Location might be helpful

 

I live in MN but I don’t expect anyone in the Midwest to actually have one. The only examples I have seen recently were a few Craig lists posts that have since expired, one guy on YouTube, and one post here in this forum. They were all 5+ years ago and around the east cost or New England states.

 

ALOHA!!!!!!

 

Just used mine yesterday, great fun, wacked down the neighbors knee high grass. They reduce cutting time by 10-15 minutes or more for your average suburban patch vs a 21 in push mower, and you can crash them in high gear if you're not paying attention. I dont have full 10000 units except for the one I use, a couple in pieces, I do have one available for the 924000 series, it's new old stock open box, but it wouldn't work on a 10000 without a lot of modification to the blade brake, or eliminating it completely, which would be unsafe. Plus they don't flexnfloat like the original....search forum for "clipper deck" posts, for pics. Plus it requires 15" tires/wheels, summer air filter, etc. I'm in Ohio.
To find the used original style survivor, you'd probably have to travel to Illinois Indiana Michigan Ohio PA upstate NY or East coast, as that's where most seemed to have been purchased

 

I found a 910011 mower for sale in WI. It’s $300 for the mower attachment along with the snow blower, and the lawn vacuum. Tractor is included. So 4 units for $300. It’s a 4 hours drive one way and I only want the mower but they are not willing to drop price or sell the attachment separately. What do you think? Still thinking about it…

 

$100 an attachment is a fair price for unrestored units. The blower is a commercial unit by giant VAC, and it features a 1/3 belt transmission speeder. It increases speed approximately 3 revolutions for every one revolution of the PTO., perfect for a generator or 3600rpm pump. The odds of finding one locally would be next to zero. If you drive out, examine the unit before purchase with the mower attached, the welds on the yoke can break, and the mount plate can bend if crashed. THE YOKE is a bit tricky to diagnose because the welds are on the bottom side and hidden, usually covered by dirt and grease. Check for excessive up and down floppiness as you unweight the mower attachment with the handlebars. If he has any part of the bagger attachment you've already hit the jackpot, because those are unobtainium.

PS: The back of the deck will drag or hang low if the yoke is broken. The Vaccum bagger and accessory parts are also very hard to replace.

 

It seems like a good value to me. You're getting the snowblower, vacuum, mower and the tractor unit.

 

Condition?
Any pics?
If you have the room to store them, go for it, sounds like a great deal and some fun projects.

 

I had the vac attachment for a while, made a bag for it out of burlap and Velcro. Sold it when I began mulching instead of bagging.

 

If you are still looking I am selling a rotary mower, leaf vac and snowblower with a Predator 224 swap.

 

NY Dude? Is that you Josh? I saw you post in the Vintage Ariens Facebook group haha. Sorry you are too far away my friend. We talked on the phone a while back.

 

That's really funny!