Any Riding mower experts here?

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Originally Posted by HemiEd

Cool, glad you are getting there on your project!

As many have said on here, I think the big difference is quality, especially the mower deck, and power plant.
Briggs and Stratton vs. Kohler, Kawasaki etc.

Neither of mine have a switch to turn off the lights, they are on all the time, stuff like that. The oil drain plug location sucks on the new one since they left off the extension that the older one has that probably cost them a quarter, just stuff like that.

I had the displeasure of replacing belts and blades on both of mine this summer (we grow rocks at Tablerock lake) and there is a quite a change in the quality in the 5 years of production date difference. Both have greaseless sealed (Chinese) bearings on the blade shafts, and I would prefer greaseable ones like the better mowers have.

I disconnected the seat sensor on both of mine as well. It is so easy, just a slide off connector and is such a pain in the keester with it connected.

Good luck with your decision.

Went with the John Deere D130 and added the 4 year warranty with John Deere. A mechanic from JD comes to my house to fix anything that goes wrong. It will have paid its self off twice in lawn care fees by then~