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Originally Posted by 4SPEED
You are correct, Everyone is different in their opinions, I wanted this model so I bought it, but it seems people only want to spend dirt cheap for these tractors.
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I agree with you!
Like most hobbies, collecting/restoring garden tractors (and probably ESPECIALLY garden tractors) makes little financial sense. I think we probably all know car guys in our neighborhood...likewise gun guys, or maybe even tool collectors. But
garden tractors? We know them thru forums, but we're not exactly on every street corner.
If you think about how much enjoyment we get from these old rusty pieces of iron and steel, the different between 200 and 400 dollars becomes minor. How many times do you look at something...anything.... that you have that you really enjoy and say "darn I paid two hundred dollars too much for this!". I bet not nearly as often as the times you recall "I let that one slip away because I was reluctant to spend the extra $200". For sure that's the way I am.
Anyway... it's a hobby, not a retirement plan. If it's enjoyable, therapeutic, relaxing and rewarding, a couple hundred dollars either way is down in the noise. Likewise, if you're willing to not be in a hurry, parts for cubs are available thru forums, ebay and advertisers at very nominal prices. I bought a couple of boxes of transmission guts for my O's for less than $30 each off of ebay, enough to do 2 tractors worth, so even major overhauls can be done fairly economically if you're patient.
To hack an old phrase "enjoyment is remembered long after the cost is forgotten.
John
