100 Series, are they worth it?

greenmule · May 9, 2009

Wooh dude,[learned that on lost],you are one scientific lawnmower blade man,and I don't want to be within 50 yards of you when your mowing.

mjncad · May 10, 2009

Say Crook038, how about some pictures of those modified blades the next time you have the deck off?

mtg65 · May 10, 2009

Crook038, that is one beautiful looking lawn. You set the bar very high for the rest of us! Nice work.

LBrown59 · May 10, 2009

greenmule said:
Thats right,you gotta spend well over 4 grand on the 300 series deeres to get a deck that is around 50 inches.

I don't know why any one with an acre or so yard would want anything smaller,maybe cause thats all they can afford with a deere 300 series.

I was mowing with A CC GT2554 with a 54 inch deck.
It beat any under an X 700 series JD on both price and value in my book.

LBrown59 · May 10, 2009

FarmNut said:
I do have to ask why you would buy the LA165, when the price is not too far away from the price of the x300. I do agree that the LA135SE is a good value for what you get, but I think I would go ahead and buy the x300 before I would spend the money on the higher end 100 series. Is there something that I am overlooking? I've been considering an LA135SE since 1*the boss is not too keen on the idea of using the new orange B7510 for mowing. Proof that bigger is not always better.

I* Why not????

jenkinsph · May 10, 2009

LBrown59 said:
I* Why not????

I would wonder about that too. It would seem that the 7510 is a lawn tractor, 17 pto hp.

Steve

greenmule · May 10, 2009

The 100 series deeres,[I'm talking about deeres,not cub cedet],you can get 50 and over decks,but every body considers them cheap low quality lawnmowers. So if you want a 50 inch or more in next deere line up[the 300 series],its going to cost you about 5 grand[or so,ain't checked lately.]

crook038 · May 11, 2009

I really wanted to get the 300 series, but didn't want to spend that much at the time. There is a big price jump when you compare deck size of the LA165 and comparable in the 300 series. Here are pictures of my stacked blades.
Sean

jenkinsph · May 11, 2009

Crook038

Thanks for the pics, I may try that on my L135. How much time do you have
the double stacked blades? I was wondering if the bearings will hold up.

Steve