I think that part of the problem might be with the name, "Pro 50".
The Gravely company of that era was making the transition from the real, "Benjamin Gravely" Gravelys, to the fake, "Dan Ariens" re-badged crap from Communist China, and there were a bunch of machines with similar-sounding names.
For instance, there was a "Promaster 50", that was mechanically very similar to an 8000/G, as depicted in this advertisement, which calls it a "Pro 50":
http://www.fastline.com/v100/1999-Gravely-Pro-50-POLEN-IMPLEMENT,-INC-ELYRIA-OH-equipment-detail-63b9f2be-2c98-458f-84d0-0b5b1a57f39d.aspx
That machine still had gear-driven mechanics, and would be of interest to the crowd on this forum.
However, there was also a two-wheel walker, which Dan Ariens tried to shove down peoples' throats, as a replacement for a real Gravely tractor, and which looked like this:
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/3151970
And if you try to talk about that machine, on this forum, then [as you have no doubt discovered], you're basically just going to hear the sound of crickets chirping...
The Gravely company of that era was making the transition from the real, "Benjamin Gravely" Gravelys, to the fake, "Dan Ariens" re-badged crap from Communist China, and there were a bunch of machines with similar-sounding names.
For instance, there was a "Promaster 50", that was mechanically very similar to an 8000/G, as depicted in this advertisement, which calls it a "Pro 50":
http://www.fastline.com/v100/1999-Gravely-Pro-50-POLEN-IMPLEMENT,-INC-ELYRIA-OH-equipment-detail-63b9f2be-2c98-458f-84d0-0b5b1a57f39d.aspx
That machine still had gear-driven mechanics, and would be of interest to the crowd on this forum.
However, there was also a two-wheel walker, which Dan Ariens tried to shove down peoples' throats, as a replacement for a real Gravely tractor, and which looked like this:
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/3151970
And if you try to talk about that machine, on this forum, then [as you have no doubt discovered], you're basically just going to hear the sound of crickets chirping...
