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Picked up this 1855 today and just got home an hour ago,tractor is still on the trailer till morning. got some goodies with it too:trink40:,a cab, a 48" 2 stage provost snow blower, a heavy duty 48" tiller, a rear blade ,tire chains,and I also dragged home a wisconson VG4D engine,had to put a few miles on,but couldn't pass up this deal.

Tractor needs the carb cleaned,engine deloused of mouse nests and a good going over as it has been sitting for a while, the attachments look to be in fairly good condition,but I think they spent more time outside than they were actually used,oh well its time for some tlc:thThumbsU
 

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Man thats cool!
 
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ran into my first problem with it today,the shaft coupler from engine to rear pto is worn beyond repair.:banghead3 luckily enough I stripped a massey 1200 a few years ago and I saved the rear pto assembly off of it, hopefully it is in better shape than this one. gonna have to have a look for it this afternoon,just cant remember exactly where I put it.:bonk
 
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ezliving4ume said:
WOW, I thought that looked like a MF. Who was making them at that time. It wasn't simplicity maybe hum........ wheelhorse?
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it was built by Snapper,they also built tractors for MF as well,same thing ,just a differrent color of paint and decals on it.
 
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I have the same blower for my MF1655. It don't take no s**t from no snowflakes. It's a bear.

I had the same cab, but had to take it off when I put the FEL on. Then I sold it! :banghead3:banghead3:banghead3:banghead3:banghead3

The tiller looks similar to my MF4850, but it has a rolled shroud and mine has a brake bent shroud.

If that is a 5' back blade, you're starting off with exactly the same set-up that I started out with when I bought my MF1655 used for $6500 in 1982. That is a great piece of equipment and tougher than nails. Mine has well over 2000 hours on it.

Good deal!!!
 
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Snapper built the MF line up from 1977 to 1984 and carried on from there with their own badge until 1989.
 
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TUDOR said:
I have the same blower for my MF1655. It don't take no s**t from no snowflakes. It's a bear.

I had the same cab, but had to take it off when I put the FEL on. Then I sold it! :banghead3:banghead3:banghead3:banghead3:banghead3

The tiller looks similar to my MF4850, but it has a rolled shroud and mine has a brake bent shroud.

If that is a 5' back blade, you're starting off with exactly the same set-up that I started out with when I bought my MF1655 used for $6500 in 1982. That is a great piece of equipment and tougher than nails. Mine has well over 2000 hours on it.

Good deal!!!
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the rear blade is only 48", only thing I'm missing is the mower deck. I got it all for $500:thThumbsU

Thanks for the kind words everyone
 
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WOW!

You didn't get any blood on you, did you? Where'd you hide the body? Did he put up much of a fight?
 
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TUDOR said:
WOW!

You didn't get any blood on you, did you? Where'd you hide the body? Did he put up much of a fight?
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No ,no blood, he told me what he wanted for it , so I pulled out my wallet before he had a chance to change his mind and I paid the man.

I was happy, he was happy,a win win,he used his farm tractor with front end loader and helped me everything , while he was at it he asked if I was interested in an engine and showed me a little wisconsin VG4D,only 37 HP ,said it came out of a swather and was running 10 years ago, but locked up from sitting outside. he said if I wanted it ,I could load it on as well,or he was going to scrap it. :thThumbsU so I'll pull it apart and see how bad it is inside. I have no Idea what I will do with it if I do get running,I think it's a little too extreme for a Garden tractor,its a brute, wieghs over 400 pounds
 
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as far as gt's go, this looks to be in the super gt category. I never knew snapper was making this type of machine. I got to tell ya, I like the little rer snappers but this just makes me rethink everything I thought I knew about snappers, just wow.
 
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Update, well ,I had to replace splined shaft on back of engine,gave it a tune up, set the points, and now it purrs like a kitten:thThumbsU
 
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