Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-05 Thread Curley McLain via Mercedes
buy a used zero turn. Brand does not matter much. condition does. Dimitri via Mercedes wrote: I need a lawn tractor to cut lawn on my 2/3 acre property in Maine. Is a low end John Deere any good? Like an E100? I don’t really want to spend 2K or more on a fancy machine as I’m not into lawns

Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-05 Thread OK Don via Mercedes
We bought a new JD D130 when we bought this 1 1/4 acre lot in 2011. I've had to replace the blades after trying to mower large rocks, and one battery when I didn't trickle charge it over the winter, but that's all. I do change the oil and air filters every year. I went with the 130 for the v-twin

Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-04 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> On June 4, 2018 at 9:01 PM Dimitri via Mercedes wrote: > > > I’m leaning towards brand new. I’m not interested enough in lawn tractors or > lawns to want to fiddle or fix an old machine. Would rather put the time into > my many old Mercedes!

Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-04 Thread fmiser via Mercedes
> Dimitri wrote: > I’m leaning towards brand new. I’m not interested enough in lawn > tractors or lawns to want to fiddle or fix an old machine. Would > rather put the time into my many old Mercedes! New ones will probable need more work than an old one. ___

Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-04 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
I’m leaning towards brand new. I’m not interested enough in lawn tractors or lawns to want to fiddle or fix an old machine. Would rather put the time into my many old Mercedes! Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 4, 2018, at 8:40 PM, Dwight Giles wrote: > > Sounds like a deal. > > Dwight Giles Jr.

Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-04 Thread Dwight Giles via Mercedes
Sounds like a deal. Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Jun 4, 2018 8:26 PM, "Mitch Haley via Mercedes" wrote: > Somewhat decent Gilson tractor in Lawn-Boy green: > https://maine.craigslist.org/grd/d/riding-lawnmower/6580664545.html > > ___ >

Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-04 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
Somewhat decent Gilson tractor in Lawn-Boy green: https://maine.craigslist.org/grd/d/riding-lawnmower/6580664545.html ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-04 Thread Mitch Haley via Mercedes
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Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-04 Thread Curt Raymond via Mercedes
Anything under $2k is going to be an MTD at heart. Save money and buy one at the local big-box store. We've got a $1000 17hp Craftsman at camp that we've beat the ever loving snot out of, it takes it and just keeps going. I actually broke the deck when I found a potato fork (think big, many

Re: [MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-04 Thread Dan Penoff via Mercedes
The low end big box John Deeres are an abomination to the John Deere name, I think. Just about any of the big box retailer tractors are junky, so I don’t think it really matters. I would go low end, like a Murphy, and just use it until it pukes. Walk behinds are the same way. I got tired of

[MBZ] New lawn tractor?

2018-06-04 Thread Dimitri via Mercedes
I need a lawn tractor to cut lawn on my 2/3 acre property in Maine. Is a low end John Deere any good? Like an E100? I don’t really want to spend 2K or more on a fancy machine as I’m not into lawns or cutting them! Sent from my iPhone ___