Eggs Zachtly wrote:
eBob.com said:

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Nitty Grity: Within the first two years of light use the mower
failed me twice. The first time it just quit while I was mowing and
would not start again. The second time I was mowing and heard a
difference in the noise it makes and discovered that the blade was
no longer rotating. The first service was covered by the warranty.
The second was not. Although it was still under warranty the
problem was a broken belt and that is considered wear and tear. I
hadn't used the mower more than about a dozen times, so that tells
you something about the quality of the parts they use.

You only cut your grass twelve times, in two years?


I've only owned one other riding mower. And it was a Snapper. I
owned it for at least 15 years and never had such serious problems.
I wish now I had kept the old one. Or bought a different brand.
There are NO improvements in the new mower. They have added some
safety features but they are so poorly designed that I would not
call them improvements. One of the safety features shuts the engine
off if you lift your weight from the seat. It starts to stall if
you even shift your weight on the seat.

All new riders have that feature.

It seems to me
that they could have at least let the engine continue to run if the
blade was disengaged and you had put the mower in park. Oh, but
wait! That would have meant having a park gear which it does not.
So if you stop on ground that is not perfectly level you have to
leave it in gear - which means waiting for the engine to completely
stop before getting off it - because you have to keep your foot on
the clutch/brake. The other new safety feature prevents you from
shifting into reverse if the blade is engaged. I can see that
(although I don't like it). But the blade does not disengage
automatically. So you disengage the blade, shift into reverse, back
up, shift back into 1st and then re-engage the blade. Probably
wouldn't be a big deal if it had a tighter turning radius. But
given the turning radius you have to do a lot of backing up in my
standard suburban lot.

Perhaps you should have bought a zero-turn mower. Or, better yet,
maybe you should have inquired about the turning radius of this
mower, before you purchased it.

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I can't understand how they failed to make simple, low cost
improvements which anyone who used the mower would know were
desirable. One example, the seat is black vinyl - just like my old
Snapper. And just like the old Snapper, if that black seat has been
in the summer sun for a few minutes you don't want to sit on it if
you are wearing shorts. Do they not know that black things get hot
in the sun? Or do they not know that people mow grass when the sun
is shinning? Sheesh!

Did you not think about the black seat, when you purchased the mower?

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Well ... I am not sure that exhausts all of the reasons I wish I had
not purchased this mower but you get the idea.

It sounds to me as though you didn't research your options, before
purchasing the mower. You didn't research or inquire about the turning
radius. You saw it had a black seat. Did you not think it would get
hot?


This is not a newsgroup which I follow. I am contributing this
report in the hope that it will prevent someone from making the same
mistake I made. I may follow this group for a few days to respond to
questions/comments but no promises.

Oh. We'll feel quite fortunate, then, if you grace us with your
replies. I expect a drive-by, though. You wanted someplace to whine
because you didn't think a major purchase through, thoroughly.

The real bottom line: You made a bad purchase, due to your lack of
research. Get over it.


Your so fricken compassionate Eggs, really it's people like you that make me
all warm and fuzzy inside.
There really is hope for the world!!
God Bless you. ;-)

Clark...

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