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Have used a push mower on our half acre lawn for several years but my feet are giving out so need to graduate to a rider. Bought a new JD D-100 last week and it went back to Lowe's on Sunday.
Now I'm looking into a rebuilt klunker that will probably mow my lawn more than once before going belly up on me like the Deere did.
A local guy has a 1995 Simplicity Regent hydro with a blown engine in it that's in decent shape otherwise that he will put a KOHLER 16 hp single into out of a SCOTT tractor that has a blown transaxle (and isn't worth putting a new one in).
That and fixing it up as needed with parts cannibalized out of his extensive collection (junk yard) will cost an estimated $750.
It looks as though it was a top of the line mower in it's day, and might be worth salvaging.
Is that a decent price for a junkyard resurrection cobbled together from parts?
This Simplicity has an electric deck clutch on it - are those reliable?
Now I'm looking into a rebuilt klunker that will probably mow my lawn more than once before going belly up on me like the Deere did.
A local guy has a 1995 Simplicity Regent hydro with a blown engine in it that's in decent shape otherwise that he will put a KOHLER 16 hp single into out of a SCOTT tractor that has a blown transaxle (and isn't worth putting a new one in).
That and fixing it up as needed with parts cannibalized out of his extensive collection (junk yard) will cost an estimated $750.
It looks as though it was a top of the line mower in it's day, and might be worth salvaging.
Is that a decent price for a junkyard resurrection cobbled together from parts?
This Simplicity has an electric deck clutch on it - are those reliable?