Garden Viking wrote:
Cub 2500 series straight shaft not belt drive? It needs a cast iron trans
because there is no slippage with shaft drive..
HD does not typically "stock" pusher blades as they are special order from
the vendor of the tractors and needs a last name (ie. customer name) to get
it to the store and be paid for.
The arm rests are already falling off in the showroom.
Scotts is made by JD, but does not have the JD deck. Its an MTD deck. Green
and yellow are all JD..
Their website does list the pressurized oil system and filter in their specs
The original poster may be like most "Lawn Tractor" buyers and knows nothing
on the matter and some of them only have about 10,000 sqft of lawn but "just
want a tractor", they just have to have one. It doesn't matter if they are
done in 15 minutes, they have a tractor..
As stated before, most box stores have no one that knows any part of the
products they sell. Don't rely solely on them for info unless you find
someone at either who can accurately sell you one from anywhere.

I did a fair amount of reading on all the options available, I ended up
with a short list of two or three machines based on said reading. I
ended up buying the JD 125 yesterday, it's supposed to be delivered today.

My lawn is a lot bigger than 10,000 square feet... pushing a mower, even
a self propelled, would be a nuisance. There are a couple of areas where
a push mower is needed, between the house and the detached garage,
because the riding mower won't fit there. The rest is big, flat and with
very few obstacles.

-jav