Dealer just delivered my MX 6. Not used it yet but I wanted to comment on the paint job. It looks great! It has a undercoat and appears very think. I can see where the green paint should cost more!:thumbsup: I looked at a new Rhino 172 dealer's lot that had blisters all over it and rust everywhere. The paint looked like Mrs. Johnson's 2nd grade class had did it with watercolor paint.
On the downside the gearbox is made in China like all the other cutters,Landpride,Rhino,Bushhog ect, ect,. I had checked over a MX 5 three years ago and one of the things I had liked was that the gearbox was made in Spain BY Deere.
I've read several posts here about the output shaft bending on the MX series of mowers and I wondered if those are the Euro gearboxes or the Chinese gearboxes that are doing that? Maybe Deere went with a heavier duty Chinese gearbox to solve that issue. Since I'll be just cutting weeds I figured the gearbox will be strong enough but still one of the things that tipped the scales to the MX over the Landpride was the Spainish made gearbox.
I'll get a mowing report as soon as my Kubota L5040 is delivered.....
On the downside the gearbox is made in China like all the other cutters,Landpride,Rhino,Bushhog ect, ect,. I had checked over a MX 5 three years ago and one of the things I had liked was that the gearbox was made in Spain BY Deere.
I've read several posts here about the output shaft bending on the MX series of mowers and I wondered if those are the Euro gearboxes or the Chinese gearboxes that are doing that? Maybe Deere went with a heavier duty Chinese gearbox to solve that issue. Since I'll be just cutting weeds I figured the gearbox will be strong enough but still one of the things that tipped the scales to the MX over the Landpride was the Spainish made gearbox.
I'll get a mowing report as soon as my Kubota L5040 is delivered.....