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New member
Afternoon everyone....
New guy here from Shrewsbury PA. Picked up my 1715 a few weeks ago and having a blast. The learning curve stings a bit at times, but grass grows back.
First off thank you everyone for all of the invaluable information contributed to this forum. It has tremendously helped me come along with my new sub compact.
My wife and I only have a half acre but we have a very complex hill that is our back yard. I didn't feel the original machine I researched would suit my needs. (Legacy XL) and after the test drive/s plus the side by side experience, I went sour on the Legacy. Nothing against Simplicity but for my money I needed a little more beef.
With this purchase I did things a little different. I sort of bought first and then did the bulk of my research on other brands second. :laughing: Luckily it didn't and hasn't come back to bite me. I've only heard great things about the Massey name so I didn't wast anytime after my 3 hour dealer visit/test drives.
The only thing I was disappointed with was the mower deck wheel height settings. My dealer stated you can set the height of the mowing deck to 5 inches. He forgot to mention the settings go from 3.5 to 4.7 and stop there. I really would have liked a 4, 4.5, 5 notch to play around with. Not sure why Massey cut the holes this way, but too late now. The cut from the 60 inch mowing deck is perfect.
Anyway...Here she is day one first assignment before the first cut. The previous home owner had 21 pine trees planted on the hill that needed removing.
Thanks again and I look forward to interacting with everyone.
Jason
New guy here from Shrewsbury PA. Picked up my 1715 a few weeks ago and having a blast. The learning curve stings a bit at times, but grass grows back.
First off thank you everyone for all of the invaluable information contributed to this forum. It has tremendously helped me come along with my new sub compact.
My wife and I only have a half acre but we have a very complex hill that is our back yard. I didn't feel the original machine I researched would suit my needs. (Legacy XL) and after the test drive/s plus the side by side experience, I went sour on the Legacy. Nothing against Simplicity but for my money I needed a little more beef.
With this purchase I did things a little different. I sort of bought first and then did the bulk of my research on other brands second. :laughing: Luckily it didn't and hasn't come back to bite me. I've only heard great things about the Massey name so I didn't wast anytime after my 3 hour dealer visit/test drives.
The only thing I was disappointed with was the mower deck wheel height settings. My dealer stated you can set the height of the mowing deck to 5 inches. He forgot to mention the settings go from 3.5 to 4.7 and stop there. I really would have liked a 4, 4.5, 5 notch to play around with. Not sure why Massey cut the holes this way, but too late now. The cut from the 60 inch mowing deck is perfect.
Anyway...Here she is day one first assignment before the first cut. The previous home owner had 21 pine trees planted on the hill that needed removing.
Thanks again and I look forward to interacting with everyone.
Jason
