RE: Got Gator?
May 23, 2020 at 6:01 pm
(This post was last modified: May 23, 2020 at 6:10 pm by onlinebiker.)
(May 23, 2020 at 5:14 pm)Little lunch Wrote: I reckon get one with a roll bar.
You always hear about people rolling these little things and dying.
It does not have a roll bar or a cab.
They cost about $1100.
But.
I do have a machine shop and MIG/TIG welders.
So I will be building one. The rollbar amd stabilizers will be far heavier than factory- to accomodate the crane arm I am going to build in..
(May 23, 2020 at 6:00 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(May 23, 2020 at 2:01 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: John Deere 4x2 that is.
I have a line on a very mint 98 with the 300 Kawasaki engine.
Anyone have any experience -good/bad - with these?
Nothing runs like a Deere...
When my son was playing football in HS I noticed that Gators were the go-to piece of machinery for the football teams to transport things into and out of the stadium, especially injured players. They seem like they would be pretty handy. Smaller than a pickup and able to make their way over unpaved terrain. If you go with real John Deere and not one of the watered down versions sold in big box stores, it's probably a decent purchase.
Yup.. It is John Deere.. I am getting it from the former local Deere dealer who retired some years ago. This has been garaged it 's whole life... The paint on the floorboards is still good. It's as mint as you could hope for.. Very well maintained. Everything works as advertised.
$2800 (usd)
He liked me. Old guy. He was very impressed that I knew the drive system is called a Reeves Drive with a centrifugal clutch. When I said it - he looked at me funny and said "That's exactly right. I have never heard anyone say it. They always just call it a "snowmobile clutch".. ".
Accuracy counts.
