[Paul T]

Originally Posted by T77911S

here is something that people don't realize. take the john dear dealer, they sell they same mower lowes sells and for the same price, but were do you think you will get the best service if it breaks? another thing about lowes, and the others, they sell a product but when it is time to start fixing things they don't support it.

Agree with not buying power equipment at the big box stores...in fact, I thought that most of the models they sell (John Deere, Cub Cadet, etc) are cheapened versions designed specifically for the mass market. In other words, if you go to your local lawn store, you'll get a better quality product, and keeping your $$ in the local economy at the same time. I'd rather do that, even if it costs me a couple of extra bucks...

I bought a POS Honda mower at HD, and you can't even find parts for it in the catalogs, it's a "HD only" version of the mower, or so I was told. It's crap at any rate..