Going To Buy a used walk behind?

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I now have a amount of money to buy a used walk behind mower what should I look for on them it most likely going to be belt driven a few are toros an a exmark or too? :confused2:
 
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I now have a amount of money to buy a used walk behind mower what should I look for on them it most likely going to be belt driven a few are toros an a exmark or too? :confused2:

Demo them to see what type of controls you like:

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I moved your thread to the Mower Buying & Pricing Forum. :smile:
 

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Demo them to see what type of controls you like:

<img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16859"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16860"/> <img src="http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=16861"/>

I am partial to the third style
 

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I feel like walk behinds are way to complicated.
 

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Have you ever used that style of drive??

Yes on a scag 36 advantage. For about 7 seasons took some getting used to but once you do its like second nature

I also demo'd the second type didn't really like it but I only used it for about 5 minutes and I'm sure once you get used to it you'd grow to love it.
 
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Have you ever used that style of drive??

Yes on a scag 36 advantage. For about 7 seasons took some getting used to but once you do its like second nature

I also demo'd the second type didn't really like it but I only used it for about 5 minutes and I'm sure once you get used to it you'd grow to love it.

I used it on my Billy Goat, but it was a little different because there was no "power steering" so you had to muscle the mower around to turn it (so there was one less grip on the handles).

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Yes on a scag 36 advantage. For about 7 seasons took some getting used to but once you do its like second nature

I also demo'd the second type didn't really like it but I only used it for about 5 minutes and I'm sure once you get used to it you'd grow to love it.


I used the belt drive for a couple of seasons I found it to be more of a PITA than what it was worth. He would be better off with either the Exmark 30" or the Toro-Master 30" it would be cheaper and new and the difference in productivity be tween the 36" and the 30" is near nothing. JMO
 
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