Re: Lawn mowers

Posted by Billy NY on April 22, 2013 at 05:59:57 from (72.226.79.200):

In Reply to: Lawn mowers posted by Rich'sToys on April 21, 2013 at 21:01:45:

Simplicity seems to be pretty good stuff, I knew someone who had that line as part of their dealership, would not mind one of those at all.

I've had 3 new ones so far, one craftsman, '98, an '03 deere L110 and the latest an '08 Deere.

This latest one is nice, I like pretty much everything about it, its an LA 135 limited edition, 22HP s cylinder,Briggs&Stratton, which has noticeably more power and torque than the 17.5 Kohler, 42" deck, wish it was bigger but, this mower will cut some thick grass and not bog down, it has a nice high back seat on it, comfortable, easy to work on, hour meter is a nice thing, overall for around 2k, and I like the way its built, only wear I have noticed is on the steering sector gear and pinion, I do a fair amount of turning. I used to run old junkers, my neighbor does, so does my father at the other place, I see no sense in it because most of these never get maintenance, they break down a lot and its aggravating for the simple task of cutting ones grass turning into a project, don't need that. I did the neighbor a favor and put new blades on hers, had a bent blade, and something was not right with the mandrels and blades, was a gap in the hole, but I guess I centered them right, worked fine, hated the way those blades went on, she had bought the replacements, then the darned thing would cut out, some safety feature on the carb, turned into an afternoon and I tore a muscle or something when using the breaker bar, I call it the mower from hell, will not work on it again. We had a MTD one at the farm, Yard Machines special, same darned thing, I spent til 2am repairing it one evening mid spring, grass was up and thick, just a darned headache, 2 years later the transaxle or hydrostatic whatever it was, seized up, junk lawnmowers are just real headache. Mine came from a JD dealer, not HD, but most of the simple wear parts like belts, tune up/filter kits are available at HD or similar, I have not broke a belt on this one, but the previous one yes, on a sunday. The darned seat is better than anything I have owned before, its nothing special, but so much better. I probably cut 15 times per season, so maintenance is easy, going on its 5th season, 101.3 hours, reliable, the only thing I put into it was a battery and I went for the JD strongbox, in '11, I probably take care of my lawn tractor better than anything else. I actually enjoy the silly thing, weird but true, having one from new means you don't get someone elses headache, though I do see plenty of late model in nice shape for sale, save some money on the right find, I'm all for that, but 2 weeks ago, I picked up 2 more junkers for dad, good luck buddy, well he wanted the front snow blower on one, but both ran, but ugly was not the word for either of them, tough shape.

There is a nice home near our other place, modern, very large lawn, kind of a slope too, and it looks great, he cuts it with a 8N ford, belly mower or rear I forget, but it sure does a nice job.

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