[Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors?

[scott.hall at comcast.net]

that's exactly where I'm at--yes, my wife bought a tool.  but it's a tool I'd rather never use ($2800 will buy a lot of lawn service) and now that we have it it's going to be that much harder to avoid mowing.  I want it to make mowing as painless as possible and have low costs of ownership.  that's it.

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From: Paul Parkanzky <parkanzky at gmail.com>
> I just bought a new Zero Turn at Home Depot yesterday.  I didn't see a  
> 48" green option for $2800.  I did see that for $3600.  I bought the  
> 50" Cub Cadet for $3k.  I had a really hard time trying to decide if  
> the Deere was worth another $600.  The Cub also has a three year  
> warranty instead of two.  The Deere is nicer, with solid connections  
> between the levers and hydrostatic transmissions and a rear engine  
> shroud thing.  But I am sick enough over spending $3k on a tool I'd  
> rather not use, so I decided not to spend 20% more.