Old Grasshoppers

OUTDOOR CONCEPTS said:
They are pretty popular in our neck of the woods!

Commercial & Residential Zero Turn Mowers | Snow Removal | Grasshopper
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We have a very strong dealer network in NE Nebraska with a lot of schools/municipal/lawn care services running Grasshoppers. One aggressive dealer normally sells over 100 new units every spring which means there are a good selection of pre-owned units. Quite a few of our lawn care professionals exclusively are using 700 & 900 series Grasshoppers.
 
Bought my first GH in 1982 a 1600 nice mower for its time but a lot of shafts & chains, 2nd in 1992 a 612 darn nice mower (when I sold it to a friend it was almost as good of shape as when I bought it), 3rd in 2001 a 721 gas the best one to date.

I suppose its time to update soon but my 721 is real good shape, but I have been researching the 725 diesels I would like to get into something like that wit a suspension seat. (Getting Old :smile:)

One thing certain Its the only mower I'll ever own other than a classic just to own.
 
OUTDOOR CONCEPTS said:
W sell around 60 Grasshoppers at our dealership! Gotta love the cut quality from a GH!
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Have you had any of the lower hood cracking on the 2010 725D's ? In another post on this site a person had told of his experience with his lower hood above the electric clutch/muffler,having a hair line crack, then replaced it and had it crack again. It did sound like it may have been a design flaw and has since been redesigned on later model years.

My question what years were the effected models?
 
BWH said:
Have you had any of the lower hood cracking on the 2010 725D's ? In another post on this site a person had told of his experience with his lower hood above the electric clutch/muffler,having a hair line crack, then replaced it and had it crack again. It did sound like it may have been a design flaw and has since been redesigned on later model years.

My question what years were the effected models?
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We have always had trouble with the lower hoods cracking as well. I would say its a design flaw. Apparently its caused by the vibrations from the kubota. We have had a little luck with adding some rubber spacer/washers to the hood. Nothing really help 100% that we have found tho.
 
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