Rear Finish Mower WHICH REAR FINISH MOWER?

[Travis_R]

I've been using a 6' LMC on my Mahindra (which I just sold). With all my obstacles/pine trees, I will difinitely buy a 5'. Its gonna be on a lot smaller tractor, so that should help with the obstacles also.

Travis R

 

[Travis_R]

Well,

I FINALLY MADE MY PURCHASE TODAY!

I ended up getting the 5' Sitrex brand. I purchased a new mower with a used Yanmar tractor. I feel like I got a fair enough deal on it so I went with it. I don't think that the Sitrex is better built than the First Choice, but it will last me a long, long time anyway. It IS better built than my LMC was even though it was a good mower too.

My new Sitrex has the "square" type gearbox. I like that much better than the "round" type which is on the LMC. It comes standard with a rear chain guard. I like that feature also. The deck looks fairly strong also. I'm pretty sure its a little thicker than the LMC. I also like how convenient all the grease fittings are too. The LMC had a couple that was pretty difficult to get to.

There are only 2 things I can think of that I dislike about the Sitrex brand:
1. The belt tension has to be manually adjusted (same as LMC- gearbox has to be loosened)
2. I think the paint job could have a better quality on it.

Even with me disliking the 2 items mentioned above, the Sitrex brand is still worth the $1200 I gave for it. (LMC would be $1550).

I will pick up the tractor and mower next weekend (Sat., Feb. 10th). I 'll have to drive about 90 miles one way to pick them up.

Boy, its gonna be a long week AND a long drive!

I WANNA SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO HELPED ME DECIDE ON "WHICH REAR FINISH MOWER"........THANKS!

Travis R

 

[tallyho8]

Congratulations on your purchase. If you need a place to try it out, you can bring it over to my place. I'll save a couple acres of clover for you to cut.

 

[Travis_R]

Thanks but No Thanks! I want to stay away from that thick almost impossible to cut clover as far as possible!

 

[Travis_R]

I picked up the tractor and finish mower yesterday. The dealer loaded it on my trailer for me. I looked over the tractor and mower very carefully. I immediately noticed something wrong with the finish mower.

The left rear wheel fork was bent pretty bad. Dealer said that he looked it over real good and didn't know how he missed it. Was I mad or furious? Not one bit. Things happen. There was no argument at all. He said that I would have a new one delivered to my door by the end of the week, covered under warranty. I might would only have to send the bent one back to him. He wasn't for sure about that yet though. If I would have thought about it at the time, I would have just left the bent one there with him to begin with.

The Sitrex seems to be a good mower for the price. Its not as "heavy-duty" as I would like/expected, but it will work for me. Just from the looks of it, I would have to say that my LMC was a little "heavier" built. But on the other hand, I can't complain about the Sitrex because I haven't got to use it yet. Its Still Winter time! If it doesn't give me any problems, It will be a good mower and i'll be satisfied.

From the information I have gathered, I don't think its gonna be a problem getting parts when/if I need them. To me, that shows good "product support".

We'll see as time passes.

Travis R