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husqvarna buys dixon forum Lower East Side.This was written by another member a while back.
When i was a kid of 12 years old in 1971 i remember my dad and i shopping for our first bolens, a 1054.
As i stood next to it the machine looked huge.
He bought it with a mower deck and snowcaster.
It was great and i still have it to this day.
Later when we got more property he felt that one tractor was not enough to mow the 6 acres of grass as it was taking a long time with the 1054.
While it was nice and had more hp then the 1054, i still like the 1054 best.
I ended up selling that one last winter.
Six years ago i picked up a 1256 with the hydro trans.
But i find tilling is better with the 1054 and the geared trans.
A few years back my neighbor was teasing me that my 1054 was only 10 hp and he head a new craftsman 18hp tractor.
I called it his riding grass cutter as those little things have the stamped frame, a battery the size of a small motorcycle and a transmission that you can hold in the palm of your hand.
One day we were both out cutting the grass.
His riding grass cutter was a full throttle and struggling through the wet grass.
His 18hp tractor was useless in the wet grass, but the 10hp bolens was doing just fine.
He finally had to ask why it was so powerful.
What more was there to say?
Weeks later the battery mount broke, then the mower deck welds cracked, then the lift arm, then the starter.
He was not happy with his purchase.
I stumbled on a st160 a few years back and he bought it and has been very happy with it.
But the older bolens and their proud heritage is diminished by the new bolens tractors sold at places like lowes.
Just as a joke i asked the sales guy at lowes if: 1.
Can i put a rear tiller on it?
Does it have a real frame?
Does it have a cast iron transmission case?
There is something to be said for machines that run for over 30 years with virtually no mechanical failures.
They were built to work, and to last.
Maybe some of the others from the era were too.
But i believe that bolens had a good reputation back then as a work tractor, not a riding grass cutter.
Ï»¿ recently when we got more property he felt that single tractor was not adequate to mow the 6 acres of grass as it was taking a long time with the 1054.
His riding grass carver was a broad accelerator and struggling through the wet grass.
His 18hp tractor was useless in the besotted pot merely the 10hp bolens was doing just fine.
Merely i trust that bolens had a good report back then as a work tractor not a riding grass cutter.
Ï»¿ his riding grass carver was a broad accelerator and struggling through the wet grass.
His 18hp tractor was useless in the besotted pot merely the 10hp bolens was doing just fine.
Merely i trust that bolens had a good report back then as a work tractor not a riding grass cutter.
Ï»¿ his 18hp tractor was useless in the besotted pot merely the 10hp bolens was doing just fine.
Merely i trust that bolens had a good report back then as a work tractor not a riding grass cutter.. husqvarna buys dixon forum