Our local HD sells
"JD" tractors but Deere is just licencing the name and colors to Scotts which is the real manufacturer. So they are not real Deere and moist likely built in china.
They are built in TN by JD in a non-Union JD factory. I owned an LA130 for
3 years, recently sold it as we were only using it to pick up leaves. They are
JD's, I can't believe this is this is still being discussed but it still pops up on
every L&G/Tractor forum from time to time. Are they built as good as the
X-series, no they are not. Will they get the job done of mowing, aerating
and pulling a yard cart, yes they will. JD sells a bunch of these L-series riders,
we bought ours at our dealer not at HD. It had to go back to the shop for
absolutely nothing. Can't say the same for the JD 425 or the GT235 I had.
So far my X720 has not been back to the shop for anything, it has nearly
70 hours on it. BTW: My Kawa. fuel injected 27hp engine has never started
as well as the Briggs on my LA130, it starts but it spits and sputters are
about 10-15 secs when cranking from cold, I'm running some Seafoam
through it to see if it will help.