Can you get a real garden tractor now days?

[Rkh]

I have a simplicity landlord 2110 with mower, snowblower, garden plow, snow plow, and tiller. Can you get the same tractor today that has 4 wheel drive with the same attachments(I know it would be expensive)?

 

[J Hamilton]

Simplicity no longer makes a tractor style. I know John Deere has the X700 series garden tractors available with similar attachments, and yes they are expensive! I'm not sure what other manufacturers still offer a garden tractor since most just offer a zero turn or a compact tractor.

 

[DoubleO7]

I have a simplicity landlord 2110 with mower, snowblower, garden plow, snow plow, and tiller. Can you get the same tractor today that has 4 wheel drive with the same attachments(I know it would be expensive)?

No

What a garden tractor with 10hp B&S could do in 1968 takes 30hp to do the same today.

 

[Rkh]

Ya, I have 2 simplicity landlord 2110 that was bought in 1968.

 

[J Hamilton]

Ya, I have 2 simplicity landlord 2110 that was bought in 1968.

Anything new couldn't compare to the quality and durability of those

 

[560Dennis]

20 years ago reliably teams met every day to design lawn tractors to last three years to stay in business.
cradle to grave 3 years these days
check me out on average the owners of garden tractors don’t use them any longer either.

 

[timcasbolt]

I love to see proof of that.

 

[jwal10]

Years ago when the city needed a garden tractor, we bought a 655 JD. It is still doing the job. It pulls a gang mower in the parks and baseball field, runs a rototiller, 60" belly lawn mower and a 4' brush hog. Powers a brush chipper, sprayer and fertilizer spreader. It has a loader on, full time....James

 

[560Dennis]

Non grease able transmission one of the innovations

 

[J Hamilton]

Non grease able transmission one of the innovations

Sealed/not serviceable, and parts discontinued/not available after a couple years on most components (depending on brand)

 

[560Dennis]

under 50 hp , garden compact depends on how your going to use it .
if your in the market for small compact garden tractor take a look and look at what availability. Link to Messicks mentions some trends as they see it

Messick's Tractor School

Messicks - A helping hand with your land.

www.messicks.com

 

[T.R.K.]

Deere, Kubota and a handfull of other foreign manufacturers make them. They cost about as much as a good car. Maybe more.

 

[Brendon-KS]

No

What a garden tractor with 10hp B&S could do in 1968 takes 30hp to do the same today.

Not necessarily. A vintage garden tractor with 10 or 12 hp could power at most a 48" deck and would creep through tall grass. I know because for years I mowed our 5 acre yard with a 1974 Deere 212 with 47" deck and it was very slow going. My modern sub-compact (basically a big garden tractor) with 23 hp runs a 60" deck and mows as fast as you can stay in the seat. Double the power but half the time to do the same work.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Sealed/not serviceable, and parts discontinued/not available after a couple years on most components (depending on brand)

I have two old JDs
One is a JD 275 with a hydro trans. It holds a gallon of fluid, It has a oil drain, oil filter and fill plug. It has a 30 inch tiller and a 48 inch mower.
The JD LX188 has serviceable trannys. . Both are very old. Both have a kawasaki 17 hp engine.

I would buy another used JD 275 if I could find one and repair ti if needed.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Deere, Kubota and a handfull of other foreign manufacturers make them. They cost about as much as a good car. Maybe more.

I could buy 2 L3560 kubotas with loaders for what I paid for my last car.
You could buy 3 BX kubotas with many attachments for the price of 2 L3560s.

 

[Mike Van]

My old JD 285 with over 2200 hrs was about wore out - I bought a Steiner 440 [used 100 hrs] to replace it. Mostly 'cause it will pull my Eastonmade splitter anywhere it has to go. 4 wd, it came with a 5' front mower, a front blade [power angle] and what they call a 'slip scoop' a smallish front bucket that's been pretty handy. At 73 this is my 'forever tractor' - All my life I always had someone else's wore out machine. I actually like mowing lawn again.