it's a JD265 with tilt wheel, power steering, hydraulic deck lift, hydrastic trans, with 48" cut, plus the nice feature is a fuel gauge, and hour meter. this one only has 680 hrs. The main reason I wanted the 200 or higher series was they will run the 48" front blade, rear 42" tiller, and has a 3 pt hitch cat 0 and/or sleeve hitch avail. It's a little under powered i feel some times with a Kawasaki 17 hp air cooled, but if the motor ever dies i'm going with a 24 hp Briggs Twin. I have a JD LX188 also but i perfer the 265, easier to steer with the power steering. You can usually find these 265's for around $3500 in great shape and $2500 in good shape. the Lx188 has a 48" cut as well but has a water cooled V-Twin 17.5 hp Kawasaki. My Lx188 has 5690 hrs and still running but is getting tired. the LX188's can be bought for around $1200 in good shape but to me they are about a 1/3 the tractor the 265. New the 265's sold for $6200 to $6750 depending on the options. I've had several others but those were my work horse's. I really want a JD 455 Diesel but they are so high used they are $7500.
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1978 V20 Cuddy w/ 225 Johnson. And Several other boat's
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