Simplicity Legacy Tractor?

[2manyrocks]

The classic heavy lawn and garden tractor has been going away for the last 40 years. International had the Cub Cadet with a pretty heavy frame/cast rear end. Ford, Massey and Wheel horse made competing models. When International started putting small diesel engines in their Cub Cadets as did John Deere, it seemed they put us on the path to today's subcompact diesel tractors like the BX series made by Kubota.

 

[BigBlue1]

I didn't say it wasn't capable, just that Deere pushes it as a boutique mower, which they do. Once you add a rear PTO and 3 point hitch it makes sense for most people to step up to a 1 series, which they often do.

They could have engineered a workaround, but it wasn't worth the investment, because subcompacts rule the market. Ergo, the popularity of that type edged the X7 series out of that market. The regulations were nothing more than the final nail.

Lastly, the 1025R is an excellent mower.

The term "boutique" is a ridiculous one. There is nothing "small & fasionable" about the x7 series. It's one of the most popular garden tractors in rural areas. Certainly not rare to see one. Deere pushes it for what it is, a top-tier lawn mowing tractor that can also excel at snowblowing, garden tilling, bagging leaves, etc.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Sorry I hurt your feelings friend, but while the Signature Series may not be small it certainly is fashionable. It's aimed primarily at the high-end suburban consumer looking for a mower, possibly snow blower, that gives them the warm and fuzzies when they sit on it. That's why the majority of marketing for it discusses mowing, and shows smiling, happy suburbanites running the machines.

 

[Paystar]

Sorry I hurt your feelings friend, but while the Signature Series may not be small it certainly is fashionable. It's aimed primarily at the high-end suburban consumer looking for a mower, possibly snow blower, that gives them the warm and fuzzies when they sit on it. That's why the majority of marketing for it discusses mowing, and shows smiling, happy suburbanites running the machines.

Love your signature line Tac! Stuff and Junk LOL

I got a lot of that too.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Much appreciated; I'd been using it on GTT for a while now, but I'm a bit ashamed, I just realized how to add a signature here.

 

[plastikosmd]

Neighbor is considering upping to the x7 from x5.
I got to try it, cool little machine (but I don’t mow or snowblow like he does)
Seemed pretty solid for the size

 

[BigBlue1]

Sorry I hurt your feelings friend, but while the Signature Series may not be small it certainly is fashionable. It's aimed primarily at the high-end suburban consumer looking for a mower, possibly snow blower, that gives them the warm and fuzzies when they sit on it. That's why the majority of marketing for it discusses mowing, and shows smiling, happy suburbanites running the machines.

LOL!! You gotta get out more, man. Reality ain't like your window through the Internet. But it's good to see you're passionate about something.

 

[2manyrocks]

Sorry I hurt your feelings friend, but while the Signature Series may not be small it certainly is fashionable. It's aimed primarily at the high-end suburban consumer looking for a mower, possibly snow blower, that gives them the warm and fuzzies when they sit on it. That's why the majority of marketing for it discusses mowing, and shows smiling, happy suburbanites running the machines.

IMPO, a brilliant summary of marketing. Who else would they sell to because it's too big for a postage stamp sized city lot and too small for the country folks who have real farm tractors to use. And it fits with all the "happy" smiling marketing today unlike the marketing that used to be about getting work done because today is all about happy and not much about work.

 

[tacticalturnip]

Deere markets the Signature Series as a boutique mower, a status symbol, and while it is a capable garden tractor that doesn't change how it's pushed to the public.

 

[Paystar]

look at all those rich yuppies! LOL