Buhler/ Farm King bat wing finish mower

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

My yard is right at 10 acres and it takes me and my wife about 2 hours to mow it with both of us on mowers. I have been thinking about getting a big finish mower to speed up the job and came across this listing this morning. Do any of you know anything about them? I have never heard of Buhler and am not having great luck finding repair parts online. I have no idea what it will end up going for. But it's plenty close enough for me to go get, but it would be sight unseen because I can't get up there to look at it before the auction ends and even if I did, I don't have a way to test functionality. Right now it's cheap enough to take a risk.

Buhler 15' Batwing Finishing Mower

Buhler 15' Batwing Finishing Mower

wilsonauctioneers.bidwrangler.com

 

[Halftrack]

What did you plan on pulling it with?

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

Um... a tractor I don't have yet... That would be the next question, how heavy and how much PTO HP it would need to run decently. I don't mind grabbing this and storing it until I find a deal on a tractor, as long as it's a good deal. I have been keeping an eye out. I "need" to get a bigger tractor and bush hog to help at my in-laws place anyway.

 

[Halftrack]

50 hp minimum and adequate hydraulics.

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

I wasn't sure about HP but I have been seeing several mid 50hp older John Deer tractors for sale around me that are reasonable prices. I can't remember all the model numbers but something like 5401 etc.

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

It's at $2,300 with about 4 hours left.

 

[LittleBittyBigJohn]

I bid on it up to $3600 but was not comfortable going more without having seen it in person or having a tractor to run it yet. Sad day...

 

[BackRoad]

It's a gamble doing auctions on the internet.

Had a trailer that I set my max bid at $4100 based on pictures only and what I thought it was worth.

It sold for $4200...but I decided I wasn't going to chase it. It could have just as easily gone for $8k.