Very nice! I’ve been thinking about a stander for my next mower. What made you decide on Bradley?
Well besides Bradley and Wright Stander B, every other new stander runs near $10k new. And buying them used is generally you buying some clapped out, high hour machine which was used by commercial landscapers. Even if it runs now, soon enough it's gonna need that & this, and this & that, and me personally I don't have time for that headache.
So between Bradley and Wright's Stander B, Bradley wins in specs with better engine and hydros, and bigger tires. And hey, built right here in IL (though granted, assembled from mostly Chinese parts I'm sure). So with that in mind, I went looking for everything Bradley related on the youtubes and such, and couldn't find anyone really complaining about them.
I mowed with it for the first time a couple days ago, and alls I'll say is that I'm VERY happy with it, best purchase I made in a long time. It's build like a brick sh*thouse, great fit & finish, assembled really well, even the deck was perfect level with 1/8th pitch and the actual blade height matching the height selector on the machine. They obviously care about quality control, and call me crazy but I like that sorta thing.
It mows great, it's very fast, very responsive controls (which is a problem for me now since I'm totally new to zero turns...I tore up a bunch of my lawn with the turns), and very comfortable. Comfort wise, compared to mowing with my tractor, it's like night and day on my back after mowing my crazy yard. I felt great afterwards. And finally, it's SO fun to mow with the stander!
BTW, I demoed a Toro Grandstand before, real nice stander. But at near $10k, I just don't see what it has over the Bradley.