[johncub7172]

Well, I got the 125 about two months ago. A friend of mine stopped in, and said he knows of an IHCC that his friend has, and wants to sell. Not sure what I would expect, I left with him. Turns out to be a model 125, equipped with a 48" IH mower deck. The owner thought that the engine was blown up, and a turn of the key reveled a quiet, spinning engine with out compression.

So we heckled on a price, as I kicked the tires lightly. My thoughts were that I was not going to walk away on this garden tractor. The tractor condition was in very nice condition, as I realized that, the yellow fever struck a big come-on. The white seat was perfect.

Well, after some chin scratching, and some cowboy squinting, I hollered out "between 2-3 hundred". my friend, an old timer, quickly raised an eye brow. I knew he thought that offer was too much, and before I could wipe the single bead of sweat from my forehead, the owner declared, in a thundering voice, " Three hundred", as if a judge just decided verdict with the slam of the gavel.

"sounds good" I said. I left a 50$ deposit, and showed up the next day with the remaining balance owed.

The hard part was yet to come, to tell her how it ended up in our garage.