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Growing up with Gravelys (Long Read)
Some of my earliest memories were sitting on my dads old 1970 408 with my mom driving plowing my grandfathers garden. Yes, I said plowing! My dad, who is now in his 70's, only bought one riding mower new in his life. That was a 1970 Gravely 408 for $450. In the late 70's he decided to give it to my grandfather, who had no grass to mow, but did have a 3 acre field that needed plowing. So he proceeded to build a rear lift and modified some old plows he had to do the job, he also made a scrape blade to keep his driveway smooth. Now, my granddad was no small guy, he weighed somewhere in the 300 lbs range.
Sometime around 1988 the rearend went out on the 408...
Flash forward about 12 years, and the 408 was about to get scrapped. This was just before I got acclimated to the internet. Growing up in Georgia, I had only seen maybe two other Gravely's in my life. An 812 a local doctor had, and a two wheel tractor near my parents house. Apparently in the 70's, the son of the person who owned the local Ford dealership sold Gravely's for a short time out of the dealership.
I couldn't let the old girl go to the crusher. I ended up spending $400 on new gears for the rearend trying to put it back together, it had been dissembled long ago and left outside. The main gear was worn and had been lost. Little did I know several other gears were lost too. Hence the price for getting the transmission back together. Luckily, I found an old Gravely dealership in Kentucky that had all the gears.
Since then, the tractor is sitting in the corner waiting for a complete restoration. We no longer have the original deck, but have another complete 408 with deck, (its a later red and white model).
In the mid 2000's my dad and I picked up 4 more Gravelys, a 67 424, a commercial 430 with an onan, a 812 with hydro lift and a 818T. The 818 was repainted in 05 for my mom to use, which she never did, my brother used it 10 years ago for a short time, he rode it hard and put it away wet!
My wife and I moved into a home on 5 acres last year. We, (I) wanted something that could help with all the landscaping we need to do around here (ie, Kubota). I sold my collection of garden tractors, but I'm not ready to pull the trigger on a diesel tractor, I need more funds to buy what I'm looking for.
So out comes the 818T after a ten year hibernation of sitting under a ragged tarp. I have to say I really enjoy this tractor! I have some bugs to work out but so far its been great! Here's some photos from yesterday.
Sometime around 1988 the rearend went out on the 408...
Flash forward about 12 years, and the 408 was about to get scrapped. This was just before I got acclimated to the internet. Growing up in Georgia, I had only seen maybe two other Gravely's in my life. An 812 a local doctor had, and a two wheel tractor near my parents house. Apparently in the 70's, the son of the person who owned the local Ford dealership sold Gravely's for a short time out of the dealership.
I couldn't let the old girl go to the crusher. I ended up spending $400 on new gears for the rearend trying to put it back together, it had been dissembled long ago and left outside. The main gear was worn and had been lost. Little did I know several other gears were lost too. Hence the price for getting the transmission back together. Luckily, I found an old Gravely dealership in Kentucky that had all the gears.
Since then, the tractor is sitting in the corner waiting for a complete restoration. We no longer have the original deck, but have another complete 408 with deck, (its a later red and white model).
In the mid 2000's my dad and I picked up 4 more Gravelys, a 67 424, a commercial 430 with an onan, a 812 with hydro lift and a 818T. The 818 was repainted in 05 for my mom to use, which she never did, my brother used it 10 years ago for a short time, he rode it hard and put it away wet!
My wife and I moved into a home on 5 acres last year. We, (I) wanted something that could help with all the landscaping we need to do around here (ie, Kubota). I sold my collection of garden tractors, but I'm not ready to pull the trigger on a diesel tractor, I need more funds to buy what I'm looking for.
So out comes the 818T after a ten year hibernation of sitting under a ragged tarp. I have to say I really enjoy this tractor! I have some bugs to work out but so far its been great! Here's some photos from yesterday.
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Hi all
Does anybody out there know or have access to the demensions of the mower deck lift links as mine are missing. I have a 73 or 74 mtd 990 without the quick attach deck. by the way it is a 42" deck. I should add that it is not the links on the deck itself but the two that actually lift the deck. They go from the lift arm to the pivot.
Thanks in adavance
Does anybody out there know or have access to the demensions of the mower deck lift links as mine are missing. I have a 73 or 74 mtd 990 without the quick attach deck. by the way it is a 42" deck. I should add that it is not the links on the deck itself but the two that actually lift the deck. They go from the lift arm to the pivot.
Thanks in adavance
Photoshoot of the 12v
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