$2500, 1 Acre, A Hill and Shed Restrictions. What To Look At

[Ric]

Been following this (thread) along to concur you are likely going
to settle on a yella - or now red, so I hear) - 42" ZTR, just as I did.
This for longevity on the dollar invested.
My ride is excellent.
However, I do suggest you read my thread and ask before
buying, especially in light of some recomendations given through
the thread. Know what you are buying.
http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/small...a-fr541v-top-end-bobbins-rocker-assembly.html

Trust that helps some.

KK

You keep talking about the FR 541 and Kawasaki making a bad engine. I run a FS 541 Kawasaki engine and I had the thing for 3 yrs and have 677.2 hrs on the thing and I've never had an issue with the engine. I've never had an issue with either the FS of FX engines period.

 

[gainestruk]

http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/husqvarna-dixon-forum/33685-checking-temperature.html
Look at link above, I'm running a temperature check on oil filter engine block and drives.
My Husqvarna RZ4623 has EZT drives, I've heard you should keep hydrostatic drives at 180 degrees or less and so far on 2 runs my drives stayed under 150 degrees at 1 1/2 hours.
I now have 90 hrs on mower
It also has Kohler courage engine which has been trouble free (knock on wood)

 

[KrashnKraka]

You keep talking about the FR 541 and Kawasaki making a bad engine. I run a FS 541 Kawasaki engine and I had the thing for 3 yrs and have 677.2 hrs on the thing and I've never had an issue with the engine. I've never had an issue with either the FS of FX engines period.

Have you viewed the illustration of the design I posted AND pulled yer covers
to compare with your engines?

KK

 

[Ric]

Have you viewed the illustration of the design I posted AND pulled yer covers
to compare with your engines?

KK

Yes I've seen your illustration and I could really care less and I'm really not interested in pulling the covers off a perfectly good running engine to compare, I think that would be absolutely ridiculous. I've heard this song and dance before about the Kohler Courage engine being a bad engine just because a few individuals say they had problems with the Kohler and the same with the Stihl 4 mix engines being terrible because they need to have valves adjusted all the time and they a maintenance issue.

The problem with all the song and dance is that for every one individual that has a problem you have a thousand and more that run the stuff untold hours and never have an issue.

I've put over 1400 hrs on my Kohler Courage engines and never had an issue, I've run the Stihl 4 mix engines for eleven years and never had a valve adjusted and I've run the Kawasaki engines that I have for almost a 1000 hrs and never had an issue and at this point even if I did have a problem with any equipment that I run daily I sure wouldn't condemn the whole line and everything they make.

 

[Shughes717]

Yes I've seen your illustration and I could really care less and I'm really not interested in pulling the covers off a perfectly good running engine to compare, I think that would be absolutely ridiculous. I've heard this song and dance before about the Kohler Courage engine being a bad engine just because a few individuals say they had problems with the Kohler and the same with the Stihl 4 mix engines being terrible because they need to have valves adjusted all the time and they a maintenance issue.

The problem with all the song and dance is that for every one individual that has a problem you have a thousand and more that run the stuff untold hours and never have an issue.

I've put over 1400 hrs on my Kohler Courage engines and never had an issue, I've run the Stihl 4 mix engines for eleven years and never had a valve adjusted and I've run the Kawasaki engines that I have for almost a 1000 hrs and never had an issue and at this point even if I did have a problem with any equipment that I run daily I sure wouldn't condemn the whole line and everything they make.

Some can say the same thing to you, and for that matter, me about the Briggs Intek engines. Neither of us are a fan of them. Each member on this site is going to have different opinions about engines based on their personal experiences. He has had a problem with Kawasaki, just like you have with Briggs. I just hope he doesn't blindly hate everything Kawasaki based on his experience with one engine though. : )

 

[Magsrgod]

So what you guys are all saying is that everyone makes a pretty good product but sometimes you get a dud or one that has a few failures! I always abide by the new old adage that unhappy consumers come to the internet to complain, happy consumers carry on with their lives.

 

[Shughes717]

So what you guys are all saying is that everyone makes a pretty good product but sometimes you get a dud or one that has a few failures! I always abide by the new old adage that unhappy consumers come to the internet to complain, happy consumers carry on with their lives.

Most of the brands offer the same drive train options. Each brand has some different extra features that set them apart from the others. After that you are paying for paint color and name. Dealer support in Your area should play more into your decision than a particular brand that any of us recommend. Brands have better dealer support in some communities than in others. Members on this site are loyal to the brands that they know, and some will bash brands that they have limited to no experience with.

I personally try to keep an unbiased point of view towards mower brands. There are some mower models I like better than others, but it's because I like their particular features, or their price compared to the others. I have had some bad experiences with Briggs Intek engines in the past, and their els series had a air filter design flaw that caused the engines to fail with low hours on them. you should be fine with whatever you choose if you take care of your mower. 1 acre won't be a heavy work load on any 42" lawn tractor or ztr mower that you decide to purchase. Find a dealer you trust and go with something that they offer that falls within your budget.

 

[KrashnKraka]

Yes I've seen your illustration and I could really care less and I'm really not interested in pulling the covers off a perfectly good running engine to compare, I think that would be absolutely ridiculous.

So you got no problem with my critique of the design, you simply believe it is "abolutely ridculous" to investigate what you own - I got that right?

I've heard this song and dance before about the Kohler Courage engine being a bad engine just because a few individuals say they had problems with the Kohler and the same with the Stihl 4 mix engines being terrible because they need to have valves adjusted all the time and they a maintenance issue.

And I your's - "song and dance", like. It is almost a mantra among the "mine's fine, what's up with you" crowd.
NOTE "you", not "it".

The problem with all the song and dance is that for every one individual that has a problem you have a thousand and more that run the stuff untold hours and never have an issue.

Some generalisation you make there.
Your're a LC Guy, right?
How could you possibly *know* "thousands/never have an issue".
Answer is you do not, you simply sing and dance out the tune wishing it were so.
I found a design fault AFTER a symptom, I then experienced a repeat shortly after the first.
I reported on the instances, supplying facts, not invention, not rhetorical misinforming diatribe as a rebuttal.
Oh, wait... there was none. Not until you (Ric) got your fiddle out posting chapter and verse of a well known tune.
NO FACTS, NO MECHS, JUST SALES LOLLY.

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I've run the Kawasaki engines that I have for almost a 1000 hrs and never had an issue and at this point even if I did have a problem with any equipment that I run daily I sure wouldn't condemn the whole line and everything they make.

Let's not broaden the smoke screen in attempting to attach credibility, hey?
Your Kawasaki engines may well use a different design, WE (royal) do not know, you refuse to go look, opting for a string of rhetoric which frankly means nothing to those looking to part with good dollars. Your "say so" isn't good enough when the FACTS are there in plain view.

I got no issue with you personally, I however do know the stereotype well so will discredit the tune each time it is played.
Discuss that with <Rivets> should you wish to question my integrity.

Ric.
Your're the one with "moderator" as a 'title', you have already removed - or had removed - one of my posts referring to your attitude on the Kawa engine issue, without consulting me I add.
Hardly a responsible action it does not surprise me when - as I read now - you have no argument with the science, you simply object to the facts being published.
Please do lay out which brand names are fair game for critique so that WE (royal) all know your rules.

Thanks.

KK

 

[KrashnKraka]

So what you guys are all saying is that everyone makes a pretty good product but sometimes you get a dud or one that has a few failures! I always abide by the new old adage that unhappy consumers come to the internet to complain, happy consumers carry on with their lives.

You have read the original work?
Where you find "complaint" please bring that to my attention.

Further, I am quite sure that were the issue to balloon, become apparent, the
"internet"(sic) would not be big enough. Kawasaki AC twins are
everywhere, just no longer in Wrights.

KK

 

[KrashnKraka]

[...]
. you should be fine with whatever you choose if you take care of your mower. 1 acre won't be a heavy work load on any 42" lawn tractor or ztr mower that you decide to purchase. Find a dealer you trust and go with something that they offer that falls within your budget.

Same question I put to <Magsrgod> I put to you, Sir.
Do point to where I mention "Dealer" dissatisfaction in the work.

Further, your post reflects that "it is not cared for" mantra, so often trotted
out in covering faults with a product.
Are you aware Kawasaki in Australia has discontinued it's line of engines
using those STUPID pleated block air cartridges?
Loads and loads and loads of Aussies never cleaned their filters or swapped
them out, hey?
There is another example of "cheap AND nasty" for you to blame on a consumer.

I may well be buying another Kawa yet...but I know what I am doing with it on
delivery. Stripping the engine down and removing each piece of SILASTIC I find.
I do wonder if the parent company knows USA builders are using that shite, as cheap.
Make of that what you will...and yes, I am fully aware of "warranty". It's not worth a
cracker to engine specialists today, as these forums well prove.

KK