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Subject: [Shop-talk] best residential mower
From: dmscheidt at gmail.com (David Scheidt)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:54:26 -0500
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On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Scott Hall
<scott.hall.personal at gmail.com> wrote:
> For 1.5 acres are we talking about a push mower, or do you want the $12,000
> Deere with finish mower attachment driven off the p.t.o.? B :-)
>
> I keeeeeeeeeeeeed. B I've got a Husky from Lowes I use for ~4 acres. B The
> Deere from the Deere dealer was nicer but was also $1200 more expensive.
B It
> wasn't worth it to me.
>
> Someone here said that if it says Deere on the side, Deere made it, and not
> American Yard Products (who I suspect make every lawn tractor sold in the
> U.S.). B I don't know if that's true, but the Deere from the Deere dealer
was
> nothing like the Deere from Home Depot, and the price reflected that.

Interestingly, JD have had 3 recalls of riding mowers in the last
week.  Some burst into flames, some had brakes that break, some had
blades that didn't stop spinning.  All were models sold at dealers,
and not through HD et al.

(Also, I heard JD are dropping some of their consumer line; wasn't
clear if it included tractors, or just push mowers.)

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David Scheidt
dmscheidt at gmail.com

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