At first, it sounded like you were really unsatisfied, and I was thinking, those are typical items with these, I'm on my 2nd JD mower, not an X series, both came from the dealer, the current one is just an LA 135, an '08 with 146 hours now. Same belts, I put a JD strongbox battery in it, in '11, one front tire has been plugged, tiny little leak before, original blades, just sharpened as needed, have a new spare set since '09, oil changed precisely as called for, I use the JD filter, (B/S twin anyway) specified oil, lube the front end, pivot pin and mower spindles/mandrels, and its kept inside the garage, heated in the winter. 22HP twin, with a 42" deck is nice as if the lawn goes weeks, gets thick, I can blast through it on usually the same height, I dry the cuttings like hay almost and tow a sweeper for garden mulch. Comfortable high back seat, leg room, easy to operated, probably just as good as any, but I have to say its a nice little lawn tractor, uses more fuel than the other previous one. Strong box battery held up great, I start and run it periodically during the off season. At least an 1.5 acre lawn 15x per year, + sweeping now, neighbors 2 acres periodically and areas down the back of the hill near the pond I will mow after I use the rotary on the ford 850, sweep as much as I need now, and dry like hay or close, so much lighter and easier. Only wear is on the steering pinion and sector gear, I can see those being replaced at some point, hard to keep that lubed, one thing I hate on all of these, why the stamped sector and open gear, not a u-joint or something better ?
Sorry about the double post ! :o
This post was edited by Billy NY at 10:41:25 07/14/14.
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