Hello everyone I am Christian! I recently dove down a rabbit hole watching OKOFFROADMOWERS and really enjoyed the idea of fabricating an off road mower. After just one night of watching all their videos I decided to scout my local marketplace for a body style that I wanted. I purchased a 1978-80 Sears Craftsman GT/14. I look forward to engaging with all of you and sharing my off road mower build in the future.
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You picked a good'n to build that's for sure! I have the same one wearing Roper badging and I've been calling it the Roper Offroader. If you want a manual for it look up a Sears 14/6, it's exactly the same.
*Edit* not exactly the same, the 14/6 has a 3 speed hi/low and the GT14 is 3 speed with VariDrive? That's crazyness!
@Brianator That is good news seems I have picked a more in depth starting mower, but I am up for the task. I may pick your brain on some knowledge and setup for your GT/14
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Welcome to the forum, i like the old Sears/Craftsman style tractor's you got a good one in my opinion , if you don't mind me asking what part of east texas are you from?
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@cmason oh cool it's real pretty up there we are in nacogdoches, we just got our first rain yesterday since late may early june and im hoping cooler weather is coming, 109 with 120 heat index is not cutting it