Lawn Mower Website question

So I'm planning on buying a new mower before next spring. After debating on different brands of motors, I'm wanting a kawasaki motor, so I've narrowed it down to a few mowers.

Below is my #1 candidate.
Husqvarna 960 43 01-27 LGT24K54 (54") 24HP Kawasaki Lawn Tractor (2011 Model)

But after finding this mower on the mowers direct website, I turned around a google the model # to try to find it cheaper. I found a lot of sites that offered it much cheaper. The cheapest being
Husqvarna LGT24K54 (54") 24HP Kawasaki Lawn Tractor (2011 Model) -

On this site the mower after shipping is $1000 cheaper! Do yall think it's a scam? There are several websites that offer this mower substantially cheaper than $2500. Are they all scams?

Avian Garden appears to be based in Indonesia which doesn't help to soothe my suspicions. I also googled Avian Garden. I only found one other post from another suspicious blogger, and nothing of real texture.

What do yall think?

Run do not walk away..

ES.....are you trying to get another shirt or what? dang!

How cheap is too cheap? I've bought random things from some oddball elcheapo sites in the past and haven't been burned yet. Knock on wood

What size shirt do you wear?

Do you know what Avian means in Indonese?

JADA

Wannabe...

Don't do it.

If you don't know what a 'knock-off' is, you better look it up.... They are just close enough to call themselves a brand name, but hard as h*** to find parts if you need em, and you gonna need em...

You'll have to send it back to Indonesia foe warranty work

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Originally Posted by Speck

You'll have to send it back to Indonesia foe warranty work

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And you can bet they'll disown it.

I sold a lot of these machines while i worked at lowes and we ate a lot of them. Good engines. Hydrostats are their downfall. $2500 is a lot for a mower with a lot of problems. Go with john deere.

I will have to agree with everyone on here and say don't do it.

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Originally Posted by willsjwills

I sold a lot of these machines while i worked at lowes and we ate a lot of them. Good engines. Hydrostats are their downfall. $2500 is a lot for a mower with a lot of problems. Go with john deere.

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Are you listening now ES???????????

OK, now that we've established that JADAs should not lawn mower shop unassisted, which rider model 48 to 60" cut should a JADA purchase and why? And don't say John Deere - say which model perzackerly and why.

Wannabe...

Get a zero turn. You won't regret it.

Stop jackin JADA. Yeah, what he said. I don't want a mower with great hydrolics and a crappy motor tho. Word is that Briggs has headed way downhill the last several years and Koler is right there with them.

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Originally Posted by Stump

Get a zero turn. You won't regret it.

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Great idea. I'll put up the down payment if you'll foot the bill for the rest.

Wannabe...

Kawasaki engine on what ever you buy... I'd stay away from those deals. Buy a REAL John Deere, exmark, kubota, or snapper still makes a good product. Spend a little more up front and don't worry about it for few years. buy junk and work on it from now on.......

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Originally Posted by CRAPPIE 123

Kawasaki engine on what ever you buy... I'd stay away from those deals. Buy a REAL John Deere, exmark, kubota, or snapper still makes a good product. Spend a little more up front and don't worry about it for few years. buy junk and work on it from now on.......

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Dadgummit! I don't tolt ya'll not to say "John Deere, Exmark, Kubota or what not. I want model numbers and I want 'em now along with what makes that a great mower and don't make me tell you again.

Wannabe...

Briggs has always been crap. Their only plus was that they were cheap and easy to work on. Kawasaki or Honda is the only way to go. Take out a loan and get a commercial zero turn that will last you the next 20 years. Exmark is prolly the best deal for the money. Gonna cost ya up front, but it's lots cheaper than getting a new $2500 mower every 5 years.

I've got a 16 year old 19 horse briggs that still purrs like a kitten. But the craftsman has seen better days. The deck is about ready to fall off and there's enough slack in the steering that I probably look like a 7 year old playing a pole position arcade game just trying to keep it strait.

WB, you go first with the avian website and let me know how that works out for you.

John Deere Commercial grade....Kawasaki engine, 60 inch cut zero turn. Don't know what the new number is, mine is a 757 Z-Trac ..........been running great , no problems for 7 years now. My old one John Deere , Kawasaki engine 48 in cut is 25 years old.....still looks and runs great, never a problem. These mowers mow somewhere between 3 and 4 acres every week. Nothing runs like a Deere. You get what you pay for.

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John Deere Commercial grade....Kawasaki engine, 60 inch cut zero turn. Don't know what the new number is, mine is a 757 Z-Trac ..........been running great , no problems for 7 years now. My old one John Deere , Kawasaki engine 48 in cut is 25 years old.....still looks and runs great, never a problem. These mowers mow somewhere between 3 and 4 acres every week. Nothing runs like a Deere. You get what you pay for.

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Amen, and you can always go back to your dealer for good service.

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Originally Posted by EmptyStringer

I've got a 16 year old 19 horse briggs that still purrs like a kitten. But the craftsman has seen better days. The deck is about ready to fall off and there's enough slack in the steering that I probably look like a 7 year old playing a pole position arcade game just trying to keep it strait.

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I have an old Crafrsman with a Briggs 13 horse single lung that's 14 years old and still runs. It cost me $750 new. That's about $21.00 yearly. That's hard to beat. I just bought another Craftsman for that reason. I cut 1/2 acre once a week on the average. Any machine will give you good service if it's serviced and taken care of. Sears warranty and service is hard to beat. Try going to Lowes for warranty claims and see what you get.

I've got a Ferris Industries ZTR IZ 1500 48" cut with a 21 hp Kawa vtwin. It will cost you 2x's as much but you'll get a helva good mower, they have different sizes if you need the 60" cut. I bought mine in 07 or 08, I do the maintanence on it myself, no problems at all, only thing that broke was the engine meter and they gave me a new one to plug in when the original one stopped working. ZTR's will reduce your mowing time and you'll never have to buy another mower, as this is truly a commercial grade mower, built to be used 8 hrs/day all week long with minimal down time.

ES i done tolt you EXMARK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!this is why you a jada kus you do not listen!!!!!:mad:

[QUOTE=Wannabe...;1588638]Dadgummit! I don't tolt ya'll not to say "John Deere, Exmark, Kubota or what not. I want model numbers and I want 'em now along with what makes that a great mower and don't make me tell you again.

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Hey non-fishing Gewber...... Call your local John Deere, Exmark, Kubota, or snapper dealer and get model #s!!!!! I have 2 exmarks, one with 17hp kawasaki and the other 19 with 46" decks. Paid for themselves many times over. Get COMMERCIAL grade whatever you get, service it, and it'll be the last you have to buy for a long time. The bigger the motor, the better. Have one with over 1,000 hours on it and have never done anything but change fluids, filters, broke a belt or two, and ran the SH&T out of it. PM me if you want more details. Would rather talk about it than type...

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I've got a Ferris Industries ZTR IZ 1500 48" cut with a 21 hp Kawa vtwin. It will cost you 2x's as much but you'll get a helva good mower, they have different sizes if you need the 60" cut. I bought mine in 07 or 08, I do the maintanence on it myself, no problems at all, only thing that broke was the engine meter and they gave me a new one to plug in when the original one stopped working. ZTR's will reduce your mowing time and you'll never have to buy another mower, as this is truly a commercial grade mower, built to be used 8 hrs/day all week long with minimal down time.

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Ferris is a bad grass cuttin mosheen! I speshully like the shocks on em....smooth ride!

123, I'll trade you a guided fishing trip for the smaller one. Or, I'll take you on a guided fishing trip where we catch fish for the bigger one.

Wannabe...

yeah, the shocks make it worth the $$ as my yard looks like pot hole h&!! in some spots, and haven't lost a fillin' yet. Saves the body from constant bumps and vibration for the most part as well.

[QUOTE=Wannabe...;1589138]123, I'll trade you a guided fishing trip for the smaller one. Or, I'll take you on a guided fishing trip where we catch fish for the bigger one.

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Thats OK... have been managing more than at least 1 every trip to Sardis lately. If it gets any worse, I may give you a call. Haha

John Deere 304x, love the one I have, !!!!!!!

You MS boys ought to be ashamed. I give explicit instructions and the only one that can manage to get it done is from Alabama. That ain't right. Hang you head Gewbers, hang your head.

I'll check it out HarleyB. Thanks.

Wannabe...

How much grass you cuttin? Ifn you gonna do it fer a living, then get choo a good un. Ifn you got a postage stamp yard, then get the husky. It'll do you fine.
I've got bout 2.5 acres I mow with a husky and ain't had no problems with it now fer 3 years.

I also bought mine at Lowes. It was one somebody had returned that only had 8 or nine hours on it and I got it fer half price.

nuh huh, go Gravely Commercial all the way.......

Let it be known by all that there are only a few mower manufacturers left. I don't profess to know them all but I am pretty sure that MTD builds a lot of different brands. I also am pretty sure that some of the models that carry the John Deere name are not made by Deere. Simplicity not only makes their brand but others also. Toro is another manu. that makes their own products.

As has been previously said a zero turn will cut your mowing time in half. However be aware that if you are mowing on a hill and it is wet the mower, regardless of brand, will probably slide with you. There has been a lot of good advice given here. I would recommend that you take a look at the Toro line of mowers. Almost all of their mowers have Kawasaki engines. For average home owner use I would look at the Timecutter or the Titan series. If you want to move into the commercial line the Z-master series would be the one to look at. If you want to stray from the Kawasaki engines take a look at the Grasshopper line of mowers.

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