Used Snapper z2002k

[slemeron]

Hi All
I have an opertunity to but a used Snapper Z2002K z turn mower. It is a 60 in cut with 20hp twin koller engine. I havent looked at it yet but the asking price is 1300$. I looked on the internet and I think they were made 91 to 93. Seems a lot for a 20 year old mower. It needs "work" throws the deck belt. Also on the Internet I have seen the price from 450$ to over 2000$.
Does anyone know of cronic problems with this mower? Anything to look for? what would be a "real" price for this mower?
I would love zturn mower. My yard is a triangle To much time backing and turning.
Any inputs would be helpful.
shawn

[roym]

20 hp is barely enough to drive a 60" deck. Somebody familiar with that model needs to have a good look at it.

[bobodu]

Lot of money for a 20 year old mower....I'd keep looking.

[Chris]

Overall, they're getting a little bit crazy with the price of used mechanical things these days. If you're seriously interested the best thing to do is wait for a bit and keep casual friendly contact with the seller from time to time. After it sits in the garage for six months or a year without selling they start to rethink their position.

The price that you see out on the net is just an asking price. A thing is only worth what people are actually willing to pay for it. That's often quite a bit less.

A couple of weeks ago i was called in to do a building inspection of a comercial property by a perspective buyer. The owner thinks he's really got something of value there and wants a quarter million for it. It's just a hundred year old piece of crap with structural problems. Most of the nails holding the building together have rusted out by now. At best, it's only worth 60 grand and that's in the land value. The building itself is a liability.

After five or ten years the owner will get tired of paying the property tax on it and come back to reality.

[slemeron]

Hi Chris
Thanks for the reply.
Yea it seems that these days everyone thinks that there junk is gold.I have been thinking of offering him 500$ for it and see if he moves. I dream of a big zturn. Where I work it is around 130 degrees in the summer.After 10 hr of that the last thing I want to when I get home at 300 in the after noon is spend hours mowing.
Shawn

[jimw1949]

If it were me, instead of making any decisions as to the worth of the mower I would take a look at it first. If it looks like it is in really poor condition, then you know the answer. I know you said it throws the belt and that could be a real problem. On the other hand, I don't know very much about those mowers so it could just as easily be a simple problem to fix. I would definitely take a look at it and If the mower looks to be in really good condition, then it may be something worthwhile. Obviously, the owner wants to get as much money as possible for the mower, but may settle for quite a bit less than the $1,300 asking price. All I am saying is, it never hurts to check stuff out before making a decision.

[slemeron]

Hi all
I finally got a chance to look at the mower.The deck ideler pully is shot. No big deal. Engine has clean oil and dont smoke. Now what I think is the big problem is that it is slow/slugish on left turns. I did a lot of research on this and found out that there are no left side gear boxes available for this mower. That makes me think that it is a cronic problem with this mower. with some more research I found out that there is a repair manual for the gear box. The only one that I found was on ebay for 20$ sorry I left the manual # at work. I will post it tomorrow.I need to find out if there are still repair parts for this gearbox.If there are parts I may give him a low $ offer. I am hoping that if I get you all the repair manual# some one might have one and help me find out if parts are available.
Bless
Shawn