How to get use out of a Garden Tractor?
 

Hello! With the help of this forum, I have my old 3225 running great, and I am anxious to get some use out of it. Tore down the motor and installed new gaskets and governor, so it now runs good as new. I replaced the transmission and put on new ag tires. I found a seller that was parting out a 3208 and got a triple spool, levers, and hydraulics. Also am getting new sheet metal that will make my tired old machine look nearly as good as new. Installed a sleeve hitch, and I also found a hydraulic front hitch that I am thinking of getting.

So, my wife asked, after spending hundreds and hundreds of dollars to fix up this old tractor that no longer has a mower deck, what am I going to do with it to get my money's worth out of it? I, unfortunately, did not have an answer. She made a valid point though. What are some ways I can get some use out of this beast of a machine? I have a 2-acre yard in a rural subdivision, but other than mowing, how are some of you using your old garden tractors that you have worked so hard to keep repaired and maintained? I want to enjoy this machine, but also see that my hundreds of dollars spent can easily turn into thousands if I am not careful.

Pull a float in a parade
Plow snow
Plow your garden
Pull a cart
Run a sweeper
Till your garden
Attend a garden tractor show.
Attend a plow day and plow.
tow stuff
push stuff
Just a few off the top of my head
Have fun!!
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Well said :ThumbsUp:

x2 or deliver her drinks down the yard
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Tell her you saw one just like it in a Hallmark movie.

All above are great suggestions. I find myself pulling a cart around the yard with tools in it or collecting branches and twigs or hauling mulch. There are so many uses a bind for my tractor and yard cart

Working on them and with them keeps you out of her hair and that should be enough.

Get a tiller and make her some flower gardens. Get a sweeper and keep the driveway clean. If it's gravel, get a box grader to keep it smooth. Get a side mount brush cutter and keep the property edges trimmed and tidy.

For just another few thousand bucks, you could have plenty of uses. :beerchug:

Find another deck and let her help with the mowing. :biggrin2:

Sell it and go out drinking every night and golfing every day.
Then remind her how happy she USED to be.

buy a bunch of machine tools and make parts for it to sell.
Will keep you out of her way all winter!
Very profitable too!!
Ask me how I know this!!:biggrin2: