Mr_Teci
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Re: Best \"bang for the buck\" - lawn tractor...
An important thing to consider is weather or not you need a heavy duty or light duty machine. I have an old farm house and my yard is full of hidden obstacles including hills, large trees, stumps, hidden rocks and even a couple of foundations left over from out buildings. I had a Husqvarna. I figured that they make great chain saws, so they must have a good lawn tractor. After a couple of seasons, I stripped the plastic steering gear. I have since replaced it with a Simplicity and haven’t looked back. One of the things that sold me on the simplicity was the turning radius. Simplicity has (I think) the tightest turning radius in lawn tractors. The following page offers a good chart on who make light duty and who makes heavy duty machines, and their definition of each.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/2002_April_May/Choosing_a_Compact_Tractor
An important thing to consider is weather or not you need a heavy duty or light duty machine. I have an old farm house and my yard is full of hidden obstacles including hills, large trees, stumps, hidden rocks and even a couple of foundations left over from out buildings. I had a Husqvarna. I figured that they make great chain saws, so they must have a good lawn tractor. After a couple of seasons, I stripped the plastic steering gear. I have since replaced it with a Simplicity and haven’t looked back. One of the things that sold me on the simplicity was the turning radius. Simplicity has (I think) the tightest turning radius in lawn tractors. The following page offers a good chart on who make light duty and who makes heavy duty machines, and their definition of each.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/2002_April_May/Choosing_a_Compact_Tractor