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    Default Looking for a walker mower

    Looking for a walker mower in tasmania or victoria.

    Business is getting bigger and need a mower. Would like a diesel, but petrol would do.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TassieXJ View Post
    Looking for a walker mower in tasmania or victoria.

    Business is getting bigger and need a mower. Would like a diesel, but petrol would do.
    Seen a few bargains on ebay over Winter, nothing much about at the moment. Good luck.

    Expect a visit from a certain forum member shortly to tell you how crap Walkers are. lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by SouthCoast Walker View Post
    Seen a few bargains on ebay over Winter, nothing much about at the moment. Good luck.

    Expect a visit from a certain forum member shortly to tell you how crap Walkers are. lol

    I notice that there was a few over winter, now cant find one.

    I love the walker, my only problem is the price of the things

    Im still trying to convince a school l look after to sell theres to me, with no luck so far

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    If all your jobs are to be caught, never get more than 2 inches long, and you have money to burn then a Walker is the perfect choice.

    B.T.W. South Coast, I'm not actually saying Walkers are crap or mid-mounts are better it all depends on what kind of work you are doing and how much you are willing to spend.

    If all my jobs were house blocks that got mowed every 2 weeks, the customers wanted a neat caught job, didn't mind paying extra for it and you never had to cut/catch wet grass then it would be very hard to go past a Walker (there I said it!). But unfortunately, there are people who let the grass get long and try to save money at my expense by mowing it less often. Up here in the tropics grass grows like mad in the wet season, and a Walker is next to useless in long wet grass (I'm talking knee high and longer), so that's why I have now gone the direction of Tilt Tray Truck, Tractor and Slasher for these jobs and charge people accordingly. If they don't like it there is the 3 magic words "Get someone else!".. I refuse to torture my gear to save some tight @r$e a few dollar$!!

    But if a Walker does your work well then good for you.

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    Default Re: Looking for a walker mower

    Go one on the way, had to spent a little more then planed.

    Thanks for the replys

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    Don't be so secrative Tassie!

    What did you get?
    To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

    Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.

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    Default Re: Looking for a walker mower

    Im hoping it will be a 2005 MDD (Diesel) with high lift and 48" cut.

    The walker dealer in tassie is full of crap, that why lm hoping.

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    Default Re: Looking for a walker mower

    There was one advertised here on a local classifieds site, MDD, 2001, 48" GHS, $3500.00, I rang but it had already been snapped up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by graeme View Post
    There was one advertised here on a local classifieds site, MDD, 2001, 48" GHS, $3500.00, I rang but it had already been snapped up.
    Graeme
    How many hours on it?

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    Default Re: Looking for a walker mower

    Quote Originally Posted by gcsmow View Post
    How many hours on it?
    Never got around to asking, when I phoned they said it was already sold so I took it no further. I think I know the mower, I've seen it working around the area a few times, looked and sounded fine from a distance.

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    Default Re: Looking for a walker mower

    Got my mower today, looking good.

    Looking forward to the high dump, no more lifting

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    Default Re: Looking for a walker mower

    Here she is


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    Quote Originally Posted by TassieXJ View Post
    Here she is

    Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Got the manual deck lift too, very handy for lifting over tree roots, high spots and hanging the deck over edges.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SouthCoast Walker View Post
    Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Got the manual deck lift too, very handy for lifting over tree roots, high spots and hanging the deck over edges.
    Do you find the deck lift good. The first day we got it, we tried it and found it was very very stiff, after a few trys, it broke. I wasnt going to worry about it, but if it a handy thing to have, might have to have a look at it.

    One bad think about the mower, it doesnt have the speed up. The school mower does, theres a very big different. When mowing an Ha oval, the school one mows about 3/4 and mine 1/4 for same time

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    Quote Originally Posted by TassieXJ View Post
    Do you find the deck lift good. The first day we got it, we tried it and found it was very very stiff, after a few trys, it broke. I wasnt going to worry about it, but if it a handy thing to have, might have to have a look at it.

    One bad think about the mower, it doesnt have the speed up. The school mower does, theres a very big different. When mowing an Ha oval, the school one mows about 3/4 and mine 1/4 for same time

    Yeah its a great thing, what broke? just the chains? Want to sell it?
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