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Posted by KX on October 29, 2002 at 12:57:15 from (66.129.8.2):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Industrial Vs. Farm tractor posted by Garry on October 29, 2002 at 09:18:30:
All the state surplus tractors I have ever looked at were pretty eaten up. I guess the poor guy making minimum wage riding it all day long didn't care whether he dodged deep holes, rode the clutch, ground gears, checked oil at breaktime, abused brakes, ran over debris on roadside etc etc. My neighbor bought a Ford 631 from a city surplus auction in Dallas and it is a total mess. He has had it for 20+ years and I bet he hasn't been able to use it one whole hour. Everything on it is worn out, shot, destroyed. I am surprised it was able to crawl up on his trailer the day he bought it. Now in Texas, all that kinda state mowing is contracted out. I guess the State decided keeping employees and equipment going wasn't cost effective. When I see all the 4x4 tractors with mowers lined up and the guys abusing the heck out of them, I know they are costing the taxpayers a fortune. I saw a New Holland 4x4 with a mower on it that had been rolled the other day. How could a contractor keep that many machines working and still make money? All that to say, check it out good (mechanically and functionally) before jumping into a money pit that is useless anyway.
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