JD push mowers- worth it?

/ JD push mowers- worth it? #21  
I have a cub cadet push mower with a Honda motor and swivel wheels. I wouldn't trade it even for the neighbors JD push mower.
 
/ JD push mowers- worth it? #22  
I have a cub cadet push mower with a Honda motor and swivel wheels. I wouldn't trade it even for the neighbors JD push mower.

Sounds like a nice mower, I really like the caster front wheels (swivel) on mine. I don't see any advantage to a new Deere push mower without the caster wheels. That is to say I don't think there is anything inherently better about a Deere push mower over other good brands.

Right now I have Kohler engines, Honda engines in air cooled and all seem to last well enough. One of the Honda engines will have to be replaced soon on a plate compactor, I am okay with that as nothing lasts forever. I feel I have got my money back on it.
 
/ JD push mowers- worth it? #23  
Deere discontinued all residential wb products and hand held products through the dealer lines a couple of years ago anyways, so isn't really any options for new Deere wb items. May be some remaining box store inventory, and even dealer inventory. All Deere dealers if they are so inclined can sell Honda outdoor power equipment. The last best Deere wb mower imao was the 14sb (in silver). It was a machine that your grandmother could start and mow the lawn with. I have a Honda and a older Deere js40, I like them both. I bought the Honda after I bent the crank on my Deere by mowing stuff I shouldn't have been (pipe, rocks, etc). It still runs but at some point its gonna shake itself to death.
 
/ JD push mowers- worth it? #24  
I use a push mower like some folks use a string trimmer so I mow up stuff you shouldn't either.

What I have been wanting though is a good old school big rear wheel 6 or better horsepower push mower with a throttle and manual choke.
I hate hate hate hate these auto throttle auto choke jobs, they are the hardest thing to start that I have ever fooled with.

Anybody know of a decent push mower that fits that bill?
 
/ JD push mowers- worth it? #25  
Dusty,
What you are describing sounds like an old Yazoo mower. I walked many a mile behind one as a kid.
 
/ JD push mowers- worth it? #26  
Dusty,
What you are describing sounds like an old Yazoo mower. I walked many a mile behind one as a kid.

Yep, that's all my Grandpa ever had.
 

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