You guys got me interested enough to google it ...
American junk.... pressed metal deck, no proper chassis... It would last 12months before breaking on the ground here (and the pressed metal decks are hopeless for clearing grass). Though I have heard in the last few years they are much better as the deck is a lot deeper, so they clear grass better. We have had many types of twin and triple deck ride ons over the last 20years.... they were all bloody useless unless the grass was kept extremely short.
My sister inlaw has several ride on mowers now, a huskvana, john deere ... several well known brands. The only one that isn't "always broken" is the tiny, tiny little greenfield they have. It's a proper aussie mower, big single deck ... so it actually cuts grass.. doesn't shred cutter belts... etc...
I keep telling her, buy a proper tractor (there on 20acres) ... or a big greenfield or cox.... The american stuff is for cutting bowling greens, not australian "lawns" with rocks, bricks, holes and thick heavy grasses.
I bet that toro even has bar blades you would bend on the first rock... ( I think they had the husky bakc from the mower shop for a whole 2 hours before hitting a rock and breaking a deck spindle last time they used it). Proper aussie mowers will have swing back blades. The rover rancher has 4 swing back blades.... to replace all 4 is about $30bucks. Those bar blades on the american mowers are $80+ each. They bend and are stuffed if you hit anything hard (or break deck spindles). If it's a push mower you can break the crankshaft
seeya,
Shane L.
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