Do you need a utility vehicle for your property? We’re hoping to “re-home” our John Deere AMT 626 John Deere “truckling”. Are you a good match? While our AMT 626 has been a reliable workhorse since, well, since forever (1990-ish, maybe?!?!) it’s old enough that we’re not feeling like a sale is the right option. We’re less interested in trading it for your hard earned loot and more interested in finding the best next chapter for this handsome beast of burden. Who can offer the most idyllic retirement (gentle work, lots of love, and maybe a nice nickname?) for this decades’ old John Deere?
This 5-wheel legend was a hand-me-down from me parents about a decade ago, and we have pampered it with annual servicing and plenty of TLC. Yes, it’s vintage. And yes, it runs. Recently serviced by United Ag & Turf (August 2022) and, yes, it’s ready for a new property to tend.
Re-Homing?
Why are we re-homing the AMT 626 “truckling” instead of selling it? It’s old. And while it served my parents well, and us well, it’s tough to estimate how much life this iconic green utility vehicle still has in it. Hopefully plenty. But I’d feel uncomfortably extracting payment for a piece of equipment that might need to exit sooner than desired. That said, we have pampered this piece of equipment, and we’ll happily pass on the John Deere servicing department contact information with permission to share any information the new owner would like. I suspect it would be pretty unlikely that a better preserved AMT 626 is out there!
But there’s another aspect to this. So much of our good fortune as Rosslyn’s stewards has been inherited from generations before us. Responsible ownership, conscientious preservation, and magnanimous spirits account for the life we’ve enjoyed on this property. We endeavor to follow in that tradition. As it strikes me, our 5-wheel truckling is better inherited by someone who genuinely needs it, not just someone who can pay for it. And if the “truckling” provides reliable service well into the future, then we’ll be grateful. And if it turns out that it has earned its just repose and her reliable service is curtailed by circumstance, then nobody is worse off.
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Much in the same vein as our July 12, 2022 post “re-homing” of the Husqvarna EZ4824 zero turn mower we’re primarily keen to find a good match. The mower found a perfect home. Will the “truckling”?
Recent Servicing
Perhaps you remember our midsummer post about servicing the Gators?
For the sake of accuracy it’s worth noting that the 5-wheeler technically isn’t a Gator. It’s a John Deere AMT 626, and it was the oldest of these utility vehicles in our fleet. We actually inherited from my parents when they sold their Rock Harbor home a couple of years ago. It’s vintage! But it was built John Deere tough, and I expect it’s got a good many years still in it. (John Deere Gator: Three Generations)
Here’s the moment they loaded up the AMT 626 “truckling” and headed off for servicing.
In the photo above the older John Deere Gator (left) and the 5-wheel John Deere AMT 626 are loaded onto the flatbed for the journey north to United Ag & Turf for service.
What do you think?