BIG mower

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

I want this. The Americans will probably already have one for their "yard".

[Clare Snyder]

That's a bayou Fairway mower.

[hubops]

What would the price range be ? Where's the post-hole auger ? It does look cool though - I want my imaginary good rich neighbour to buy one - so I can borrow it ! John T.

[Dean Hoffman]

Where's the cab with air conditioning and Sirius radio?

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

A decent designer would have it inform me to change the oil.

[Huge]

There are bits of my garden I could use one of those on, since they're too steep for my 48" John Deere ride-on. But not enough to justify the cost.

[slate_leeper]

Check this one out:

Normally sold to state and local governments for maintaining sloping roadside areas.

I bought one of these for my 200 acre farm so I could mow the areas that the hay crew refused to touch because they were so steep. Advertised as safe to 45 degrees, but I had it to 55 degrees. In fact, I am convinced it is impossible to roll it, unless you drop it off the edge of a cliff. Real fun, too.

-dan z-

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

Oh that looks fun!

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

More than a small car?!?

[Don Wiss]

Much more practical than the Brielmaier. And for Americans without the hassle of shipping one across the ocean.

I hope you got the rotary beacon option!

Don.

(e-mail link at home page bottom).

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

You mean handy for lazy folk who want to sit down.

You missed out "big fat".

Why is it that when you transport something by car, it's called a shipment, but when you transport something by ship, it's called cargo?

[Clare Snyder]

Looks like a big old Gravely

[Morph]

Cheaper to get a goat or three.

[Huge]

Goats eat everything except the grass.

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

I don't have to eat on a timed basis, I eat when my stomach says I'm hungry. I don't have to remember to put petrol in the car, the guage tells me when it needs topping up.

[slate_leeper]

Mine cost $46,000 delivered to my farm in Tennessee and including one day of demo and hands-on instruction. That was in 2006. Sold the farm last year and sold the machine to another farmer in Alabama for $15K. Of course the depreciation tax deductions for the first eight years were very helpful. Most helpful was maintaining the value of cleared land versus the value of overgrown and wooded land. That paid off when I sold the farm.

The new owner of the place declined purchasing the machine. I think he will regret that eventually.

-dan z-

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

Why are they so expensive? Think how much car you could buy for $46,000.

[slate_leeper]

There is a company near here that rents out goats for just that purpose. They will even put in temporary fences. Of course for that many acres, that would cost more than the machine. How many goats would you need? Then there are the plentiful coyotes.

When I bought the property, my CPA valued the existing fencing at $42K for depreciation purposes.

-dan z-

[Jimmy Wilkinson Knife]

$42K for a fence?!? Do you like in the outback of Australia and have 10 million acres or something?

[The Natural Philosopher]

+1.

Sheep or rabbits are what you need