Posted by aFORDable on August 21, 2010 at 14:47:44 from (208.65.80.50):
In Reply to: John Deere Mowers posted by John in La on August 21, 2010 at 12:54:03:
My brief history of riding mowers is 1. a 5hp unremembered brand with a 20" cut, 2. a 8hp Snapper with a 32" cut, 3. a 11 hp Murray with a 36" cut, 4. a 12hp Poulan with 42" cut, 5. a 18.5 hp Murray with 48" cut and now a ZTR Swisher with a 60" cut. I have never bought what I'd call a higher class mower. When I went shopping for mower # 5 I had decided to spend some $ for a better mower. Wound up at the JD dealer and almost bought a JD but here's what happened. I asked the salesman why I should pay triple for a JD when I could go to W-M and buy a Murray for 1/3 the price with the same cut/hp/drive but I knew didn't have the quality. He said that the JD would last 20 yrs. compared to 6-7 yrs for the Murray. I'm sure he was right but my statement to him was that I didn't know if I wanted a mower that would last 20 yrs. because they, like most everything else, improve with change. So I bought the Murray. Now, I'm thinking that my next mower may be a higher price/quality mower so there I go again. I do know that it will be a ztr unless something better comes along. Just another way of looking at it. Good luck with your JD and I'm sure you'll like it.
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