2004 Exmark. Bought in 2011 with 700 hours on it. I use it 2 hours a week to mow my yard from Mid-March to October. Any issues have been self induced. Enough of them have been made and various varieties that all the wear parts are common across a bunch of different mowers.

So simple my 9 year old can do it-

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