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Newby!!! And I have 3 riding mowers!

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UGLYTRUK

I own a number of apartment complexes, and some unused farmland, so have a few mowers. We just bought a "new" house, and it came with a JD LX277 that I will prolly try and sell to upgrade to a Ferris 72" diesel a local dealer has as a demo.

We also have a 100 acre former cow farm, but unused for at least 30 years, so just many acres of meadows that the Cub Cadet ZT wasn't big enuff for, so we also bought a Toro ZT 60".

I'm thinking I'd like a 30HP tractor for the new apartments we'll be building this coming summer, but it's over $40,000 with all the toys!

I also collect Corvairs and Chevy 4x4 Diesel lite trucks, a few are attached below

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Kingwood990

Kingwood990

Welcome to the forum UGLYTRUK. I and digging that Corvair ramp truck. That K5 Blazer with the 6.2 is sweet too.:thumbsup:


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UGLYTRUK

I have a much nicer Rampy, no drivetrain, sitting at a friends in northern Arizona. Maybe I'll go pick it up this summer?

The K5 Blazer took a beating this winter! Broken u-joint, loose front spring hangar, popped a plow pump hose, trip/scraper broke off plow, and a bunch of other ills befell here. It was a tuff winter, and now the fuel line on top of the tank is leaking all over the driveway, and I'll have to remove the trailer hitch, skid plate and luckily it's not rusty at all!

Lots of vids of me plowing on youtube/corvairwild

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#4

Kingwood990

Kingwood990

Those K5's sure can take a beating. I thought some of your trucks looked familiar. I have seen them on youtube.:eek:


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UGLYTRUK

One would think there's enuff stuff on yt that we'd never see the same things, but t'aint so!


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Muhammad

Welcome to LMF! You may be a newbie here but you're not a newbie to mowers, that's for sure. :thumbsup:


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UGLYTRUK

Thanks for hosting this forum Muhammad. Have you watched any of my videos? I really beat up the machines!

I cut the deck of the Cub Cadet open to be better able to cut very tall grass and weeds. It works really well now!


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173abn

173abn

Howdy UGLYTRUK,back in my highschool days[67] my buddy had a corvair,great car.I can remember those trucks too_Once in a while I'll still see a covair zipping along.I can't remember why there was such a campaign against them but it was all bougus. That deck you modified sounds interesting,how bout a pic?...russ


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UGLYTRUK

I was sure I had a bunch of pix of the surgery, and a vid or two, but can't find anything of my deck massacre!

I cranked up both ZT mowers yest, so here's a vid, but doesn't focus on the Cub... I'll do some next week.

Corvairs were the beginning of the end fer GM. They ran way over any reasonable budget for an economy car, so they learned how to cut corners like never before!

The heaters pumped oily killing exhaust into the pass compartment, and they leaked oil like crazy, due to never updating the o-ring seals on the pushrods, and too many other engineering probs to list here!

There's a great following and a bunch of events I go to., I'm gonna try do Denver the end of July for the annual comvention


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CajunCub

CajunCub

Hey UT, You got some cool toys.:thumbsup:


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UGLYTRUK

I'm trying to convince Mrs we need the diesel Ferris demo ZT, but she's not biting. And next year I wanna try a 30 HP tractor. $42,000 all loaded, A/C, heat, front blower, finish mower, brush hog, backhoe, la dee da... :rolleyes:

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#12

CajunCub

CajunCub

OK, you got a cool chevy corvair truck....I got a cool chevy too!
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Want to swap?:laughing:


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UGLYTRUK

A few years ago, I sat in a Viper, and I have big feet, so I didn't fit, but I tried the Panther(?) next to it, and I fit, and it's a V6, so I'll take one!

Ooops, it's the PROWLER!


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173abn

173abn

hey cajuncub I saw a real pretty yellow one yesterday....russ


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Briana

Briana

Hey there UGLYTRUK! Welcome to LawnMowerForum and thanks for all the pics!!! :thumbsup:


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mystreba

mystreba

OK, you got a cool chevy corvair truck....I got a cool chevy too!

Cajun - just curious... what's your 0-60 in that LS-2?


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UGLYTRUK

Thx Briana!


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CajunCub

CajunCub

Mine will do 0-60 in 6.5 seconds when I ran it at the track.


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Mini Motors

I'm so jealous, UGLYTRUK. My Dad's first new car was the van version of that. A 1964 Greenbriar.


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mystreba

mystreba

Mine will do 0-60 in 6.5 seconds when I ran it at the track.

Cool. You run anything else at the track? How does that work? I mean, if you want to run your car at the track what do you do - just show up?


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mystreba

mystreba

Uglytruk, you are living in some gorgeous country up there.


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