Buying Advice Doing My Research

[Klhender]

I have just a little over a 1/2 acre and had been using a 28" Snapper rear-engine rider. Last year my wife starting moaning about the way the lawn looked after being cut (She rides the Snapper-I edge with the push mower) so I decided to get another Tractor. To make a long story short I went to my local dealer to talk about a JD-d160 and pretty much had decided on that machine. By chance I asked if he had any 2010's left and he told me he had a new JD-LA175 left over and 300 dollars off.

I plan to retire in about 5 years and get a new place with 2-3 acres, a lot of yard and the LA175 would work well.

Is $300 dollars off a fair price or should I ask for a bit more? I know this is more than the d160 but with my Snapper as a trade-in and the discount the LA175 cost is close enough to the d160 for me to work with.

Any comments are welcome Gentlemen.

 

[gilbertmsg]

Keep the snapper until you retire. It's one of the best cutting riding mowers you will find. Keep your eye out for a new or used mower for your new property. You never know what can happen until you actually retire.

Eddie

 

[crbr]

I have just a little over a 1/2 acre and had been using a 28" Snapper rear-engine rider. Last year my wife starting moaning about the way the lawn looked after being cut (She rides the Snapper-I edge with the push mower) so I decided to get another Tractor. To make a long story short I went to my local dealer to talk about a JD-d160 and pretty much had decided on that machine. By chance I asked if he had any 2010's left and he told me he had a new JD-LA175 left over and 300 dollars off.

I plan to retire in about 5 years and get a new place with 2-3 acres, a lot of yard and the LA175 would work well.

Is $300 dollars off a fair price or should I ask for a bit more? I know this is more than the d160 but with my Snapper as a trade-in and the discount the LA175 cost is close enough to the d160 for me to work with.

Any comments are welcome Gentlemen.

Snapper now, zero-turn later. If you're looking at the smaller JD models, it is my opinion that you should insist on a Kawasaki engine. Personally, I'd look at a zero-turn with the hydraulic drives. I got tired of wrestling the manual steering of the JD 165 and 175 models a while back.

As for your point in question, I'd still keep the Snapper and offer up the 2010 price at $300 off. Done deal.