Hi to Zeke & all, Quite a surprise to get a reply after all this time but very welcome too, Thanks! I've been missing the forum too but taking care of my Mother after she had a large stroke takes a lot of time but fortunately things are smoothing out now! Back to the Question: My Yard Man mower has meet all my expectations and more! It's a joy to use, has plenty of power, fairly quiet running which I really appreciate as I don't use ear plugs or such either - no need to, along with the fact it's very smooth operaterating and stable. It's true the deck does have some flex to it but on uneven ground such as I have that works to the mowers advantage for better traction! The front wheel drive works very well too and pulls strong and the engine starts very easily even with just a slight pull. As mentioned prior the only thing that happened was that one front hub cap fell off luckly while pushing it without mowing, that was easily resolved with one wrap of masking tape, which I did to both caps to make the griping surface a slight bit bigger in diameter and they're holding on just fine. I've used the mower in all three configurations Mulch,SD & RB and again very pleased with its ability. The other day I had the catcher bag completely full and it was still pulling great! The high rear wheels really come in handy as it's easy to rock it back for turning 180 or rolling it through loose gravel as I have in some areas in the back yard. So for my money I feel I made a very good purchase and couldn't be more pleased!! To me, comparing it to my old mower, it's like having a wide-track jeep to mow with as it makes short work of the mowing task while being a lot of fun to use! HTH

Had a Yazoo big wheel mower once. Three things I remember most about it. 1. It was red and yellow, 2. the self propel system was the worst set up I had ever saw and 3. I could not get rid of it fast enough.. I believe that if Yazoo would have used a scaled down two or three speed transaxle set up like found in early commercial belt drive walk behinds or a beefed up drive like Lawnboy they would have had a decent mower.

Thanks for the continued sharing. Another associate has left a deposit and I wished him well (if he has a larger yard and need). My friend last used the mower in 2012 and it ran well then and now. He mentioned the oil mess could be a gasket but really d/n know. The perspective buyer said he had a mechanic that should be able to take care of the problem. Someone mentioned it could be the oil dip stick tubeâÂÂs o-ring. My question to those of you that own or have owned or have an engine diagram: Is an o-ring or gasket that close to the full level that the mess could be from one or the other. Plus I d/n know if he has an incline that I feel c/h contributed. It was not considered an issue, which means I hope they know crankcase pressure is not involved.

When was the first globe or world map made? How the hell would they know which way is up? Just because it was drawn like that, dont make it correct! Just every Tom, D!ck and Harry got on the band wagon and spread there fowl lies! For the record, we dont drink Fosters. We export it to America so you dont have to drink your own cr@ppy beer! Same as you lot exporting Bud and a few others! lol Get yourself a 6 pack of Coopers Pale Ale! Now thats a beer! To get the right effect, you must drink it while standing on your head so you know what its like to be the right way up! After a 6 pack, it really wont matter what the globe looks like! lol