</font><font color="blue" class="small">( The 1554's have the same type of hydro-gear transaxle you'd find in a sears GT. Belt drive, no spin on filter, etc. IIRC- the 'SLT' has a nicer seat and fender grab handles.)</font>
I should have let this one up to the "Cubbies!" /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Once I read your post I realized that they don't have the 2000+ tranny since they are belt drive. What is in the SLT.... the same as the 1000 series? Have you physically looked at them? $400 difference for a little tougher trans. seems high... and if the SLT has a nicer seat.. the SLT seems like the better buy unless maybe you are using a bunch of attachments.