I am slowly thinking a lawn or garden tractor may be a better fit for my situation . Plus my wife surprised me the other day when she said she may be interested in mowing the lawn . I do NOT want her learning on a zero turn . Both of my JD diesel garden tractors have hand controlled hydrostatic trans and power steering , but I don't think she can master the hand control . But a modern foot operated hydro would be much easier to learn on .
I am researching JD X500 series . A step up from the X300 series and a step down from the X700 series . I think the X300 series is too light duty for my lawn . Quick research says a X570/X580 is a good fit . The 580 has power steering and hydraulic deck lift vs the 570 is manual on both .
Another solution is to get off my lazy a$$ and get one of my diesels performing again . One of them is overheating so I have to pull the rad and get it flushed and checked out by a rad shop . It may need a waterpump and thermostat . The other one out of the blue started running like crap . It may need replacement lines/filters/pumps . These would be great winter projects but I am tired of winter projects
