Huxley, IA here. Brought a 2019 48” SD home last weekend. 328hrs with a power bagger. Love it so far! Thanks for sharing.

300 hours on my 2015 Base RAPTOR and 0 issues on home usage only. Nice work man keep rolling 👍

Just bought one today at Family Farm and Home, a 2020 model on sale, yippee! Thanks for the great video, Dave! Liked and subscribed!!

Nice, well polished video. Good explanations and I appreciate the shout out in the video. Keep up the good work my young friend. Max

Great video! Very detail. 👍🏼👍🏼

I have the 2014 model. Plastic flanges on the sides mounted to the frame inside cracked. Fixed with larger washers with rubber bushings and not an issue since. 302 hrs on my machine and I still love it

Nice video. Thanks for the info!

We have the same exact mower, same engine (but I have a different air cleaner?!). Keep an eye for all the bolts that go into each trans. They will come loose. I've lost one nut and tighten them from time to time. Keep the blades sharp (stupid sharp) and the deck sprayed w/something like Tite-Seal MDS11/6 Mower Deck Spray and Protectant or such (I've used quite a few different ones but am testing that one now) and you'll not have too much issues with clogging. And cutting wet grass. Have a look at COPPERHEAD MULCHER BLADE 18-1/2" X 5/8" HUSTLER Item #13810 (same as G6 gator blades), or Rotary 12733 (same as G5) for the 'not as wide as the 13810' version. - The little fins go in the opposite direction and help blow the grass out farther. 500 hours and counting.

Thank you. Very helpful

My SD is four years old with 270 hours. Power belt came off and would not stay on when reinstalled. Watched a Utube on hydro pump bolts breaking and causing this to occur. That was exactly the problem and now it is at the dealers for repair. Mower built in or before 2017 will likely have this problem. Manufacture failure which should have been recalled and retro fitted. Now it’s out of warranty so costly repair. Beware of SD’s built before 2018!

I recently purchased an Ariens Ikon 52. I checked out this video just to see if there was anything I should watch for. I only have seven hours right now and we're in a drought so it'll be next spring before I start accumulating hours. We'll see. Good video ; very comprehensive. I like the honest assessment instead of the fanboy style. 👍 GO BUCKS

I’ve got the same model and year. No problems other than the discharge chute kept plugging up. My 4” grinder took care of that by cutting off the bottom bar. It’s been a great mower so far. 150+hrs.

Thanks for this video I have One giving me a Lotta trouble thanks for this good video😂

Wow I gave the first one to my son and the next one I have now, Never ever had any problems with them best O-turn ever made. Hustler 54 inch.

Me and my brother-in-law have the same more when you drive around trees does the tire closest to the tree want to drag and tear the grass up because ours does

Good evening Sir 😊👍 Great and well done review video Sir and great points to look for Sir 👍 Have a great TGIF Cheers !!!!👍😊

Hi I have 54 inches fast track whe I start the blades start also some recommendations thanks guys

I have that same compressor shoved in the same corner of my garage.

Hustler has a replacement kit to remove the bottom bar on the ejection shoot.

Has Anyone had the pump drive belt come off ? Mine is 2020 model in Australia , just went down a dip for about the 500th time and had no drive . Had to drag it up to the House and get under with a torch to see what went wrong , cannot see why but the belt idler is a bit flimsy .

I just bought a fasttreck 54 inch.. first o turn mower.. man I will never go back to a regular mower. I cut my grass just for the fun of it now. Ever since I got my more I been cutting the grass grass every outher day. My yard looks like the presidential a golf course. People driving by hang there heads out and dull. I wonder 🤔 if it's possible to kill a persons grass by mowing it to much. I don't know but I'm going to find out. I've put 10 hours on my new mower and I've cut my yard 10 times. My yard growers about 1/4 inch a day if we get a little rain.

Always always a couple times every season check your Hydro motor mounting bolts they break fallout

Watch out for the transmission brackets. I noticed you have the weak brackets.

Yup my 16 has an awful paint job. Deck chipping easy and only doing 3 lawns with it. I can see on the side where I have scrapped a fence but the top shouldn’t have any of it. Anyone repaint there’s? If so did you use the oem paint or is there a close match that isn’t 30 bucks a can

Hydro leakage, deck clogging, belt slippage, bolt shearing, frame cracks.. have owned one, twas an absolute nightmare. Every year it required repairs. Yellow is a good color, as mine was an absolute lemon.

I’ve got the same one and my damper on right side keeps coming out .other then that no issues

Your deck tensioner spring hadn't snapped yet?

My 2019 raptor sd 48” cut has the same ground speed as my John Deere D140 lawn tractor(from Lowe’s).I checked with the speedometer app on my phone. I had expectations of mowing faster I

How do you put the deck under the .mower

Does the floor pan lift up

2020 Raptor SD with 50 hours on it. So far, no issues. It's been a beast. The SD was definitely worth the extra $1000 or so it costs.

What causes my hustler fast track to stall while cutting grass

I'm thinking about buying one with 603 hrs it for 2,000 25 hp Kohler engine 54 in deck ,is it a fair deal

Go Hawks!

My damn mower has been serviced for just stopping running. No reason. Just stops. STILL doing it. Twice today 10-13-21 Kinda like it floods itself. Seems to start again if I let it sit a few minutes.The repair folks don’t know why. I am beyond angry. Only about 5 Michigan seasons in it!! As a woman I need something dependable! Will never buy the brand again

when the muffler is hot not touching or you gets burn yours fingers

I’ve had 3 hustler ZTRs in recent years. They get worse with every new model. Had the hydro-drive brackets replaced, cracked fenders, severe vibration noise etc etc, etc. I have found that Hustler will work with you until they decide not to. My case was escalated to Nick (Sr. product representative). After failed attempts at a repair, Nick would not return any phone calls. The case was then escalated to the next level (Ken Coker). Ken provides nothing more than lip service. He did call me once. When I provided video proof of the complaint, he failed to ever contact me again. The mower is still under warranty, the dealer will not do anything more and tells me that Hustler will not do anything more. I would never touch another Hustler mower, ever. Hustler will not honor the warranty if it is not a very simple problem. Either they don't know, or don't care about fixing a customer's mower.

Mine has turned into a complete POS at year 5. Paint flaking off the deck, deck hangers snapped, FOUR broken hydro brackets. All this at 154 hours! THIS WILL BE MY LAST Hustler or Big Dog product!

Wow looks like a piece of s*** to me I have a 2009 gravely 42-in deck I have had none of these issues and I've beat the crap out of it.12 years old this year and all I've had to do is replace the starter and deck belt . And it's the much maligned Kohler courage 20 horse.