Kubota.
My parents wore out two JD riding mowers. It seemed like there was
always something going wrong with them. I know some people have really
good luck with them, but my experience with them is that they are really
proud of the green paint job and their residential stuff isn't that
good. (On the other hand my folks also had a very small JD diesel 4x4
compact tractor that was pretty bullet proof. My brother still has it
and it has to be 30 years old. Still, I bought a New Holland...)
I used to be a facilities operations management guy. One large
municipal property I used to manage had a rotating crew of maintenance
mechanics that shared the winter grounds duties, then in the summer they
hired high school and college kids to do the heavy mowing. I observed
we had fairly ordinary Kubota riding mowers (we needed something
relatively low tech and compact, so the bigger commercial zero turn and
athletic field mowers were out) and I asked the vehicle mechanic what
kinds of problems he had with them. His answer was "zero". Just
routine maintenance, and some of the mowers were over ten years old.
Ten years ago I bought my wife a Kubota 1670, which was the (then)
current version of the even older mowers we had at work. Other than oil
and filter changes, blade sharpening and two belts, I have had zero
problems in ten years. One of these days I am going to have to adjust
the brakes, but that's about it. And we have a gravel driveway and lots
of trees, and my wife runs over ALL kinds of sh*t.
john niolon wrote:
> My 10 year old Cub Cadet is starting to be more trouble than I want... seems
> every week or so it's costing me money...
>
> for a 1.5 acre suburban lot... what do ya'll consider the best residential
> lawn tractor and ZTR mower...
>
> don't want to put out mega bucks on a commercial and don't want a box store
> pos.. but need something that will last longer than the warranty...
>
> john
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