The HEAVIEST GARDEN TRACTOR ever made! 

Can’t forget the IH Cub Cadet 1182, with the Kabota 3 cylinder liquid cooled Diesel engine. That thing was an absolute tank as well!

My dad was head groundskeeper at the University of Iowa, Oakdale campus back in the 1970-1990's. They used two AC 720 and a John Deere 420 to mow and snow removal. The mower deck on the AC 720 was a welded steel and not pressed like the JD 420 and dad wouldn't touch the JD 420 much at all.

Early 90’s I saw at a dealer a used GMT 9000, which they told me was a trade in. The one I saw was a bit rough looking. The wing deck ran off a rear PTO. You didn’t mention the Toro 5xi series 523Dxi diesel is over 1100 pounds. I bought a 523Dxi parts tractor in May 2023 for $300. It had 65.8 hours on it , 60” deck with two stuck spindles and two of the three connecting rods were broke. Whoever bought it around 1998 didn’t check the oil often enough and ran it low on oil, basically throwing away $12,000. They sold it to a guy they knew who was going to fix the engine but he ran out of time. Then I bought it. I began parting it out and between the engine parts sold and trading the 60” deck for a tiller and a pair of 23” ag tires I’ve brought in about $2,000 so far, and I still have most of the tractor left. I’m keeping lots of parts for my other 5xi tractors.

Love the CASE 1200 TK t-shirt.

My restored Sears 1973 st16 with liquid ballast, dual wheels, mower, dozer blade must be well over 1000lbs - can’t wait to try it out

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I always referred to tractors like the Gravely GMT9000 and Toro Groundsmaster as "Estate" tractors. They were built with focus on cutting huge swaths for massive yards like found on estates.

Awsome video guys! A lot of cool info thanks!

That was interesting and a lot of fun. I just sold off a c 1979 or so Bolens G192. This was a Bolens/Iseki Japanese tractor with Isuzu 2 cyl diesel and gear drive. Not a garden tractor, kind of light farm use. I would have kept it but it had gearbox issues and parts were not available. There is a Simplicity with a loader similar to the one you showed nearby to me that I will make a play for if it becomes available. I have several Gravely's, all of them are the two wheel walk behinds. Li, Convertibles, Custom Convertibles and a Pro10. Im going to enjoy your channel.

This is the Best video you guys have done.. thank you!!

Not putting a cub cadet 782d or 982 is criminal. They were the one to start it; and those sgts had so much torque

Very interesting

I have a Bolens Iseki GT172. With category 1 3 point hitch and mid mount 4 ft belly mower. 17 horse 2 cylinder diesel . I love that little tractor.

What? No mention of the Cub Lo-Boy 154? I would consider that a garden tractor. 😊

The GMT 9000 stands for Grounds Maintenance Tractor. Some have Renault engines others Continental. It has the same transmission as a Gravely G series, 8000 series and 800 series. So it essentially is a garden tractor drive train with a 4 cylinder engine. Kinda of a copy of a Cub Low Boy…. The 24G is also awesome. Had a 72” deck capability.

The Gmt9000 looks to be a slightly larger and close in weight to my Massey Ferguson 1215. Tractor data classified my 1215 as a Compact Utility tractor.

More modern tractors that are worth at least a mention are the Toro xi series, Simplicity legacy xl and the John deere x700 series The last two came in 4wd All are around 1000# and twin cylinder powered. Love the old stuff never seen a powermax in person

The Bolens Duramax tractors were brutes. I have 3 of them, one with a Mitsubishi diesel.

Cub cadet 982 with Hobart 5 ft mower been great

Could you get the 7020 with a mower deck?

could you guys do a video on the yellow allis chalmers the late 60s big ten i own one and would love to know more love the videos

you also forgot the jacobsen 53500/ ford LGT 195 which would at least be a "step up"

There was going to be a fight if #1 wasn't the 7020....hahaha

Information on the John Deer 600 series. Seemed like almost a utility tractor. What happened to the 600's?

I had a Case 646 loader tractor. No power steering and two wheel drive. It wasn’t practical for me. Well built, heavy and simple tractor though.

Also Wheel horse D200 with the 20 hp kohler

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is the mf gc1725 a garden tractor. the gc stands for garden compact

At what point does a garden tractor jump up to be considered a sub compact? With 4 wheel drive and a loader, I would consider the Ingersoll a sub compact.

My JD 400 weighs 975

What do you guys say about Onans? Junk?

Ford LGT195

John Deere x720. That’s my bet

strongland 2474