05-16-2007, 01:20 AM
I was in your spot a few years ago and went with a John Deere. Very glad I did. The previous Craftsman just mowed terrible, even after Sears tech and private repairs shops tried to work on it. It was a 42" cut path with two blades. It seemed to always miss a few blades in the middle where they overlapped (or not!) The right side blade waould do an extremely poor cut, bad enough so that I would adjust my path so I was going back over it with the left side blade. This was after sharpening, blade replacement, etc. from several different repair shops. My guess was that it shot all grass blade to the right side, so that blade could not handle both the grass and recutting the clippings, thus a poor cut. This effectively made my 42" mower a 20" at best. Not a time saver.
The new Deere 42" 17hp L100, I admit, the smallest one I could find, any bigger would not fit in garage or shed, even though I really wanted the bigger one to handle the plow attachment. Anyway, it starts right up, as smooth as a mower could be, and actually CUTS the grass! My mow time was cut in less than half, as I can double the cut path, and still ride one gear faster than before.
I am a cheap any anyone, but this purchase price was well worth it.
Go Deere!
DinerDave
The new Deere 42" 17hp L100, I admit, the smallest one I could find, any bigger would not fit in garage or shed, even though I really wanted the bigger one to handle the plow attachment. Anyway, it starts right up, as smooth as a mower could be, and actually CUTS the grass! My mow time was cut in less than half, as I can double the cut path, and still ride one gear faster than before.
I am a cheap any anyone, but this purchase price was well worth it.
Go Deere!
DinerDave
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