Crash101
Silver Member
If you were to buy all 3 lawn tractors and used them the same, you are certain to prefer the John Deere over the others. It's a better mower and a better built mower (I think it's a better mower than the Club Cadet also). We sometimes seem to get caught up with the assumption that 1 engine brand is automatically better than another. I don't know how many times I've heard people suggest "never buy a Briggs, always look for kohler etc". Not true at all. The Briggs engine in the John Deere 100 series will work as well and last as long as the others. This wasn't always the case but with the cylinder liners and pressure oil system of the heavy duty Briggs engines it will probably be the last thing to give problems.