I just finished purchasing a new zero turn mower after my Toro with Kohler engine was dying at about 6 years of use (non-commercial). The Kohler engine was junk - plain and simple. One of my first requirements was to get one with the Kawasaki v-twin engine. I admit I "cheaped out" on that Toro, and purchased one from a box store, but one should be able to expect it to last much better than it did. First issue with the Toro was deck bearings (china junk), then a bolt sheared on the idler pulley. I think the single bolt holding that idler was 5/16th diameter with the tension of the main deck belt, and it was a 50 inch deck. Dealer said they do not sell just the special bolt, so I would have had to purchased the entire idler assembly (I made a bolt to fit and was holding when I traded it). To make a long story shorter, I purchased a Gravely 52 ZT HD. Not actually the full commercial, but only real differences are seat, and ROPS and slightly different hydros I believe. My main concern was getting a good engine, heavy duty deck, and something that has a chance of lasting 10 years or more for my own use without constantly breaking. BTW, the Kohler I traded had a crack in the block, noisy, and compression release had failed. Google Kohler compression release failures. Many problems with those Kohler Courage engines, and those were put on a lot of different brands of mowers.
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Today's Featured Article - Harvestin Hay: The Early Years (Part 2) - by Pat Browning. The summer of 1950 was the start of a new era in farming for our family. I was thirteen, and Kathy (my oldest sister) was seven. At this age, I believed tractor farming was the only way, hot stuff -- and given a chance I probably would have used the tractor, Dad's first, a 1936 Model "A" John Deere, to go bring in the cows! And I think Dad was ready for some automation too. And so it was that we acquired a good, used J. I. Case, wire tie hay baler. In addition to a person to drive th
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