Wheelie again 158 #1 Posted April 7, 2016 Hello friends living in south west Michigan this week has been pretty depressing with the weather. But today I was all smiles I have told you all I work for a metal recycling yard and today's find was mint 314 hydro 1996 with a matching 48 inch deck in just as good condition best part was a little gas and a little wrenching and it fired up and drives very good tell me what you think and any pointers or advice on the hydro would be awesome it's my first one. Sorry can't get photos to upload I will keep trying. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
can whlvr 994 #2 Posted April 7, 2016 not positive but I'm sure she has an eaton 1100,i would change the filter and oil,make sure its clean,all the fins too,check the cooling fan and your good to go,i think the filter is 1410 at napa,make sure you use a hydrolic filter and not one for an engine 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
russellmc301 600 #3 Posted April 7, 2016 great saving them close to death is the best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doc724 925 #4 Posted April 7, 2016 Wowzers! Clearly people have too much money to be throwing away a treasure like that. There was a member in Plymouth MA who scored a similar find. All it needed was a hood 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
russellmc301 600 #5 Posted April 7, 2016 we all know their are the people who buy things and as soon as they have a pin hole in the deck they give it aand haul it to a junk yard 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheelie again 158 #6 Posted April 7, 2016 I asked the nice gentleman who dropped it off why he would scrap a great machine like this all he said was and I quote it ain't a John Deere. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phatboy 565 #7 Posted April 7, 2016 Awesome bud ,, good luck with it,,, yea it seems that ppl today,, there is no end to their stupidity.. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wishin4a416 2,191 #8 Posted April 7, 2016 Wow!!!! What a find. Good Luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amcwheel85 2,059 #9 Posted April 7, 2016 9 minutes ago, Wheelie again said: I asked the nice gentleman who dropped it off why he would scrap a great machine like this all he said was and I quote it ain't a John Deere. What a goofball... I've had them junk green machines but I sell them not scrap them.. That's the least he could of done, but luckily it got saved! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheelie again 158 #10 Posted April 7, 2016 Pics sorry it's so dirty I live on a dirt road and it got covered in mud on the drive home 20 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dells68 7,499 #11 Posted April 7, 2016 Wow. I can't believe anyone would scrap that! Even if you were on the green side, you'd have to be nuts to scrap that. Great save! 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,196 #12 Posted April 7, 2016 (edited) Definitely looks to be worth... all the effort to drag it home, and give it a bath. Edited April 7, 2016 by AMC RULES 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amcwheel85 2,059 #13 Posted April 7, 2016 7 minutes ago, dells68 said: Wow. I can't believe anyone would scrap that! Even if you were on the green side, you'd have to be nuts to scrap that. Great save! all I can say is WOW!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 12,217 #14 Posted April 7, 2016 Great save, enjoy it! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tankman 3,523 #15 Posted April 7, 2016 (edited) Wow! Guess some don't know, some don't care, some lost their minds. Nicely left for someone with Wheel Horse Addiction. Did you wake up finding out you dreamed the whole salvage yard find a dream? Did the PO pay someone to haul the Horse to the salvage yard? Edited April 7, 2016 by Tankman 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 60,105 #16 Posted April 7, 2016 51 minutes ago, Wheelie again said: it ain't a John Deere I need to run into folks like that! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roadapples 6,983 #17 Posted April 7, 2016 Good for you Wheelie, sure can`t beat the price... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phil854 130 #18 Posted April 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Wheelie again said: I asked the nice gentleman who dropped it off why he would scrap a great machine like this all he said was and I quote it ain't a John Deere. You know why they paint John Deere's green (it's so they can hide them in the grass after they breakdown ) Wow doesn't describe the craziness of throwing a tractor like that away. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wheelin'theSky 57 #19 Posted April 8, 2016 With scrap prices as low as they are, it would have probably been less than $5 in scrap metal for the guy. It's amazing what people throw away. Fantastic deal/pickup. Best of luck with it! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bow_Extreme 550 #20 Posted April 8, 2016 Nice!! I saw one about a year ago sitting on the pile at Black River in Holland and it was too late. They picked it off the truck with the jaws and sat it on the pile and did a lot of damage to it. If you find anymore you don't want let me know. I'm in your area. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,196 #21 Posted April 8, 2016 (edited) I guess I could see me... doing that with a green one. Then post the picts on their forum. Edited April 8, 2016 by AMC RULES 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wishin4a416 2,191 #22 Posted April 8, 2016 AN Anniversary model to boot!!! Wow!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 66,878 #23 Posted April 8, 2016 How many hours are on that? Nice find! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T_J 11 #24 Posted April 8, 2016 That's one nice looking . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Achto 29,406 #25 Posted April 8, 2016 Super nice find! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
