"John S. Colton" wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:38:41 -0500, RoyDMercer wrote:


One thing you should know is the John Deere 100 series is not up to par
with
the standard residential line that John Deere's quality is known for.
It's
basically a model designed to be sold at places like Home Depot to
compete
with the cheaper Cub Cadets and Toros being sold at places like Lowe's.
This is not to say the 100 series won't last you for many years, because
it
is still a very nice mower that is far superior to off-brand riders in
the
$1000 range. The L110 is definitely worth the money.
[snip]

Thanks for the additional info.

Now that you've brought it up, let me ask a couple of additional
questions about John Deere models. My local John Deere store has a
number of used mowers for sale, but since the model numbers are
outdated, I can't find any info on them at all from the J.D. website.
So I don't have any idea how good the models might be--whether they
are very high quality mowers, or cheaper (but presumably still fairly
good) ones like the 100 series.

Here are some of the used ones they've got in my price range:

unknown year, model 175, $1500
unknown year, model 185, $600
1999 LT155, $1690
unknown year, LT155, $1399
2000 LT155, $1800
1998 LT133, $700
unknown year, LX172, $1495
unknown year, LX173, $1500
1991 LX 176, $950
1997 LX176, $1625
unknown year, LX176, $1299
1998 LX178, $1600
unknown year, LX180, $550
2000 Sabre, $950
2000 Sabre 2046, $1350

If anyone can shed light on these particular Sabre, LT, or LX series
models, I'd certainly appreciate it.

I assume it'd be safer buying a used one from a dealer than from a
classified ad. Taking a $1800 L110 as a baseline for comparison would
any of these $1500-1800 used models be something I ought to give
serious consideration to?

Thanks again,

John


Not from personal experience - but my nephew (a mechanic who I partner with)
laughs at his father-in-laws Sabre.