The JD LX176 is too high of price for a repowered one. Also a 38" deck is too small for an acre plus yard.
JD 265 is a real good mower with a 17 hp Single cylinder Kawasaki motor. It is hydrostatic drive with the control on the fender. It also has automotive type of steering. Meaning a cast steering gearbox. They steer easy and turn fairly short. The mower deck is manual lift. It could have the older style 46 inch deck but it more than likely would have the later 48 inch deck. That is a much better deck. IF it has grease fitting in the top of the blade spindles then it is the later style deck. The $1100 would be the market IF it has the later style deck. If it has the older deck then $750-800.
JD 245. It is the same frame and drive line as the JD 265 but with a smaller motor. The 48" deck is a load in heavy grass. The $795 is right in the ball park on price.
GT242 is a 14 HP Kawasaki single cylinder motor. Gear drive. but it has the garden tractor frame/transmission. Once again the 38" deck is too small. Price is in line if it has a good hood. It has the LX series hood and they had plastic mounted hood hinges. They broke the whole corner of the hood out if your rough with them. $800 is a little high on price should be in that $600-750 range.
JD 316. This would be the later 316 as it has the Onan motor on it. It is 16 HP not 18. Unless someone changed the motor for a 318 motor. It would not have had an oil filter from the factory. The P218G motor was used on both the 316 and 318 but only the 318 had an oil filter. The price is in line IF the motor is good. Just about ALL Onan motors use some oil. Meaning if you mow an acre plus yard it might use a half a pint when new.
The JD 212 is an old reliable mower but it takes an acre to turn them around on they DO not turn very sharp. If you have many obstacles to mow around you will not like it. They are cheap as gear drive and not turning short kills them on price. The $380-400 is about right if it runs OK.
The Craftsman mower are not even in the same league with the JD mower you have listed. They will not hold yup for long on an acre plus hilly yard. The decks are REAL thin from the factory so really check it out for cracks and rust through.
Of the ones you listed I would rank the JD265 first because of the Kawasaki motor and better steering. Then the 316 because of the rugged frame/driveline. The Onan motor is a down grade anymore. Parts are sky high. I am building a JD 318 Onan right now. The overhaul casket set was $175. Cummins $261. None on line any cheaper with freight. So parts are stupid on Onan anymore.
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