John Deere calling
 

My friend Larry got a call from John Deere last October asking if he was interested in doing a commercial after seeing his gardens.

He is just a regular guy, unscripted, talking about his yard. You may have seen this clip during sporting events on TV.

Pretty cool. Now he gets royalty checks when it plays!!

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Ah yes, a man and his tractor*. Well that is just cool! What a garden! Very insprirational! Your bud truly is an artist. Thanks for sharing Chris. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]




*(I'm a Gravely man BTW)

Re: John Deere calling
 

Artist is right!.
I hope my wife doesn't see these ads and get any ideas!!!

I just gave my Wheel Horse tractor away and moved into a 20 year old Kohler powered Hydrostatic green machine and love it!.
Sadly the new Deere John tractors aren't what they used to be..

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~ Pete

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Andy I used to run an old Toro Hydro Triplex turfmaster with the Kohler for the greens. A three wheeler that was a blast to drive. I had a Wheel Horse for a while too.

I always wanted a Gravely when I lived on Shelter Island but here in Sag Harbor the terrain is too civilized for that.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ah yes, a man and his tractor*. Well that is just cool! What a garden! Very insprirational! Your bud truly is an artist. Thanks for sharing Chris. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]




*(I'm a Gravely man BTW) </div></div>

Hey Sam...if you ever can't find a Gravely you can always buy an Ariens...same thing just painted orange instead of red. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Re: John Deere calling
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Born30YrsLate</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ah yes, a man and his tractor*. Well that is just cool! What a garden! Very insprirational! Your bud truly is an artist. Thanks for sharing Chris. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]




*(I'm a Gravely man BTW) </div></div>

Hey Sam...if you ever can't find a Gravely you can always buy an Ariens...same thing just painted orange instead of red. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] </div></div>

I got a feeling Sam has a &quot;real&quot; pre-1980's Gravely. Ariens bought out Gravely and then shut down the original production factory in NC several years later. Not a lot of Mowerheads talking about the late model Gravely.

Okay Sam, show your equipment!

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Chris is mostly right. I have an old school Gravely, large 4 wheel garden tractor with fore, mid, &amp; aft PTOs. No hydrostatic trans - all gear direct drive (4 hi/4lo). It is a 1978 model originally outfitted with 12 horse Kohler but I have adapted a twin cylinder 20 HP Kohler for a bit more oomph. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img] (so, I guess it ain't numbers matching anymore [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img])

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Okay &quot;Sam&quot; the tool man Griffith... [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: x Baldwin Motion</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Born30YrsLate</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mockingbird812</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ah yes, a man and his tractor*. Well that is just cool! What a garden! Very insprirational! Your bud truly is an artist. Thanks for sharing Chris. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]




*(I'm a Gravely man BTW) </div></div>

Hey Sam...if you ever can't find a Gravely you can always buy an Ariens...same thing just painted orange instead of red. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] </div></div>

I got a feeling Sam has a &quot;real&quot; pre-1980's Gravely. Ariens bought out Gravely and then shut down the original production factory in NC several years later. Not a lot of Mowerheads talking about the late model Gravely.

Okay Sam, show your equipment! </div></div>

Yup...know the story well...Ariens is located in the town I lived most of my life in and I worked there for a while.

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<span style="color: #CC0000"><span style="font-size: 17pt">Here's some shots of my Gravely parked next to one of the projects that I used it for ...</span></span>

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...2loadtill5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...loadrtill2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...rtillrrqtr.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...2loadtill3.jpg