Buying Advice Sick and tired of low quality riding lawnmowers

[searcyfarms]

it used to be the chassis/decks/machine would outlast the engine/transmission, those days are long gone, they are trying to average it out where they die close to the same time and are not cost effective to repair, i dont understand though how this is good for our environment - we have created so much more waste than we used to and its NOT being recycled like everyone likes to say it is its just taking up more space - i know this wont change but have we really evolved - i think we have devolved in many ways as well as evolved - technology comes at a cost that we are paying dearly for in other ways - where is the trade off? i dont know and certainly i am not implying i could do any better im just making observations and like above wonder if any solution would be embraced or just heard as propaganda

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

The OP is the textbook case why manufacturers make "cheap" mowers and "good/expensive" mowers. OP wants a mower. OP is too cheap to pay today's market price for a "good" mower. OP can still buy a "cheap" mower.

Problem is, OP doesn't want to pay for a "good" mower, because he's too "cheap".

LOL.

Just kidding, of course. But OP, your folks are exactly why "cheap" mowers are made. They don't have it in their budget to buy a "good" mower. Full stop. Since you want them to have a "good" mower, but are unwilling to PAY for it on their behalf, at least they have the option to buy a "cheap" mower that they can afford, vs going with "no mower" at all.

 

[Doofy]

Just wait until they begin mining in space and bringing everything back to earth. That ought to tilt this ol' marble.

 

[searcyfarms]

my dad was on his 7th mower when i sold my ford - about every 2 or 3 years he would buy a replacement - he would spend around 12 to 1500 on his power king, mtd, dynamark, murray, lawn chief, craftsman and the last one was green/yellow i think a yard man? i think most of those were probably made by mtd but anyhow, that was his choice until he was getting unable to work on them to keep them going for a couple yrs - he chose a kawasaki powered country clipper - 2006 - never looked back and its running great no issue - 5500 bucks and now they run around 7500 for the same unit - pay me now or pay me later is the deal pick your poison $$$$ either way they will break at some point

 

[ETD66SS]

The OP is the textbook case why manufacturers make "cheap" mowers and "good/expensive" mowers. OP wants a mower. OP is too cheap to pay today's market price for a "good" mower. OP can still buy a "cheap" mower.

Problem is, OP doesn't want to pay for a "good" mower, because he's too "cheap".

LOL.

Just kidding, of course. But OP, your folks are exactly why "cheap" mowers are made. They don't have it in their budget to buy a "good" mower. Full stop. Since you want them to have a "good" mower, but are unwilling to PAY for it on their behalf, at least they have the option to buy a "cheap" mower that they can afford, vs going with "no mower" at all.

Actually I will pay if the quality is there. I don't think it's there, not even in a JD X700 series for 14k. I don't see a lawn/yard/garden tractor made today no matter how much it costs lasting 36 years and 4100 hours. It still has globally sourced parts which will be its downfall. I have paid for good machines, 21k for a Cat D6C in 2005 dollars, 23k for a CAT 225 in 2009 dollars. What I won't do is give companies who are purposely skimping on quality any money at all. And Idefinitely can't spend my parents' money wastefully on something I know is designed to fail at a certain age. For now, the Husqvarna is getting a starter "upgrade", and hopefully can stretch that machine out the rest of my fathers life.

 

[jaxs]

The OP is the textbook case why manufacturers make "cheap" mowers and "good/expensive" mowers. OP wants a mower. OP is too cheap to pay today's market price for a "good" mower. OP can still buy a "cheap" mower.

Problem is, OP doesn't want to pay for a "good" mower, because he's too "cheap".

LOL.

Just kidding, of course. But OP, your folks are exactly why "cheap" mowers are made. They don't have it in their budget to buy a "good" mower. Full stop. Since you want them to have a "good" mower, but are unwilling to PAY for it on their behalf, at least they have the option to buy a "cheap" mower that they can afford, vs going with "no mower" at all.

I don't understand your point but I'm calling you out. Was $40k "cheap" for a 3/4tr ton truck in 2003? I don't believe so but Ford built and sold a 6 liter diesel that was a royal pita starting by the second oil change. Save all the brand rhetoric,GMC and Chrysler did similar stunts,just different years. Do you actually believe people paid $40k for those trucks because they were "cheap people"or did FMC give them a good ol country shafting and was too"cheap"to grease the shaft before doing it? Did I mention that you are an insensitive ***** hole for throwing that garbage out when a man is already between a rock and a hard place?.

 

[Diggin It]

Not sure how companies can say Made in USA but in the fine print say "we source parts domestically & globally". The globally sourced parts are why these units are garbage...

Is this the "Made in USA" with globally sourced (Asian garbage) components, or is every part on the Simplicity tractors made in USA? ( I highly doubt it).

I'm betting no, because inevitably that JD X700 has some globally sourced components which will fail well before 4100 hours.

I will probably just scan CL for equipment and fix it up and not buy any "globally sourced" junk.

It still has globally sourced parts which will be its downfall.

If you're going to draw your line in the sand there, you may not be buying anything ever again, not even light bulbs. Remember that the reason manufacturers started doing that was to get better quality products at better prices so they could sell products at the lower prices US buyers wanted to pay.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

I don't understand your point but I'm calling you out. Was $40k "cheap" for a 3/4tr ton truck in 2003? I don't believe so but Ford built and sold a 6 liter diesel that was a royal pita starting by the second oil change. Save all the brand rhetoric,GMC and Chrysler did similar stunts,just different years. Do you actually believe people paid $40k for those trucks because they were "cheap people"or did FMC give them a good ol country shafting and was too"cheap"to grease the shaft before doing it? Did I mention that you are an insensitive ***** hole for throwing that garbage out when a man is already between a rock and a hard place?.

You're calling me out?

Just LOL.

You can't even follow along with the thread.

Trucks?

We're talking about lawn mowers. Not trucks. Not bass boats either.

Try to keep up, and try to stay relevant. If you can.

 

[ETD66SS]

If you're going to draw your line in the sand there, you may not be buying anything ever again, not even light bulbs. Remember that the reason manufacturers started doing that was to get better quality products at better prices so they could sell products at the lower prices US buyers wanted to pay.

Better quality products? Going overseas for labor and materials has not yeilded higher quality products, not by a longshot. Cheaper to buy yes, but also lower quality and virtualy zero durability. CEO's went overseas for their sakes, not ours.

 

[4570Man]

Quality lawnmowers do still exist. Rather or not you and most other people want to pay for them is another issue. Moving over seas definitely saves money. Would you be happy paying $500 more for an American made product of the same quality? Common miss conception but over seas companies can make good products. What you pay them for determinations the difference.