Mark Brandt
New member
My Craftsman riding mower died several days ago after nearly 30 years of service, including a couple of years blowing snow off of our 1/4 mile long driveway. After looking at a few JDs that people thought were still worth what they sold for new 3 or 4 years ago, I found a '19 LX46 with the snow blower attachment. The machine had only been used for 4 hours (we didn't get a lot of snow last winter), and the mower had never been used. I took care of that as soon as I got it home.
My initial observations:
I think I did very well on this purchase, and I'm looking forward to absorbing info from this forum.
My initial observations:
- My goodness, this thing is powerful with the 24 hp Kohler. I had to run the old mower with a 42" deck at a much higher RPM to muscle through tall grass on our drain field. The new mower powers through it at part throttle.
- The "no mow in reverse" feature is annoying, but I gather there is a technique to get around that. If it only killed the blades while you were backing up, then automatically resumed when you started forward, it would be so much better.
- I need to understand the "cruise control". One of the things I did with my Craftsman was to put the throttle and transmission control levers into the "cruise" notches to establish a repeatable ground speed when I spray the shoulders of my driveway. I measured how many gallons the sprayer would dispense during a round trip along the driveway at that speed, then calculated the concentration of RM43 I needed to apply for weed control. Any tips on how to make the CC run at a repeatable speed other than flat-out would be appreciated.
- It was a little disappointing to find that CC will not transfer the warranty.
I think I did very well on this purchase, and I'm looking forward to absorbing info from this forum.