Good evening folks. Hope that you all are doing well.
I am considering purchasing a riding lawn mower for mowing my relatively flat yard (bit less than 1 acre), aerating and de-thatching and some hauling.
I am looking for something reliable that will last for a good number of years and am leaning towards a John Deere (JD).
I'd like to spend less than $ 5 k (preferably around $3.5 k) and would be perfectly happy with a good used mower if that mower were more reliable, durable and less costly than the JD x5 and x7 models.
Thanks in advance for any help, assistance and advice.
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tom3
One suggestion I'd make is look under the back end, if a hydrostatic drive, look for a drain plug and oil filter on the transmission. Lots of cheap throw away junk out there these days, 3 - 400 hours and you're looking at $1000 for a new transmission install.
Spend the money & get a good one even if that means using finance .
You will be way way way better in the long run.
Down here when I get that question the answer is anything under $ 10,000 ( AUD ) just pick the colour your wife likes.
