jcmseven
Veteran Member
Fellow Posters,
As some of you may know, I have posted a couple of posts regarding my rear finish mower (RFM) choice. I currently have a Frontier brand 1060S side discharge which I use on my JD 3720. This has been a very good mower, and is I match compatable. Recently, I undertook the mowing of a local field which has two athletic fields on it. The total mowing volume is six acres. I have another job, so I do this as extra (and I enjoy it). For this reason, I looked at a 72" RFM. My John Deere dealer, who is two plus hours from me said that there would be a delay in getting a 72" Frontier by ordering, so he located one. When it arrived from another local dealer, it was rusted and looked weatherbeaten, so he said he could not comfortably sell it to me. He also apparently has a buyer for my current mower, which is nice. He mentioned that they also sold Bush Hog brand mowers at the dealership and he thought they were more heavily built than the Frontier. When I asked him whether my hitch would work, he stated yes, they "can make it work." So yesterday I loaded up my machine and drove two hours one way to get my new RFM. I had a suspicion this was not going to work before I arrived, and my insight proved correct. The adapted hitch was NOT compatable. The dealerships service dept was closed, and so I drove back without my tractor or mower. Needless to say I am sad. The field is quite high now and I doubt I will be able to mow for another week, even if I get my mower, which means the grass will be a foot or more high. My question is this: should I bail on the whole idea of the new mower, should I request another Frontier mower be sent, or should I ride it out and let the dealer fabricate a make shift attachment point for my mower? Interestingly, for information purposes, I called a dealer closer to where I live and they HAVE a Frontier brand RFM in a 72". I have not yet told my dealer this. The price on the RFM here was right, but the closer dealer is known for not wanting to share product with other dealers and I would not be able to sell the RFM I have through them, like I could now. It also seems silly for me to have my dealer two hours away get a mower from a dealer thirty minutes away, take it back, fit it and bring it back to me. How should I handle this? Sorry about the saga.
John M
As some of you may know, I have posted a couple of posts regarding my rear finish mower (RFM) choice. I currently have a Frontier brand 1060S side discharge which I use on my JD 3720. This has been a very good mower, and is I match compatable. Recently, I undertook the mowing of a local field which has two athletic fields on it. The total mowing volume is six acres. I have another job, so I do this as extra (and I enjoy it). For this reason, I looked at a 72" RFM. My John Deere dealer, who is two plus hours from me said that there would be a delay in getting a 72" Frontier by ordering, so he located one. When it arrived from another local dealer, it was rusted and looked weatherbeaten, so he said he could not comfortably sell it to me. He also apparently has a buyer for my current mower, which is nice. He mentioned that they also sold Bush Hog brand mowers at the dealership and he thought they were more heavily built than the Frontier. When I asked him whether my hitch would work, he stated yes, they "can make it work." So yesterday I loaded up my machine and drove two hours one way to get my new RFM. I had a suspicion this was not going to work before I arrived, and my insight proved correct. The adapted hitch was NOT compatable. The dealerships service dept was closed, and so I drove back without my tractor or mower. Needless to say I am sad. The field is quite high now and I doubt I will be able to mow for another week, even if I get my mower, which means the grass will be a foot or more high. My question is this: should I bail on the whole idea of the new mower, should I request another Frontier mower be sent, or should I ride it out and let the dealer fabricate a make shift attachment point for my mower? Interestingly, for information purposes, I called a dealer closer to where I live and they HAVE a Frontier brand RFM in a 72". I have not yet told my dealer this. The price on the RFM here was right, but the closer dealer is known for not wanting to share product with other dealers and I would not be able to sell the RFM I have through them, like I could now. It also seems silly for me to have my dealer two hours away get a mower from a dealer thirty minutes away, take it back, fit it and bring it back to me. How should I handle this? Sorry about the saga.
John M
