Lawn tractor. Can I ask here?

[MoPops]

I amlooking at a JD Lawn tractor to replace my dying old Craftsman. It an X540, looks like new, except a torn seat. It is a 2006, with 1100 hours on it. He is asking $3,000. Is this a fair price? It really looks nice. Older gentleman has had it. He has taken good care of it. Kawasaki 23HP.
Any help appreciated. I do not know anything about these. Except they seem expensive. Ha!

 

[Peter 315]

I just looked prices are all over the place........I guess if its in real good shape offer 2500.00 and see what happens.......Pardon Our Interruption

 

[MoPops]

Wow. Thanks for the link. Seems like it may be a little over priced with those hours.
Thx

 

[Roadworthy]

In addition to the number of hours you may run into parts availability issues. I have a 2010 Craftsman Garden tractor with a leaky transaxle. Finding a part number is no problem but the part no longer exists - anywhere!! So I can either part it out or dig into the transaxle hoping to find a usable seal. I'm mechanical - I'll fix it. Can you get parts for the Deere? You can get some fairly decent stuff new for the money he's asking. Figure how big a property you need to mow. Many lawn tractor sites will recommend a size tractor suitable for that size property.

 

[MoPops]

Thanks. Looks like JD made these until recently. Hopefully parts won’t be a problem.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I suggest you do not buy that machine. Here are my reasons.

1. I owned a lawn service for about 18 years. Most commercial mowers will start to give lots of problems at about 1200 hours
2. A zero turn mower will reduce your mowing time by about 40% compared to a lawn tractor.
3. $3000 seems over priced for that unit. I sold a commercial Scag mower with about 1250 hours for $3000 about 2 weeks ago.
4. Look at 'homeowner' models of zero turn mowers. I bet you can get one for about $4000 and probably get some low interest financing on it also.

 

[Diggin It]

1. Commercial mowers are beat to crap long before homeowner models.
2. Not every property is suited to ZTRs. Mine isn't.

 

[4570Man]

1.
2. Not every property is suited to ZTRs. Mine isn't.

I bet I could mow it with mine.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

There are lots of the X540 model for sale on TractorHouse.com. After looking at the asking price on there, the $3000 might be a fair price for this unit.

I don't know why the link below says "Pardon our interruption". It is a link to TractorHouse.

Pardon Our Interruption

 

[MoPops]

I’m still thinking about it. I really would prefer a zero turn, but I’ve got some pretty tricky hillsides, including a steep slope all the way around my pond. I have heard the zero turns aren’t that good on side hills.
I was just trying to stay away from the box store lawn tractors that seem to fall apart in a few years, and are not really worth repairing.
Thx