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Planning/Hoping to add to the herd

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papaglide    542

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Good deal Paul! Glad to hear that both tractors are up and running. The 417 is an awesome tractor.

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PaulC    341

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Thanks Mike and I can now see why u have said such good things about yours. Really can't wait to have the extra power behind the snowblower that's when I think they'll really shine. Got some time until that happens though. 

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Wheel-N-It    2,969

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Thats good news Paul! I will be looking forward to the restoration thread. I like the 417's. They really have grown on me.

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PaulC    341

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Update all pieces of this package have been used!!! The lower hour tractor has been my main mowing machine all summer and has been great! Still needs a few things and a facelift but runs strong with no burning of oil and the hydro seems fine besides some work to the linkage. Both decks have been used but sparingly because they do both need work. The other tractor hasn't done much but it does run and move. And the main reason for this update is I just got the final piece, the plow, working and mounted! I had to make a new lift link and one of the locking tabs for the mount bracket, replace a few pieces of hardware and straighten everything out but it turned out to be less then I expected. Another slick :wh: attachment if you ask me. Here are a few pics of it mounted to my 312 which will be my plow tractor for this winter. Had to try it out so I pushed a little dirt around and was pretty impressed with just having the turfs and no chains or extra weight :handgestures-thumbupright: 

 

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semperfi8185    56

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There is little to compare to a great deal on an old Wheel Horse except for a great deal on multible Wheel Horses.

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