Bought a new ride today
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Did they verify the 10.5 hp for you while it was sitting on the dyno?
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Way better than a manual (or Manuel) push mower 
Nice. Please tell us it wasn't the cupholder that was a deal-breaker?
Or was it the fact that John Deere can lockout your mower remotely if you haven't subscribed to their terms & conditions?
Too cold for Mehicans up there in CT.Way better than a manual (or Manuel) push mower
And now you're movin on up to the east side,to a deluxe lawn mower you can ride! Lol
They let me ride it on the dyno. I may bore the engine. 30 over and run open headers
Actually the cupholder was the deal makerNice. Please tell us it wasn't the cupholder that was a deal-breaker?
Or was it the fact that John Deere can lockout your mower remotely if you haven't subscribed to their terms & conditions?
NopeToo cold for Mehicans up there in CT.
I have a loaded John Deere with heat and AC at work, I am living the dream! You can't hang wit me!
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You could always get your bling on and try to hang wit Juan Deere!
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Dodge-Scatpack
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Matching numbers, broadcast sheet, fender tag?
Nice and its so much better then pushing one.
Absolutely. Now that my boys are older and busy with their lives l was dreading doing the lawn with the push mower.
Nice and its so much better then pushing one.
I stand inside and watch them do it, you can't hang with me!!........... What's work.
No doubt. How does that Neil Diamond song go...."Juan he mows my lawn, he's coming to America. "
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His name is Scott and he has 27 employees and does 87 homes and 33 acres of common ground here for us. They do our snow removal also and they all speak English. LOL................ The pool guy's a white guy. We're very diversified down here in the boondocks.
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I bought my mom one of those when they were branded Troy-Built.
It's been decent and is now over 15 years old.
It was a customer return and was $200 off the SRP of 1200.
I nagged a little and got another 50 bucks off.
I recently got it back as she now has an electric push mower.
(She's 85 and refuses to let me pay for a lawn service)
Here are some pain points-
1- Oil drains right onto horizontal deck surface.
Who designed that?
I added a flex line braided compressor drain kit.
That solved that. Couldn't just add a straight pipe, as the engine is at an angle and a pipe would have hit the battery.
BTW- there is no oil filter ??
2- Steering rack gets dirty, wants to get stuck at full lock.
NOT what you want to happen to your 85 year old mother.
I was able to grease it a few times and make it a lot better before the rack wore out.
There is a rebuild kit available that I believe comes with an extended lower shield.
3- After 14 years, the deck rusted out.
It's pretty thin gauge metal. It started going on the top and eventually went all the way through the side.
This caused the deck to warp and catch the blade. I was able to stave it off for another season by putting a bolt in as a spacer under the rear pivot.
I couldn't justify scrapping it since it runs good and couldn't find a replacement deck...until I cross refenced the part number.
Turns out there's a Cub Cadet model that uses the same deck.
Prices were all over the place and as high as $400, but I found one for $210.
Haven't installed it yet.
4- The "safety" cutout for backing up SUCKS. It's easy to disable, though...just unplug it from the reverse lever area.
The chute safety switch is also prone to slipping off the chute. I disabled that, too.
Wait- maybe the reverse wasn't that easy. I now remember taking out of the switch area and wire tying it closed.
5- The reverse lever knob gets loose and falls off.
I cut threads on the shaft and that allows me to screw the knob on further and much more positively.
6- The "brake" pedal sucks and is easy to have your foot slip off.
I haven't fixed this yet as its going to require welding.
7- The parking "brake" can get stuck. It's on the extreme rear corner and prone to rusting.
I spray it with lube every so often after it stuck the first time and a hammer was required to free it.
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10.5 hp should get you to the liquor store and back before kickoff 
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I have one like the John Deere in the background. It used to take me 3-4 hours to edge, weed wack and cut my front, side and back grass. Now I can do all in 45 mins to an hour. Best thing it was given to me for free 3 years ago by my Mom and Dad's neighbor because he bought a new John Deere.
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