This is my first post here, been lurking doing research and bought my mower today but I have a question. I've been researching on ZTR's and reading so much I got even more confused. Finally decided to just narrow it down ASAP and buy from a dealer close to me home. I had it narrowed down to a Ferris 400s or a Scag Liberty Z or maybe even a Freedom Z. This morning wife and I loaded up and headed to the dealer, when we got there they had just sold the last 400s and said they don't really carry the Liberty and Freedom due to problems with them. I needed a mower so started looking at the Ferris IS600. They had a 2017 sitting there on the floor with all the other different models, long story short we negotiated a deal and they were going to service the unit while I went and grabbed a trailer. Picked her up and brought it home, unloaded it and started to do a little practice driving when I noticed the hour gauge had 10.6 hours on it! I was told I was buying a brand new mower but I got home with one with almost 11 hours on it. When I engaged the blades I noticed a bunch of old dried grass/dirt flew out from under the deck. It seems to run fine but I'm just a little irritated, I was led to believe I was buying a brand new mower right off the showroom floor but no telling how this thing got almost 11 hours on it. Was it a demo? A return? Who knows.
It's not like I got it at a steal, I paid $5,199 for a 2017 so they made out well. My thoughts are I'd like to load it up in the morning and take it back to the dealer and tell them I paid for a new mower I'd like a brand new mower. I'd really appreciate some of you guys opinions on this please, thank you!
Best,
John
It's not like I got it at a steal, I paid $5,199 for a 2017 so they made out well. My thoughts are I'd like to load it up in the morning and take it back to the dealer and tell them I paid for a new mower I'd like a brand new mower. I'd really appreciate some of you guys opinions on this please, thank you!
Best,
John