10-19-2015, 04:17 PM
Well I fanally bought one and it is nothing like I thought I would end up with. I just picked up a John Deere 145. It is used but by a 70 year old man with a pretty small and smooth lawn. It came with counter weights, tire chains, snow plow [never used] , 48 inch deck, 4cubic ft lawn cart [used once] and a canopy [never used] . Its a low hour machine that spent most of its time sitting in a garage. The guy changed the oil @ 25 hours, 50 hours, 100 hours and 200 hours. I will need to change the oil in about 70 hours to keep up with the 100 hour schedule. He changed the blades and belts every year weather they needed them or not. All in all not a bad deal for $900.