Black Bart
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I have now mowed 4 times with my new JD-ZTR and MAN I love this mower.
When I first bought my Grasshopper with 72 inch deck it was good for about 10 years then we started adding raised flower beds then I put up a Greenhouse for the wife and now we have flowers everywhere.
If they had been placed with enough space between things would have been much better but last few years after mowing with the Grasshopper I had 45 minutes with the hand mower then the string trimmer.:thumbdown:
The GH is 12 feet long and it was too wide to get into many places and if I got in I could not turn around.
With the JD-ZTR I can mow everything when I Finnish all I need to do is some work with the string trimmer.:thumbsup:
The JD can cut faster and have a better quality of cut than my GH
Overall mowing time with the 54" deck is less than it was with the GH and 72"
They really thought about maintenance when I was shopping for a mower they had plates bolted down over the belts and drive motors the JD has a metal plate that is hinged at the front and the seat is bolted to it. Fold the seat and everything is exposed you can pressure wash or work on it real easy.
Simplicity had the grease Zerk's on the bottom of the deck had to jack it up and lay under it, My JD the footplate is hinged and you just fold it forward and the whole deck is exposed.
I can grease it clean it or change belts without tools fast and easy. The JD engineers really designed this thing right.
When I first bought my Grasshopper with 72 inch deck it was good for about 10 years then we started adding raised flower beds then I put up a Greenhouse for the wife and now we have flowers everywhere.
If they had been placed with enough space between things would have been much better but last few years after mowing with the Grasshopper I had 45 minutes with the hand mower then the string trimmer.:thumbdown:
The GH is 12 feet long and it was too wide to get into many places and if I got in I could not turn around.
With the JD-ZTR I can mow everything when I Finnish all I need to do is some work with the string trimmer.:thumbsup:
The JD can cut faster and have a better quality of cut than my GH
Overall mowing time with the 54" deck is less than it was with the GH and 72"
They really thought about maintenance when I was shopping for a mower they had plates bolted down over the belts and drive motors the JD has a metal plate that is hinged at the front and the seat is bolted to it. Fold the seat and everything is exposed you can pressure wash or work on it real easy.
Simplicity had the grease Zerk's on the bottom of the deck had to jack it up and lay under it, My JD the footplate is hinged and you just fold it forward and the whole deck is exposed.
I can grease it clean it or change belts without tools fast and easy. The JD engineers really designed this thing right.