What's a fair asking price?

[Amcwheel85 2,059]

Looking into selling the deck off my sons lawn ranger for a lot of different reasons, but I don't see many of these decks around so sometimes that help the value and sometimes it hurts the value... So what a fair asking price for a nice deck in good working order? Came off my 1967 L-157 so it's 32 inch rear discharge deck. Thanks  

[rmaynard 16,300]

Two years ago, I sold 2 of them at the Wheel Horse show for $325.00 total.

[Amcwheel85 2,059]

What shape were they in?

[rmaynard 16,300]

One was in real nice shape and the other had some rust-through, but very repairable.

[Amcwheel85 2,059]

So me asking $175 obo isn't to far off?

[RedRanger 1,469]

I'd say $100-$150 would be reasonable for that pictured deck, if you can find someone that needs a lawn ranger deck.

If the deck has holes, tight bearings, or needs to be gone through, then less money.

[Amcwheel85 2,059]

Has no holes and everything's works great. Would be easy restore if wanted and if someone here wanted it I would take $120

Edited April 22, 2016 by Amcwheel85

[rmaynard 16,300]

If I were you, I would discontinue this thread and place a sale ad in the classifieds.

[Amcwheel85 2,059]

I have one but wanted to see if I was fair on my price... 

[slammer302 2,156]

I think it would be more valuable to keep it with the lawn ranger you  have. The first thing someone will ask you if you ever decide to sale is weres the deck.

[Amcwheel85 2,059]

It's not a mower too me. It's my sons birthday present that would never be sold or mow one blade of grass. I have diff plans for it. Thanks tho

Edited April 22, 2016 by Amcwheel85

[RedRanger 1,469]

Plans change though.  Some day, your son may want a deck for the tractor when you're long gone.

[Amcwheel85 2,059]

Believe me I have enough decks and I don't even mow my yard with a tractor I push mow it. To me these old tractors look better without decks. My 310-8 will be the mower if we needed. And everyone telling me to keep the deck... Well if no one ever sold the decks ppl with rotted decks would never have any to buy! Right? 

Edited April 22, 2016 by Amcwheel85

[AlwaysLookin80 1,308]

So it sounds like 120.00 is a good price then. Just my 0.02. 

[AMC RULES 37,196]

I'd probably keep it too...   

 

[Amcwheel85 2,059]

Good thing keeping it or not wasn't the question then... If no one buys it I will just store it in my dads garage and move south. If you guys would keep it come buy it so you can keep it lol

[JimD 3,347]

Well, I have a 32" and a 36" of that style deck in the garage with no plans to sell them, but that's just me. But something doesn't look right to me about those blades in the first pic. If those blades are to turn in the same direction, let's say counter clockwise looking at the picture, then the blade on the left is cutting on the sharpened side of the blade but the right blade is cutting on the dull not sharpened side. Am I right or am I seeing things?

 

Edited April 23, 2016 by JimD

[JPWH 6,361]

They are set up opposite direction. 

[squonk 43,844]

Yes, one turns clockwise and the other counter cw 

[JimD 3,347]

3 hours ago, squonk said:

Yes, one turns clockwise and the other counter cw 

I didn't know that, but now it makes since cents scents and sense. I wonder now if the decks I have operate the same way. They are for mid to late sixties models like the Commando 8. I'll have to check that out. Thanks Mike for returning my eyeballs back to their sockets.

[squonk 43,844]

Decks with belt driven blades spin the shafts in the same direction. The gear decks spin them opposite.