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Donald of Irondale, OH October 3, 2008

Donald of Irondale OH (10/03/08)
In 2004 I bought a 23 hp Huskee Supreme, 46 cut. I have hated this mower ever since I used it the first time. Nothing but problems. I have put new drive belts from engine to mower about every 2 months. I even bought the ones with kevlar in them thinking they would last longer. There is an extreme angle from engine pulley to mower pulley, when mower is lowered to cut on setting 1 & 2.

My right front wheel fell off, due to a flimbsy cotter pin which wore off and the wheel hub was torn up. Couldn't fine a new wheel with a grease fitting, so I bought one without. It had a lot of slop, because the inside hub was shorter and the tire rubbed against the steering stop and ruined the tire. I'm currently putting air in the tire daily, the tire has a thousand small bubble leaks. Now the rear end transmision is shot and I've had it. You won't see me have another Huskee product. Or another MTD product. I have used for 248 hours of mowing.

Douglas of Orlando, FL September 25, 2008

Douglas of Orlando FL (09/25/08)
i have had good service from my murray tractors. i aquired mine used an not running. repairs brought them to life. since i put them to use i have realy tested them. other than occasinal bels wearing out or blades they have done well. i mow about an acre weekly some times twice a week. if either one of them were to give up i would have no bad feelings. satisfied with murray equipment.

Andrew of Fort Erie, OTHER July 26, 2008

Andrew of Fort Erie OTHER (07/26/08)
I purchased 3 mtd riders in 12 years. 1st one had a techumuse engine that would start if the wether was cool. The 2nd mtd rider a 14.5 hp 42 cut the deck drop( cotter pin missing ) 1st use , 2 week 2 more cotter pins went missing on the deck drop again, used a lot of belts , the most serious was 2 weeks after the warranty expired the differential ( transmission ) developed a excessive wear ( right side ) and the cost was over 465.00 to repair. If you look at the amount of time you used the lawn tractor 6 months out of a year.

Now 6 years later the same transmision this time the right side cracked in half. The repair, is a new casing which is now 435.00 which I said no , not including labour! So I bought another this time its a Yardworks which is made by MTD ,1 week later a deck spring @ the idler pulley broke ? This spring is so thin , no wonder why it broke. My next riding mower will be a John deere !

Dropped deck ( not nice looking on your lawn )

Earl of Howe, IN September 12, 2006

Earl of Howe IN (09/12/06)
I bought a 46 Huskee Supreme from Tractor Supply in May of '05 and even bought the 3 year extended warranty.

I took the mower home and within the first week or so of use, one of the blades fell off while mowing. The mechanic, instead of replacing the blade tower because it was damaged, put the blade back on with lock-tite. The same blade fell off a couple of more times which I put back on myself because I couldn't wait 2 weeks or more to get my mower back. You could see that the gear on the tower was stripped about a quarter of an inch. After complaining about it they finally replaced the tower.

During this time a pulley broke out in the center. I had never seen such a thing. Then one of the front wheels fell off. Again I fixed that. When I took it home after the new tower was installed, i went out and started mowing. After an hour, the part of the frame that holds the gas pedal on has somehow spread apart and the pedal will no longer stay in place. After a month waiting for a factory rep to look at the machine, he deemed that it was my abuse that caused the problem. They originally said that I must've dropped the mower off the back of a truck to cause such damage. I only carry it on a little trailer. Then it is the way I get on and off of it, or a steep bank or hill has caused it to flex. So, MTD won't cover it with the warranty. The thing is my warranty says if the same thing goes wrong with it 3 times I will get a new mower. I guess I should've taken it in for all the times the blade fell off.

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