Lawn tractors

[Raider Ronnie]

Originally Posted by Bob Thomas

Fwiw, neighbor just had a 5 year old Craftsman blow a motor and I mean BLOW! Blew a hole right out of the side.

I did research and ended up buying a Cub Cadet. Great machine. No problems. Know of several over 10 years old still purring.
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You got a real Cub Cadet or a Home Depot Cub Cadet ?

[Bob Thomas]

Originally Posted by Raider Ronnie

You got a real Cub Cadet or a Home Depot Cub Cadet ?

Picked up a real Cub Cadet. Got the LTX42kh with the Kohler 22hp. Thing is fantastic
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[Liv2Fish]

Love my (real) Cub Cadet. I have the LXT4500 and it's been great. I'm very hard on it too. Pulled small landscape bush stumps by jerking them out. Haven't had any issues at all. I broke the blade drive belt once but that was 3 years old and I was mowing 6" tall rough with it. They recommend changing the drive belt with the oil every 50 hours. My mower is now about 8 years old and I'm still on the 2nd belt.

Oh, and I haven't raked leaves once since I got it. I blow them into a pile them run the pile over several times with the mulching cover on the mower deck, then switch to the vacuum bag and suck them up. Takes me about an 2 hours to de-leaf my .75 ached lawn. I do it two or three times each fall while having a few beers and listening to the pats game.

[Cool Beans]

I have a 2nd or perhaps 4th or 5th hand old Craftsman 19hp that I purchased on Craigs list for $300 last year that runs like a beast. I have the big trailer and snow plow for it and push snow, haul firewood and have dragged trees out of the forest with it. I really like my old Craftsman. (my yard is more of a 1.5 acres of wooded forest than grass, so I have not used the mower deck)