After moving to a new house last year on .4 acre and the 2 hours of lawn mowing/trimming/blowing every week finally got to me about a month ago I picked up an Ariens A22A46 lawn tractor from Home Depot. Decent machine - definitely not high end but for this lawn it should be fine for years to come.
However in reading up on it, it seems as it has a General Transmission Element V CVT in it vs the hydros of just about everyone else. On the surface I really love the idea as it should have less issues than the low end hydros that seem to go out after 3-5 years due to the oil breaking down. Looks like it came out in 2012 and is being used on quite a few Husqvarna produced machines. But can't find much about it and a Google search for General Transmission results in a lot of "extra" stuff.
Anyone have any experience in these? Seems like a great concept...
However in reading up on it, it seems as it has a General Transmission Element V CVT in it vs the hydros of just about everyone else. On the surface I really love the idea as it should have less issues than the low end hydros that seem to go out after 3-5 years due to the oil breaking down. Looks like it came out in 2012 and is being used on quite a few Husqvarna produced machines. But can't find much about it and a Google search for General Transmission results in a lot of "extra" stuff.
Anyone have any experience in these? Seems like a great concept...