New Tractor?
With any luck, tonight I’ll be the owner of a 1976 Gravely Tractor, with optional seat and mower/brush cutter. These tried-and-true walk-behind tractors are ideal for land like ours. The tractors themselves aren’t easy to buy, because owners tend to hold on to them for life, but I found one on ebay that’s within a three hour drive away. And while the tractors themselves may be hard to buy, the attachments and parts are plentiful.
UPDATE: No luck. As happens all so often on ebay, a dealer swept in at the last moment and snapped it up. I was there, hitting refresh like a madman up to the end, and with 4 seconds to go, he beat my price. I tried to type in a higher number (it was still below value), but couldn’t get it done.
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Be sure to pick up the optional drink holder to go
along with the optional seat should you want to
have a nice cold bevy whilst plowing the fields.
Comment by K. Scott — 7/30/2002 @ 7:07 am
How much did it go for?
Comment by Matt — 7/31/2002 @ 9:01 am
Grrrr. It makes me so mad when people do that on ebay, especially when it’s something like that–rare and close by. You know, there’s software that people use to slam like that. I wish I could remember the name.
Comment by Blaise — 8/1/2002 @ 9:07 am