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    My local dealer is an ex council subby, meaning they used to do 100's of acres every week. He used to run 72" Iseki's but went to 60" Scag TT's.
    I was only talking about this with him the other day. He would steadfastly recommend going with the 60"! Believe me, if anyone knows about this sort of thing, its this guy!
    A dead set wealth of info whom I hold in the highest regard!

    Looks like a good opportunity for a demo. Get 2 of the same machine but with 60 and 72" decks and see how they go! In short grass the 72 would probably win but put it into some long stuff and it would be a different matter I bet!

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    Yeah, you're probably right but I just want to be able to tell my mate that does mowing that,

    "Mine is 12 foot longer that yours" !! Huh huh huh.
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    Sorry, I mean Inches.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gcsmow View Post
    Sorry, I mean Inches.
    Im sure you've been told, "Its quality, not quantity!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by ian View Post
    congratulations remember to watch for unexploded ordinance
    This is also a bit of a worry .... He was just sunning himself when I had a walk around the site to check things out. It's a non-venomous carpet snake but it always scares the living crap out of you when you see them.
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    The fact that Spring is not far away makes me happy! Autumn and Spring - my favourite seasons. Winter and Summer can get stuffed!

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    Trimming a photinia hedge only to CUT the bl**dy phone and internet line - which i knew was there but just a half second of inattention

    GOLD - YAY customer rings to say it has been fixed an hour later and NO COST - WOO HOO

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    Finally getting some time to clean out my shed and find all the things I couldn't find, and I thought I had lost. Plus taking a load of crap away that no longer needs to clutter the place up.
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    Opening the box when the new 216 was dropped off and wondering why it didn't have a snorkel attached
    Didn't have a blade brake attached either

    Turns out "Dad" picked out the oldest, dustiest box out the back of the shop and sent it out
    "Son" had no idea he still had a NOS 216D. When I ordered a snorkel kit for it he reckons Dad did him out of an extra couple of hundred $

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    Heyyyyy....wel done mate. Bet your still smiling.
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    Do they have any more?

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    Sorry Paul. That was the second question I asked!
    Wayne has now searched every corner and it was most definitely the last

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    You're lucky to get that one.

    In car terms I'd equate that with finding a 60s or 70s GT Falcon in a farm-shed. Well not quite, but you get the idea!

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    paul , did a job on a farm the other day and this old fellow has a 351 gt xy sitting under the blankets....said he will never sell it ..must be worth more than tattslotto on a sat night hey ???

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    Keep an eye on that one for me Geoff! I'll need to mow a lot of grass to buy one but even if it's "just" a GT and not a GTHO and is in good unrestored condition the old guy is sitting on at least $110,000 - $140,000. Do you remember what colour it is?

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