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Husqvarna mower review
JasonV
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When I had the WORST ordeal ever with a Husqvarna chainsaw I put it all over the internet. I figure I should do the same when I have a good experience.
I mow a couple acres. Mostly flat. The ditches are steep and one medium hill in the back yard.
The Good-
6 years ago I bought a Husqvarna zero turn mower. 54 in deck, 24 horse Kohler motor. There are 225 hours on it now. I change the oil once a year. I grease the deck spindles, front wheel spindles, and front axles about every 7 hours of run time. New air filter once a year. It uses no oil.
I have a lot of rocks and am hell on blades and the deck. I usually go through two sets of blades a year, if not three.
The deck has held up great. Run it in both mulch mode and regular. I can really tell a difference in the quality of the cut when the underside of the deck is clean, must be something to do with the air flow and the ability to get rid of cuttings when it is clean.
What I am finding amazing is I have not had to replace a deck spindle yet. Other brands I have had in the past deck spindles lasted about 10 hours. 225 hours with no problems has me happy as a pig in a puddle of spit.
Still on the original battery. I put it in the warm shop in winter on a battery tender.
I added a LED light to the front to mow in the dark[:D]
It takes me about 2 hours to mow the yard depending on the grass thickness and the sharpness of the blades. When I first got the mower it took 3 gallons of gas to do this. Now it is taking about 1.75 gallons. The fuel mileage got much better as it was broken in.
No issues with the hydrostatic drive at all.
I used it a couple times to pull my 40 gallon sprayer with no problems.
The cup holder gets used for beer and I have a holster mounted to it for shooting gophers as I mow.
Bad-
The starter did go out 2 years ago. The original lasted 4 years. I replaced it with one from Amazon, made in China, for a fraction of what the dealer wanted and it is working good. I think this starter works better than the original did when it was new.
The parking break is a design that will never ever work. It was wore out after a couple weeks of owning it. I removed the bad parts and never replaced them after seeing how it was designed. It uses an aluminum arm with teeth in it to mesh with a steel sprocket when the parking break is applied. The aluminum just strips away. I have been using it for 6 years with no parking brake with no issues. The hydraulics don't let it roll anyway.
I don't like the deign of the front axles. It has bushings instead of bearings and I keep expecting it to give me problems. I am sure it helps I keep them greased but I give them the stink eye every time I grease them.
Would I buy another one? Probably. My next mower will be a 60" rear discharge but if I was going to get a 54" I would consider it. Mostly because of how impressed I am with the deck. I have ground up a lot of rocks and 225 hours later still running the original deck spindles impresses me.
I mow a couple acres. Mostly flat. The ditches are steep and one medium hill in the back yard.
The Good-
6 years ago I bought a Husqvarna zero turn mower. 54 in deck, 24 horse Kohler motor. There are 225 hours on it now. I change the oil once a year. I grease the deck spindles, front wheel spindles, and front axles about every 7 hours of run time. New air filter once a year. It uses no oil.
I have a lot of rocks and am hell on blades and the deck. I usually go through two sets of blades a year, if not three.
The deck has held up great. Run it in both mulch mode and regular. I can really tell a difference in the quality of the cut when the underside of the deck is clean, must be something to do with the air flow and the ability to get rid of cuttings when it is clean.
What I am finding amazing is I have not had to replace a deck spindle yet. Other brands I have had in the past deck spindles lasted about 10 hours. 225 hours with no problems has me happy as a pig in a puddle of spit.
Still on the original battery. I put it in the warm shop in winter on a battery tender.
I added a LED light to the front to mow in the dark[:D]
It takes me about 2 hours to mow the yard depending on the grass thickness and the sharpness of the blades. When I first got the mower it took 3 gallons of gas to do this. Now it is taking about 1.75 gallons. The fuel mileage got much better as it was broken in.
No issues with the hydrostatic drive at all.
I used it a couple times to pull my 40 gallon sprayer with no problems.
The cup holder gets used for beer and I have a holster mounted to it for shooting gophers as I mow.
Bad-
The starter did go out 2 years ago. The original lasted 4 years. I replaced it with one from Amazon, made in China, for a fraction of what the dealer wanted and it is working good. I think this starter works better than the original did when it was new.
The parking break is a design that will never ever work. It was wore out after a couple weeks of owning it. I removed the bad parts and never replaced them after seeing how it was designed. It uses an aluminum arm with teeth in it to mesh with a steel sprocket when the parking break is applied. The aluminum just strips away. I have been using it for 6 years with no parking brake with no issues. The hydraulics don't let it roll anyway.
I don't like the deign of the front axles. It has bushings instead of bearings and I keep expecting it to give me problems. I am sure it helps I keep them greased but I give them the stink eye every time I grease them.
Would I buy another one? Probably. My next mower will be a 60" rear discharge but if I was going to get a 54" I would consider it. Mostly because of how impressed I am with the deck. I have ground up a lot of rocks and 225 hours later still running the original deck spindles impresses me.
formerly known as warpig883
Comments
My Husqvarne works all the time.
MY Rider is a different story.
I bought a Husqvarna riding mower 2 years later (46", 24HP VTwin), it took 3, but I finally got a good one. Deck was bent on the first one, I could not get it level, deck spindle locked up after .3 hours on the second, I'm at 100hrs now on the 3rd and it's a champ.