I have a Cub Commercial Recon. Had it for 7 years. It has a cut welded deck and a 25 hp Koehler. I think it also is a rebadged lesco. It was close to $7000.00, but I would do it again. Mowed about five acres a week for five years down to three acres now.
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Cub made lesco. When I started searching for parts everything lead to cub tank. The manuals are exactly the same but different part numbersdanl":2igguvtf said:
Bigfoot":29zzlqfn said:Spent a many an hour on one of these babies just "thinkin". Learned to cuss trying to start it.
We had a mower like that once, cousin said he didn't want it so I got it and fixed it. Man that thing left a clean cut although it wasn't very wide. Turned out after I fixed it my cousin did want it, imagine that. :x
john250
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First Snapper was 8 HP and 32" cut. Last Snapper was 12 HP and 32" cut. I hated them all. Bought a Murray from the local Oschlein store. (Similar to Tractor Supply) Cheapest built mower ever. The blades spun on bushings, not bearings. Bought a JD510 0n Craigslist. Excellent mower. 13HP Kawasaki and 38" deck. I mow 5 acres and the engine eventually gave up. Inherited a JD345GX from my Son-in-Law, 800+ hrs on the clock. 20 HP 2 cyl Kawasaki and 54" deck. Very good, excellent mower. These older Deere's are very good mowers. Pricey, granted, but very good mowers.
HDRider
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A lot of you bashed Cub Cadets. Maybe they are another piece of junk. Seems like most everything is.
That said. I pulled mine out of the pond at dusk yesterday. I just got it running, and finished where my wife left off.
That said. I pulled mine out of the pond at dusk yesterday. I just got it running, and finished where my wife left off.
TexasBred
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Cub Cadet may be junk but you sure see a lot of them out there so they must be doing something right.
DLD
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We have a John Deere L140, the same cheaper line they sell at Lowes and Home Depot, but we bought ours from a JD dealer. 2 cylinder B&S and a 48" deck. We've had it 6 or 7 years now, I think it has like 450 hours on it. It's been a good one, remarkably trouble free, and we're not nice to it. I'd buy another one.
Had an old John Deere rear engine rider that my dad bought when I was a kid. It was pretty well bulletproof - I ran it up to maybe 10 years ago, so it had to have been 30'ish years old when the motor finally died. Then I had a Murray for 3-4 years, by then the deck was pretty well shot, so I went back to Deere.
My father in law is a loyal Snapper man, but I hate 'em. They are definitely not built for big guys to operate, not sure I'd like it even if it did fit me.
Had an old John Deere rear engine rider that my dad bought when I was a kid. It was pretty well bulletproof - I ran it up to maybe 10 years ago, so it had to have been 30'ish years old when the motor finally died. Then I had a Murray for 3-4 years, by then the deck was pretty well shot, so I went back to Deere.
My father in law is a loyal Snapper man, but I hate 'em. They are definitely not built for big guys to operate, not sure I'd like it even if it did fit me.
crop/hail
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I run a Bad Boy 48in cut zero turn. Cost a little something but I have a huge yard with lots of trees that used to take all day to mow with the old craftsman. Now, I can mow the whole yard in about 2 hours and not have near as much weed eating to do afterwards
crop/hail
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Only problem is that it is hard to enjoy a frosty beverage while holding on to the sticks!! The old craftsman wouldn't start unless the mountains were blue!!!
rnh2
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They say there is a difference in John deeres you buy at discount places versus a Js dealer. The dealer ones are more expensive better built have a different colored deck
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rnh2":1yg0a7ni said:
Could well be. Ours is the L series, which is what the home improvement stores sold, but the exact same model wasn't at the home improvement stores. My criteria was a 48" deck with greaseable deck and steering. I believe the 48" at the home improvement stores had a single cylinder motor and smaller tires - it was a couple hundred cheaper, but I liked this one that much better anyway.
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rnh2":2hgf5txl said:
There is a big difference between the two. Jd does not make the cheaper ones, they are just brand them. The cheapest actual JD is the X-300. Any of the. Real ones will have the kawisaki engine.
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rnh2
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It seems anything with the Kawasaki or Koehler engines do well.
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bbirder":nu80d1v2 said:
I mowed my lawn once with it. It will take some getting used to since it is totally different from my other one. It saved me a little time, but I was so awkward with it the first time, I won't be able to judge how much time it saves until I can handle it better. One thing I noticed is that it will slide sideways on inclines. I don't have any dangerous areas, but I do have a few slightly inclined areas, and I don't like that, but I'll adjust. I'm fairly certain I will like it once I adjust.
My brother bought a 60" zero-turn Gravely with heavy-duty deck.
At our old house where we mowed five acres, it took my wife and I on two regular JD tractors one a 48" cut and the other a 42" cut right at four hours to mow.
When I got the 60" Commercial Cub I could do it by myself in less than a hour and a half. That is after practice... You will want to practice behind the house out of sight. It is not a pretty sight
When I got the 60" Commercial Cub I could do it by myself in less than a hour and a half. That is after practice... You will want to practice behind the house out of sight. It is not a pretty sight
For the sake of full disclosure (does that sound political?) I should say that it took my wife over 2 hours to mow it by herself.
She thoroughly enjoys mowing and savors every minute. Unfortunately she hurt her back a couple of years ago and I wont let her mow yet. She is improving and I think she will be able to mow again by late summer. We have a minor fight every time I mow. She will say just two rounds.. When she was down with her back I did all the cooking, cleaning etc and don't want to go back there....
She thoroughly enjoys mowing and savors every minute. Unfortunately she hurt her back a couple of years ago and I wont let her mow yet. She is improving and I think she will be able to mow again by late summer. We have a minor fight every time I mow. She will say just two rounds.. When she was down with her back I did all the cooking, cleaning etc and don't want to go back there....
D2Cat
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Get a seat that will save the bounce, and the back.
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herofan":2wblu614 said:
Zero,
Best way to get the feel of it is get out in a large area that is clear of all obstacles and get crazy with it. That's how I trained my grandkids. They love to ride it, but balk at cutting grass! LOL. :lol2:
