YLee Kioti
Platinum Member
So here is a pretty good summary from a shop tech on the difference between a box store assembly and one from your local dealer.
Lowes, Home Depot lawn mowers, what are you getting? - YouTube
After listening to him explain all the finer points a local dealer goes through, no doubt the few hundred saved at a box store is not worth future headaches.
Also my dealer in Paige, a Cub Cadet dealer as well explained that the models they carry use double sealed bearing versus the standard single sealed bearing from those box stores.
Maybe if possible stop by a local cub dealer and ask him.
There is also a difference in a lawn tractor versus a garden tractor.
One poster mentioned what else will you be using it for. Because a garden tractor has a heavier frame and better options for pulling a assortment of implements as well. The lawn tractor just has a stamped metal hitch, not very heavy.
Welcome to TBN and let us what you got and why.
kindest regards
Lowes, Home Depot lawn mowers, what are you getting? - YouTube
After listening to him explain all the finer points a local dealer goes through, no doubt the few hundred saved at a box store is not worth future headaches.
Also my dealer in Paige, a Cub Cadet dealer as well explained that the models they carry use double sealed bearing versus the standard single sealed bearing from those box stores.
Maybe if possible stop by a local cub dealer and ask him.
There is also a difference in a lawn tractor versus a garden tractor.
One poster mentioned what else will you be using it for. Because a garden tractor has a heavier frame and better options for pulling a assortment of implements as well. The lawn tractor just has a stamped metal hitch, not very heavy.
Welcome to TBN and let us what you got and why.
kindest regards