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Brad: thanks for the info. That makes me feel much happier that someone with the same equipment is happy. I have a neighbor who has a comparable tractor and a 48" tiller - he says he would go for a wider one next time (mainly because his has no offset, and he has problems with wheel tracks (this is for preparing lawns, so tracks are important to him).

So, $999 eh ? Unfortunately the shipping from there would probably eat the difference, and Unitred would probably whine if I tried to claim it as one of my carry-on pieces :-)

It also sounds as though I should at least take a look at the Landpride tillers if I can find a local dealer.

Thanks to all of you for responding - this board is really amazing in the depth of experience and willingness to help of its contributors!

Philip

What tiller for John Deere 4200
Operating and Attachments
Replies 9 Post by Philip

I would add one more stage: after disking, leave for a week or so and spray with roundup one more time. You will be amazed how many weeds survived the first spraying.

It might also be worth watering well after disking to get any seeds to germinate.

Its much easier to get rid of weeds tat this stage than later when the grass is growing.

prep for grass seeding
Garden and Landscape
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I am seriously thinking of buying a John Deere 4300. I have had two previous John Deere (garden) tractors, a 245 and 445. At about 2 years old the 245 started leaking oil from the crankcase gasket. I had it in the shop and they replaced the gasket, then a few weeks later it started again - back to the shop and back to me. A week later ...They told me there was little they could do, the engine was so out of balance that it was just shaking itself (almost literaly) to pieces, the only cost effective solution would be to replace the engine. I do wonder about this advice, although the shop in question is probably the larget JD dealer in the area, has been around for a long time, and has a good reputation.The 245 was too small for my needs anyway so I traded it in against a 445. Now, at 2 years old, the 445 just dumped all its hydraulic fluid. The problem was grass winding itself around the PTO and getting under the PTO seal. The 445 is really marginal for my 2.5 acres, so again I am thinking of upgrading.Now, am I just unlucky or what ? I know the 4300 is a completely different class of machine, and paying that much, I will expect more - will I get it ? or am I looking at replacing that after 2 years ??I expected better reliability form JD ... did I have a right to ?Philip

JD Reliability
John Deere Tractors
Replies 24 Post by Philip