Re: Looking at buying a use lawn tractor

Posted by Ron-MO on June 02, 2015 at 07:50:07 from (70.39.176.179):

In Reply to: Looking at buying a use lawn tractor posted by jagco on June 01, 2015 at 18:20:33:

I would almost recommend going older in good condition, or go all out with a more solid, more expensive heavy machine. I went the "mtd" box store route for several years, and was constantly battling with
their cheap stuff falling apart on me. I never could get more than about 5 unreliable years out of one, then I was out buying another. If you only do a small level lot, maybe, but with what I mow, I found
they are literally falling apart in a few short years, and the last "cheap" box store mower I bought I spent well over $2,000 on it thinking it was "good enough". The Kohler engine was about to fly apart in a
little over 5 years, and it was well maintained. That was the last straw for me, and I loaded it up and went to a Gravely dealer and traded in on a zero turn mower that cost nearly double that, but I believe
this mower will last a few more than 5 years with minimal care and maintenance, and this the second year and so far not one issue with it, and a normal mowing for me is roughly 3 hours if I stay at it, and
very little of it is level. The last 3 mowers I purchased from box stores had one issue right after another, springs that failed, china made bearings that failed causing the spindle to also fail when the
bearings spin in the aluminum, then came the last of them with the china Kohler engine that cracked the block when the upper crank bolts backed out under normal use. I know....a few years ago I swore I would
never spend that much on a mower, but ultimately I spent more replacing the junk that Lowes and Home Depot sell than if I would have done this years ago, and likely came out ahead, and had something that would
hold up.

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