Mower Review

- lawn tractor?
I am looking to purchase a lawn tractor. I have aprox 1.5 acres of grass, flat to hills , and some uneven areas. what lawn tractor would you recomend? john deere, cub cadet, troy built, ect...... what hp, deck size looking in price range of $1500-2000 I am looking for something that mulches well. my yard is too big to bag, rake or collect

A I'd recommend about a 17-18 horse lawn tractor or so (17 horsepower absolute minimum) with a 48"-60" deck. Zero turn radius tractors will go faster but they can take a little getting used to. You can't go wrong with a John Deere. They do cost a little more, but they last so much longer that they are worth every penny. Our family had a John Deere 116 for years and it lasted from about 1980 to probably about 2003. In that same time, our neighbor went through about 4-5 cheap lawnmowers and we had a much larger yard to mow including a pond where we hit sticks and stumps, etc. John Deere just builds theirs well, you can tell by the thickness of the sheet metal on the mower deck. If you get the tractor type, the only kind I'd recommend is a John Deere. Well, I'd probably also recommend Toro. They are pretty good, but still not as good as John Deere. Gravely also has pretty descent ones, but they are not as common. I recommend getting one with hydro-stat. It comes in SO handy. Also, for the hills I recommend getting the lug tires. They work so much better than the turf tires for going up hills. For a zero turn radius there are several good brands out there. Dixie Chopper is well known. Of course there is John Deere. Then there is Grasshopper and Bushhog. All of those brands are good brands.

- Lawn Tractor?
Hi, I recently bought a lawn tractor from a guy who said the tractor worked last year but over the winter a mouse built a nest in it. It no longer will start can anyone tell me where to begin to get this running again Thanks It will not turn over I put a new battery on it and all I hear is clicking but nothing happens

A From your question I understand that it will crank but won't start. The main reason is fuel. Check the spark as noted in another answer but it is most likely a fuel issue. Make sure that the tank is clean and free of water. Water looks like blobs in the bottom of the tank. Put a spoonful of gas in the sparkplug hole and crank it. It should fire a few times. I would remove the carburetor, disassemble, soak it in a carb cleaner and put it back together with a rebuild kit.