[coduto2336]

Hello all,
I used to be on the Sears side a lot and haven't logged in here in quite some time. I am retiring from the Marine Corps in four months and moving to northwest Alabama and starting a small grass based farm. The bad part is the place has about an acre of grass to mow spread over the driveway, ditches along the road, and the lawn. I personally hate lawns and spending any time or money on something that doesn't give me anything back, so I want to mow it as fast as possible. A zero turn is the answer, but I also don't like having a piece of equipment that only does one thing.
So I was thinking of a G with a belly mower, I get a tractor that I can do multiple things with, they are cheaper than a zero turn and I am an Allis guy at heart. Do any of you belly mow a yard with yours or know what the finish looks like, and how fast are you able to mow?

All advice is appreciated!

Gage

 

[Cat385B]

I’ve never seen a G with a belly mower, I’m interested to hear from people experienced with that combo.
I thought using a B was an unwritten rule somewhere.

 

[sonny]

Only 9 or 10 hp and the gears are too fast for mower use. A friend of mine tried to use one of them, next day he had sunstar out mowing his yard. When I asked wot happened to the G,---he said he wouldn't wish that pos on anybody,---so I take it he was not happy with it.
Cubs are the same way, no hp ,only 9 on them, and too fast for mowers.

 

[grnspot110]

Allis G's & Cubs both use basically the same engine, the MH Pony, I think is also the little Continental. Besides, the tires on the G are awful narrow if mowing soft ground!

 

[DJ54]

If you're an Allis Chalmaers guy at heart, have you ever considered a D10, or D12..?? D12 is just the newer series/versionof the D10. If you could find one with factory 3 pt., (I'm seeing most Series II D10's came with factory 3 pt) you could get a 6' rear mount mower, and eliminate a lot of hassle dropping a belly mower to do other chores. They have 31 hp., so plenty of power to run a finish mower, 2 bottom plow, 5'- 6' disk, etc. etc..They do have manual steering, but doubt they steer that bad, especially with an implement on the back. One of my buddy's Dad had a D12, and he said it was a real sweet little tractor. In fact, after his Dad's passing, he wanted to know if I'd be interested in it, to settle the estate. He didn't have room to store it, but if I were to buy it, he could use it to plow & disk his garden with it. This was before I had a computer, so had to resort to looking at what it even was in my Nebraska horsepower book. I fell in love with it, as soon as I saw the picture. As luck would have it, by the time I got back with him, a neighbor had contacted the family closer to where he lived, (75 miles from here) and told them he would buy it.

The problem is, they are fairly rare, and prices vary greatly. But not much higher than what a decent G will bring. G's are coming back in popularity for cultivating tractors once again, for organic type market garden growers. Around here, they bring on average of $3000, to $4500 depending on condition, and what is with it. Sounds high, but a lot less that $14,000 to $21,000 for a new same style tractor they are coming out with.

Here's a Youtube video of one that was for sale a while back, just to give you an idea of size, if you're not all that familiar with them.

I always wished I could have gotten that D12, it would have fit in here real well, for more than several jobs, and bet they are pretty easy on fuel.

 

[coduto2336]

I've seen a D12 in person before and my uncle had a D14 that was a great tractor. I still want a G but I think for mowing I need to go with something with a little more power. I'll look at the D12s or a WD size tractor. A D17 would be nice too.