I have been around a few different brands of mowers, including Cub Cadet, Dixon, Grasshopper, Woods, Allis Chalmers, John Deere, etc, but most were in earlier years. I have my second Deere Lawn and Garden tractor. I had a 318 with a 52 inch cutting deck. I liked that tractor as it was built well. The mower deck was Deere's deepest deck available at the time, as I recall, but it would leave streaks in the lawn, mostly in tall conditions. I was planning to repower that tractor with a new engine until I tried out a 425 with a 54 inch deck. The engine on the 425 is far better than the Onan that was on the 318, and the cutting deck is a huge improvement over the prior tractor. It does not leave streaks and the blades turn a lot faster. It does a very good job cutting grass! I also opted for the All Wheel Steering, which has a tighter turn radius. I think the Grasshopper is a very good machine, too, and I think the underside of the deck, due to its design, is more prone to stay clean from grass buildup under wet conditions, plus it is easier to clean the underside. The only complaint I can offer about the performance of the Grasshopper, is the deck "floats" debris up behind the front mount deck and onto the operator's lap under dry cutting conditions.
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Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
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