Recent content by JD X485SE

Sad,actually. Any time you see a k46 on anything other than a RER, the manufacturer made the decision to cut corners. And almost all of them did that very thing.

The TT K46 was designed to be used in a small rear engine rider mowing flat ground. Period. No hills. No pulling/towing ANYTHING.

You mention an X322 (which I've never heard of and neither has TractorData) and you picture an X738. What?!?

The X350 is only slightly more robust than the box store Deere you get at Lowes and HomeDepot and has the same weak transmission. Google “failed Tuff Torq k46”. FWIW, I owned an X320 20 years ago before upgrading to a used X485SE.

Let me go against the group here and say neither of your choices is especially good for hills - the ZT because of its design and the X350 because its tranny is designed for FLAT mowing. It has the same transmission as the box store Deeres. You’ll have to go to a high end X3xx or something in the...

I don't even change my own oil anymore - not because I can't but because I don't have to. But let's be honest, this stuff is not brain surgery. I can't imagine the OP couldn't find a youtube video to walk him through what he needs to do.

Hello all! A little about me... My first rider was a 1998 Honda Harmony 1011 RER. It lasted for about 12 years. I replaced it in 2010 with a 2009 JD X320. The X320 was a great mower,but I wanted something beefier. This past spring, I saw an X485SE on a local dealer's lot and had to have it...