Jacobsen 15 foot wide ex golf course mower

[aronhk_md]

Ok, I know its crazy, but here it is...lol.

Jacosen F10 mower has a 15' cut with all wings down, 8 ft cut with just the center reels down. Total of 7 reels or gangs. Powered by a Ford 172ci industrial engine. Perfect for large tracts of land....golf courses (imagine that), churches, air fields or any place with some acreage. Bought it cause I thought it was pretty neat! lol. And it is. I have a 2.5 acre property and it takes me 10 minutes to mow it...lol. Obviously its more mower than I really need. Originally came from the Seaford DE golf course.

Its in good condition and I am using it presently. Motor purrs. Does need one bearing set for one of the rear rollers on one of the reels, but they are available and it is still useable as it is. Oh, I just bought a new marine deep cycle battery for it....the largest one I could find.

Those I have seen for sale tend to be listed at $2500-$3000. I'll entertain all offers.....but would be interested in trading for.....zero turn mower or cub lo-boy, firearms, older toyota or honda car in good condition, motorcycles, pro-touring kinda stuff (I have a 73 trans am with a turbo).......or what do you have? Never know what may pique my interest.

Its approximately 8 ft wide (the twin front wheels from side to side) and 16 ft long. It has previously been transported on a rollback. Dont think the outer front wheels would need to be on the deck to transport. It weighs 6300 lbs. I have the original manual, and someone hand wrote in pencil 1968.....so I'm guessing that was the year. I do know they made them through the early 80's, when they basically switched from unpowered reels (wheel driven) to hydraulically powered reels......those I believe continue to be made.

Or of course.......it could be your next pro-touring ride! Dare to be different! LMAO :jawdrop:

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[Yelcamino]

I haven't bought my house with property yet or I'd be all over this!

[mikester]

Sorry to say Im not interested in buying your mower but it brought back a lot of good memories ! When I was in my mid 20s I worked at a golf course and my main job was cutting the fairways. We used a Ford tractor with a 9 gang for the first year that I was there but then they finally broke down and bought an F10. As crazy as this sounds I really liked that job. So much so that even after I left there for a "real" job I went back 4 nights a week to do the fairways and every Sat and Sun morning to mow greens for at least 4 years. It always felt good to be outside in the sun. Not now though !!!! You should see if any sod farms would be interested in the mowers as spares. Im sure theyre Worthingtons. They bring good money even off the machine.

[aronhk_md]

Thanks for the reply guys.....this thing is fun...lol. It really is overkill for 2.5 acres though huh Mike?.....lol. Thanks for sharing the story Mike, and yelcamino......you must be thinking BIG property huh?

As for approaching sod companies.....hmmmm.....I'd imagine that any company that depends on its livelihood has moved past a machine with these reels to the ones that are hydraulically driven no? I could be wrong here though. I had one guy approach me since I also listed it on craigslist.....he has a small private airport thats been in his family his whole life. He's used one of these before. Havent heard from him in a week though, so guessing he is very unsure what his best option is. I know the cost to transport it was a big factor to him since he didnt have any way to do it and he is 8 hrs away from Delaware. A couple of other offers I wasnt interested in. No use for a mid 90's limo. Guy wanted too much cash for his Honda Shadow.

I got it on an impulse, and I traded some firearms for it. One thing that attracted me was its simplicity in design. I'm still using it. Takes me 10 minutes to do this property......then I take it down to my friends and do the big open spaces there in about 10 passes, but its a smaller property. Would take me like 3 minutes and 4 passes except I have to stop and turn it since its a small property. Still with a 48" rider there it still took almost an hr before..........lol

A big reason for passing it on to someone else is I'm not going to be here long term......its a friends property and she wont use this once I move. She's already looking at riding mowers her 15 yr old son will use. No huge hurry though....I wont be leaving until next yr.

Still think it would make a very different pro-touring build.........lol.

Seriously though guys...when I said I've seen them listed at 2500-3000.....thats a listed price and I'm not in it that deep. I have $2000 tied up in it. Make an offer........gold, silver, car stuff, tools, I need car stereo stuff (but not super high end), canoe or small boat, camera, .22 rifles & pistols....actually any firearms might have interest, Dillon reloading stuff. I wish I could find someone with a 92-95 Honda Civic VX. Would love to play with one.

Or how about someone nearby who can paint my car? I'll provide supplies.....lol

[Yelcamino]

Yeah, we're looking at places with 10+ acres but until I know if I'm going to retire next summer, we're just window shopping!

[moreHP]

Slap an LS in it and go mower racing!

[1red68]

Free shipping??? :) kidding. if i was closer i would be interested.

[aronhk_md]

mower racing....lol. Or how about mower pulls? Of course you'd be the envy in town pulling into your local cruise nights on the BLVD. Chances are all your friends would ask you to mow their grass on the way.

I'm sure shipping wouldnt be cheap, but that reminds me that in my searches for Jacobsen F10 someone requested bids for shipping one on uship.com Dont know the details of where it was shipped or how much though cause I didnt look. But I think it might fit on your avg car trailer or equipment/large lawn trailer. I hauled a mid sized tractor on one once.

And then of course theres always driving it home.....lmao. I did. It was 29.5 miles to home from where I bought it, but people drive farm equip on the roads here all the time. The manual says it will do 39 mph in 4th gear, but I was frightened to go over about 20 mph. It would be easy to lose control with that rear wheel steering being kinda loose. Surprisingly though I got over 10 mpg! Got some stares when I pulled into the busy gas station with it to fill up.......:smoke:

[mikester]

Ive been out of that line of work for close to 25 years. I didnt know the new reel mowers were different. The place that I worked for after the golf course had 5 F10s that were set up with 3 huge rotary mower decks. This was a 5000 acre site and the grass wasnt exactly well kept. They used the F10s for the fields and smaller mowers for around the buildings. I always thought the reel mowers were only good for manicured grass because they had a tendency to push longer grass over without actually cutting it. Thats why I suggested sod farms.

[aronhk_md]

This works fine up until about 10 inch length on grass........what it does have trouble with is those long stringy stalk like plants that arent a grass really.....or not what I think of as grass. It pushes those over unless you get em when they are short. But they are very tough and fibrous.

But yeah.....I think this will be best for a small business or private individual who doesnt have the deep pockets for the new stuff. From what I understand these ran over $50,000 in the 70's to 80's......no idea what the new stuff runs but very expensive I'm sure.

[Yelcamino]

If you still have this when I retire, we'll have to work something out!

[aronhk_md]

Hey, ya never know..... :)

[toofun]

I'd buy it in a minute but my cutting time is also my "get away from the wife and drink some beer" time. I figure that is gonna cut that "quality" time down to about 10 minutes...not ready for that!!!! Good luck with the sale though.. I would love to see pics of it!!

Mark
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[aronhk_md]

LOL Mark.......no, just means you transfer that time elsewhere.....to working on your car for example.....lol Forgot to mention.....there are two pics Mark in my first post. You have to click on them and they'll open up.

[mikester]

Just before they auctioned them off at my old job they all got new covered hydraulic lines that cost big $$ and one of the grounds guys lost control of one screwing around. He hit a curb, bent the frame and that was close to 15K to repair. Your tax dollars at work.

[aronhk_md]

Its a pretty busy road in front of my house......I have to laugh at the look on drivers faces as I approach the road and it looks like I'm on a collision course with them...its a panicked look on some....of course I dont want to cause an accident, but its a 35 mph zone.

[aronhk_md]

Bump for anyone who hasnt seen it.......be the latest trend setter in pro-touring! LOL

In case anyone is wondering I traded two nice rifles for it. Value was between $1800 and $2200. I love firearms and am really looking for some nice .22's. A Marlin 39A, Ruger 10/22's to play with, Ruger MkII's or MkIII's, lever actions, .45's......who knows what else. Also tools or toolbox. Considering the size of my property I just dont need this much mower. I have a Cub lo-boy too.

[elitecustombody]

I'll mention about it to a good friend of mine that runs lawn care service and has 90+ acre lot to cut

[aronhk_md]

Thanks Stefan. Something I think I mentioned before. It cuts grass VERY well if its under 10". Lawn experts recommend them over rotary type mowers because it cleanly cuts the grass unlike rotary blade mowers which really rip the edges. This means the grass doesnt dry out as much from being cut....less likely to get that burned look especially in hot places.

But the long tough stalky weeds it just knocks down. This is the common theme with these reel type mowers and happens to new ones too. Just worth mentioning.

[elitecustombody]

I just showed this to him, he said,he would destroy it very quick, because of the dips,bumps and lots of rocks,the area that he cuts is not flat. Sorry, buddy, I tried. Good luck, it is a great deal and I'm sure someone will scoop it up.

[aronhk_md]

No problem and thanks for the thought! The way I figured it from the start is that it was just fun to play with and that if in the end I pulled the engine, reels and some parts and listed them on ebay.....then scrapped the rest I could always end up more than getting my investment back. But I'm not really in a hurry. Its not hurting me and I can afford to sit on it. Actually even though I have the cub lo-boy tractor I like using the big Jacobsen. I'm just doing a few passes which covers 80% of the property in 5 minutes, then I hop on the lo-boy and finish around the edges. Another 5-10 minutes...lol.