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RE: lawn tractors

To: Derek Harling <derek.lola@home.com>, shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: lawn tractors
From: "Madurski, Ronald M." <RONALD.M.MADURSKI@saic.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 08:35:22 -0400
> Well - I wasn't going to bother replying  - but I think we do need to 
> face reality every so often.  New house 5 years ago - never 
> had need for 
> lawn tractor before so didn't know much about them - bought 
> Sears with 
> Briggs 15.5hp - worked perfectly ever since - belts stay on - never 
> failed to start - doesn't leak oil - and the bit that really 
> amazes me - 
> never needs charging even over winter ( I start it about once a month 
> for 15 minutes) and still on original battery. Stays in 
> wooden shed all 
> summer and storage unit all winter (unheated).
> 
> So - er - why should I spend twice as much?
> 
> Derek
> 

You shouldn't.  But, if I tried to use one of those to mow my 3 acres of
hilly, bumpy, rocky, and swampy land it wouldn't last 6 months.  There are
several spots in my lawn where if I don't get the approach just right I end
up on 2 wheels (RF-LR or vice-versa).  Sometimes my momentum will carry me,
sometimes I need to push :-)   I guess I could use the push mower to do
those sections, but that would be too much like work and not as fun...
There's also those hillsides where I have to sit on the edge of the fender
to keep from falling off the tractor.  Those flimsy sheet metal fenders
wouldn't hold me up for very long.

I am thinking about getting another rider so my wife can use it and it will
be a "cheaper" model since she doesn't like having to push or ride on the
fenders :-)

Ron Madurski

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