Hammerhead 817 #1 Posted April 5, 2015 I volunteered to do some drywall repairs at a nephew's house the other day to pay it forward from when I was sick, he helped me mow my grass one time. He said he would pay me for the repair work and I said I would have none of that! He said fine and I went to work. He was remodeling his big living room. I repaired the drywall with no problems and went back 3 times to remud it and sand it down smooth. During the work he mentioned he was going to install new base boards but wasn't good at doing carpentry work. I am a carpenter so I volunteered to do the base boards in the room and the casing around two big windows. He said that was cool and mentioned if I would do that then he would just give me his old mower that he had in the garage since he knew I was a mower freak! My ears perked up! I asked what kind did he have and he said a old zero turn mower! I said I would like to see that, so we went out to his garage and under a ton of junk was his "old" zero turn mower. A Woods Mowing Machine with a 2 cylinder Kohler Engine with 605 hours on it! We took off all the junk piled on it and it was a sweet mower in great condition! New bar lug tires, new spindles on the gigantic 60 inch front mounted deck, new $300 drive shaft and a dead battery! He said it runs just needs a new battery put in it! He said he got tired of it breaking down so he bought a new Scagg zero turn for $8500.00! This Woods mower is about a $3000 to $4000 mower I figure! The mower deck lifts up in the front for easy cleaning and blade sharpening and maintenance! A very cool option that his new mower didn't even have! It even has head lights! This thing is a brute and it is about 7 feet long! I will clean off all the dirt and dust from it sitting unused for more than a year and it will look like a new one! I will do the carpentry work pretty soon and haul the Woods mower out of there asap! Kaching! 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky-(Admin) 21,337 #2 Posted April 5, 2015 That a huge mower....you got a lot of grass?? Mike....... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
"D"- Man 827 #3 Posted April 5, 2015 Doing carpentry work usually it's, "Measure twice, cut once" but; now you can measure twice and "cut" twice, once on the wood and once on the grass! Great nephew, and great deal. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tbarnhart 240 #4 Posted April 5, 2015 Built by Grasshopper for Woods. Its the same as the Grasshopper 700 series. Take care of those hydros, they're getting hard to find and expensive. I would assume a 20hp Kohler with the 60 in. deck. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,155 #5 Posted April 5, 2015 How some guys just give up on stuff is beyond me. I'm surprised he didn't at least trade it in. Nice score. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC9KAS 4,741 #6 Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) NIce score on the "Z" turn. Hey, I need a little trim work done around a couple of new doors, and I probably have a GT for payment! Edited April 6, 2015 by KC9KAS 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
546cowboy 301 #7 Posted April 22, 2015 I have a Woods with a 52" deck that I got at an auction a few years ago and I haven't mowed with anything else since ( except to get some seat time on a Horse ). I do understand the work on it though. Mine is getting pretty breakdown happy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
