Thread: Ride on Mowers....I want buy one.

John Deere, Toro and Greenfield were the ones well regarded when I bought. To be honest though, the Greenfield really did not impress me at all. I'm not sure what type of quality you will get for $2000-2500.

Cox are pretty good.
Easy to drive & maintain, B&S motor, big turning circle is my main complaint.
Mine cost more like 4k though.
Jonesfam

I have had a good run with a John Deere L105 which over 3 years I have put 85 hours on. Do change the oil every 20 hours & the filter at the same time. I've had to replace several of the pulleys on the mower deck, just running rough, but our 5 acre block has lots of cape weed, & marshmallow weed that can get very tough if left too long. They are selling for about $2700 over here in the west.

cox and greendfield.... aussie made and tough. They don't look "fancy" like the american imports. You'll be looking at used for that money though....

I have an aussie made rover .... the only thing it's ever needed is blades, and a drive belt. The thing gets absolutely hammered. Aussie tough, never broken a deck spindle, never replaced any bearings, never broken anything. It was also useless as a mower when purchased new, I had to cut 1" out of the front of the cutter deck before it would cut grass.

My brother inlaw has 3 american import ride ons of various makes. The only thing they have in common is there all always broken.

seeya,
Shane L.

yes I see that DC , they are a bit more exxy than I was intending.

maybe some mower shop will have a chrissy special for me.

have done lots of searches though.

If at all possible, get something with a hydrostatic transmission, or some other form of easy forward / reverse shift. My Kubota was out of action a few years ago with a burnt-out exhaust valve, borrowed a mate's John Deere with manual forward / reverse, the difference in useability was incredible. With the hydrostatic drive in the Kubota I never even notice how often I go backwards & forwards, but with a manual gearchange it becomes a real chore.

I have a 5 year old 32" greenfield with a B&S motor and 200hrs on the clock. Bought it second hand 4 years ago (paid $2500) when we moved house onto a 5 acre block. It is pretty basic in its construction but its build quality is very solid. All belt driven but haven't needed to change a belt yet. I service it every 50hrs and have changed the blades a couple of times when they have become bent or chipped due to hitting rocks. The forward / rear control is via a rocker accelerator pedal so very easy. The cut finish is good but I need to keep the deck well adjusted.

Andy

I also have a Greenfield an Evo111,13hp B & S motor, all belt drive we bought it S/hand and paid $1000 for it,it has about 800 hrs on it now, we have an acre and I do the un-made road easement as well,serviced and oil changed regularly,and has a 5 litre tank,gives me more than enough to do the full house yard and footpath. it has only cost me for 2 front tyres as the others were bald, so next to no steering.parts are readily available