Re: (ET) New Elec-Traks

["David Roden" <etpost drmm net>]

I'm sure I'm not typical, but I would not have bought ANY lawn tractor, 
regardless of fuel, if it cost over $1000 with a mower deck and snow 
blade. 
Half that is better.  A grand would have been an absolute limit which I 
would have thought long and hard about.  (I have to admit I've put more 
than 
that into the ETs over the years, with improvements and repairs; but it 
was 
spread out, so I didn't notice. ;-)

Part of the reason for the attitude is the way my property is set up - a 
lot 
of it is hard to mow with any large machine.  Another part of it is 
attitude 
- I hate spending a Saturday mowing grass.  I mow as infrequently as I 
possibly can.  If I had a lot of grass to mow, say over an acre, I'd 
convert 
at least some of it into garden and plant some of it in low-growing ground 
cover.  

Aside from my interest in electric vehicles, the ET was a perfect machine 
for me because old examples can be had fairly cheaply; but because of 
outstanding original build quality, it remains a usable machine.


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA

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