I think I can be of assistance. Bite the bullet and buy the 570. or buy the e-100 @ Lowes in September. With the free dump cart or free seeder (I'd choose seeder) for $1599 and hope for the best. Only 2 I'd consider.

I totally agree. Great video!

@@raymond3803would u get the 570 or a zero turn for a home on 2 acres?

I have a 1986 John Deere 165 with the Kawasaki and it runs like brand new.

I have a Kawasaki 18.5 hp engine in my S240. I did not want the Briggs & Stratton. Just replaced the 50 hour air filter and fuel filter. My lawn tractor starts faster now.

Kawasaki > Briggs and Stratton. Even with less HP, Kawasaki is the better engine. The only B&S engine that was ever any good was the Vanguard which was technically not a B&S anyway...they just handled the marketing and distribution.

I have a Kawasaki in my 1990 John Deere 170 & still runs great. Never even had the carb off in 30 + years.

Totally agree, I just bought an X390 with 22hp and it replaced a once really nice craftsman with 24hp... But this thing has a 54 deck vs 42 on the craftsman yet still handles tall grass far better. It must have significantly more torque.

I just bought a 2021 X350, and retired a 16 year old MTD. For the last 5 years I've been cutting at least 5 lawns, very hilly... the frame on the MTD broke yet no rear end issues. I'm 100% confident the Deere is beefier and will last just fine going up and down hills. Now, if I was going to tow or push with it, yeah I'd worry about the rear end, but I'm just mowing.

My yard has hills and my x300's transmission is shot after 5 years. I should not have scrimped and should have bought a machine with a bigger and serviceable tranny. Now moving up to an x570.

I own the X354, I love it but you brought up a good point. Thanks for the info

How's the 4 wheel steer holding up? I like the mix between zero and tractor but I feel the rear steer wheels are a weak point for problems

I know. reminded me of the Simpson's cartoon.

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I think ANY 300 series should have better than a k46. A John Deere 110 $1699 has the same weak k-46 as a 350 $3,900? WTH? Huskvarna offers a k-66 with Kaw Engine, high back seat with arm rests for $2,999. John Deere 390 k-57 $6,100 WTH? JD 570 w/k-72 and swap out for the 590 seat is the only John Deere I'd consider

rayism 24b This is the most revealing comment about the misleading practices that JD is using with customers. Thank you for putting this out there for the public to see. JD is marketing the X entry level models as tough machines that can be used to plow snow, pull heavy carts, but the K46 transmission is not made for that. The X370 is where the K57 engine with the Kawasaki engine is actually made to do those jobs. I will be selling my S240 and getting the Husqvarna you mentioned in your comment. John Deere has become the Harley Davidson of Lawn mowers, they are living off their reputation and ripping people off with their under performing products.

@@smokestack9795 Or you could keep reading the reviews on the JD website: *_"I'm an 82-year-old great grandmother who's son won't help me push mow my 12 acres. I'd fallen one day and couldn't get up. My local John Deere sales rep happen to be driving by and saw me trying to fend off a pack of dogs with my cane. He put me in his service truck. He was a complete gentleman. Didn't try any funny stuff. Drove me to the John Deere Dealership and sold me on a X350. They put me on the easy payment plan where it's automatically deducted from my SS check. I drive my new X350 to Bingo on Saturday and church every Sunday. The seat doesn't hurt my roids or make my crotch sweat an itch. Thank You John Deere for extending my life 10 years."_*

@@raymond3803There are a BUNCH of different options for the K46 transmission (at least 30 different variations with options like charge pumps, steel gears, drain and fill plugs, or absence of drain and fill plugs, etc) The 100 series is truly the low end cheapest K46 transmission Deere offers--but not necessarily the cheapest or worst K46 made. The s240 and above get the K46 UPGRADED Deere spec transmissions. Tuff Torque rates the upgraded K46 Deere spec transmission in the S and X3 series for 30% more torque than the 100. Still not a powerhouse/heavy hauler by any means, but at least they're not giving you the exact same basement level POS K46... I wish tuff Torque would give all these possible variants different model numbers, but they don't. This makes the K46 a big crap shoot as no one really knows what's inside by looking at the case. The base K46 unit is pretty weak, the highly upgraded units are fairly decent. Could be total garbage, or half way decent parts. It's all up to the manufacturers specs.

@@turbodieseldumptruck Interesting. I bought the smallest JD L-100 when they first came out. Used it 12 or 13 years never had a problem with it. Bored, I decided to buy a new D-130. Went to the dealer (not Home Depot) this time. I asked what my L-100 was worth on trade. Asshole behind counter said $100 maybe. A much older JD dealer employee said: Does it just have the standard shift 4 speed transmission? YES! I'll give you $400 sight unseen. *WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?* JD had just came out with the plastic transmission (I think will eventually be superior to hydro) 105 model. They had 4 or 5 of the 4 speed 100s new still in the crates marked down to $1000. God Damn I should have bought one them. But no, I payed $1899 for the 130 Hydo 2 cylinder. *NO WHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS MY OLD ONE WAS.* Not even close.

I also own one and love it, I have a video on the unit myself on my channel. Great mower

Fuel consumption and that’d be about it

@@redwing642 Thank you!

Got tired of spending all my time trying to keep an X300 working and bought a Cub Cadet. So much better. The deck on the X300 is not up to par. And keeping the engine running was a nightmare.

@@oldcountryman2795 So far the new non-JD belt is working as it should. It was cheaper to begin with and has outlasted the genuine ones.

@@oldcountryman2795 shoulda went with the x390

change oil and at 50 hrs replace the power steering hydraulic fluid. Than replace it every 200 hours after that (hydraulic fluid)

@@Boobtube. thanks

Sell it and buy a Cub Cadet.

@@oldcountryman2795 cub cadets blow

You have to go to the 500 series for locking rear diff unfortunately.

Simple solution... order a 54" deck made for the X390 and swap it out..... right?

@@MrNotorius5500 I'm pretty sure because of the 4 wheel steer there's not enough clearance for the rear wheels to turn with a 54in deck.

The 4 year warranty is nice though.

Right now it's right about the same price as an x390. Reliability and repairs probably make the jd a better choice. Tried and true

Oh... that company is called Kuboto. Too bad JD.

I was thinking the same. Website, in Australia at least, says x350 has the FR. Models above have FS. Not sure if it’s a big deal or not? I think I’d be still happy with the x350. They’re presently $7900 on sale over here. Extra $1300 for rear catcher/bagger so that’s getting up there. John Deere make good mowers so it’s worth it.

if you have less than an acre of mostly flat lawn, then the K46 is all you need. But if you have some hills or ditches like this kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b8VjpKaeqNPQeZs.html then you'll want to go with a X380 and K58 transmission. That D170 has the K46 and won't mow ditches like that. And if you have a lot of hills like in this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ebajltCEzd6qZWg.html or you want to haul dirt and plow snow or gardens, then you'll want to go with an X500 series mower.

@@mrbubetube I have an acre of flat grass and a flat 600ft driveway. You think the x390 will be more than sufficient? My crappy husqvarna has done the job for years on the grass. And there's a ton of videos online of the x350 plowing snow just fine.

@@AnonymousGameWarden for an acre of flat lawn and a flat driveway, any of the S100 series mowers should do you fine. or if you want to go with a more premium version of the S100 series mowers, I'd recommend the S240. Same size as the S100 series mowers but has the same engine, transmission, tires, steering, and seat as the X300 series mowers, and it has a better quality mower deck. So the S240 is basically X300 quality parts on an S100 frame. Nice zippy little mower and my personal favorite for an acre of lawn. But if money isn't an issue then sure, you can't go wrong with the X300 series.

@@mrbubetube the S series can use the snowblower with no traction issues for a 600ft driveway? I'm concerned the transmission won't last long

@@AnonymousGameWarden for a flat lawn and flat driveway, traction won't be a problem. But for snow removal, you can always get a set of tire chains if you need the traction. Here's a video of an S240 with a snowblower. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nZmTlJud1pm3ZGw.html with the conditions in that video, you don't need to worry about the transmission, it can handle that fine. But if you think you'll be putting your transmission through more than the average workload and you plan on keeping that mower for more than 4 years, then you SHOULD service the transmission. A new transmission has 10W30 oil in it to give it a good break in period. Sometime after the first 50 hours, you should drain the oil out of the transmission, open it, clean out all the old oil and metal shavings out of the gear box, then reseal the transmission and refill it with a heavier grade 5W50 synthetic oil. This will give it maximum torque and a longer life, and you only need to do this once. Later after another 250 hours or so, you can just drain the oil again and refill it without having to take it apart to clean it because most of the largest metal shavings occur in the gearbox during the first 50 hours or so.

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Someone is a grumpy little boy.. Great you have your own definition of tractor and review lol. You want a cookie?