Last July, I got ahold of a Sears SS12, w/sickle, for a steal of a price. It was brought to my attention by a couple of members here. (DH1 and Poncho62) Either one of them could have scoped it up. That was
nice.
After giving it some TLC, I decided it was worthy of a 3 point hitch, so I actively started looking for
one. Saw some on Ebay, but all south of the border, and freight costs killed that plan. After
a month and a half of looking, I finely see one listed on Kijiji in Canada, for $50, but it's a 6 hrs drive each
way. I have a freind that lives about 3/4 hour from the hitch. I quickly get ahold of him, and he says sure,
he'd pick it up soon. I then talk to the seller, and make the deal. We chatted for quite some time about GTs. Really nice guy. He agrees to hold it, wait for $ from my buddy. That was nice.
Weeks go by, and my freind still hadn't been able to get the hitch.(it's early Oct.) I call the seller again, and he says, "no problem, I'll wait". My buddy had also called him at about the same time.
That was nice.
By christmas, still no hitch, but by then, I'd sorta given up on seller still holding it, and was
feeling sheepish about calling him. So I didn't. Things, just had never worked out for my buddy.
Jan. arrives, and the Sears "Ski Tractor" wins the Tractor of the Month contest, because a whole
bunch of nice people voted for it. That was nice. Now, I'm determined to find it a hitch, because it deserves it. But, again, nothing to be found north of the border.
Last week, the phone rings, and it's the seller of the hitch, that never got picked up. I couldn't
believe it. He'd just got back from Florida, and was wondering if I still wanted it. It left his place
in the mail today.
Now that's a REALLY nice guy.
nice.
After giving it some TLC, I decided it was worthy of a 3 point hitch, so I actively started looking for
one. Saw some on Ebay, but all south of the border, and freight costs killed that plan. After
a month and a half of looking, I finely see one listed on Kijiji in Canada, for $50, but it's a 6 hrs drive each
way. I have a freind that lives about 3/4 hour from the hitch. I quickly get ahold of him, and he says sure,
he'd pick it up soon. I then talk to the seller, and make the deal. We chatted for quite some time about GTs. Really nice guy. He agrees to hold it, wait for $ from my buddy. That was nice.
Weeks go by, and my freind still hadn't been able to get the hitch.(it's early Oct.) I call the seller again, and he says, "no problem, I'll wait". My buddy had also called him at about the same time.
That was nice.
By christmas, still no hitch, but by then, I'd sorta given up on seller still holding it, and was
feeling sheepish about calling him. So I didn't. Things, just had never worked out for my buddy.
Jan. arrives, and the Sears "Ski Tractor" wins the Tractor of the Month contest, because a whole
bunch of nice people voted for it. That was nice. Now, I'm determined to find it a hitch, because it deserves it. But, again, nothing to be found north of the border.
Last week, the phone rings, and it's the seller of the hitch, that never got picked up. I couldn't
believe it. He'd just got back from Florida, and was wondering if I still wanted it. It left his place
in the mail today.
Now that's a REALLY nice guy.