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Emily, this is how long is a piece of string question! What size cut? Collect or mulch or both? Out front or mid mount? Like most things you get what you pay for, is it going to be used everyday? What size areas do you want to cut?
Some general guidance, Kubota, Iseki, John Deere 7 series ( models below this have belt driven transmission which when the belt brakes is a major time consuming job to fix, the 7 series is shaft driven). Out front Stiga generally good but go for the one's that don't have a timed deck, this also applies to the Stiga mid mount some have timed decks.
Hope that helps, if you want to post with more specifics happy to try and help.
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Hi Peter, I'm looking at getting a stiga park out front mower soon, ( second hand ) how do you know if the deck is timed or not? Preferably a pro version, at the very least it will be a 4x4, depending on what comes up, cheers
Andrew, the out front is generally sold without deck, customer chooses deck to suit. The following decks are untimed, presumably there will be a model number on the deck to identify. - Deck Park 125c pro el qf. Deck Park 110c pro el qf. and unsure on the 100 combi 3el qf. Generally it seems the triple bladed decks are untimed, whilst the twin bladed are. But no doubt there's a forum member who'll contradict me! Personally I would not want a timed deck for obvious reasons. Hope that all helps.
Thanks Peter, I'll be sure to look for a 3 bladed version, they seem to be the newer ones anyway, great help, cheers
It’s very simple. The Stiga decks with three blades are NOT timed and the ones with two blades ARE timed. The three bladed decks have a different shape. You can clearly see shape of the single front blade housing at the front. One blade in front and two behind. The two bladed timed decks have the blades side by side.
Be careful when looking at second hand Stigas as there are so many models which all look the same, but are different grades. They also hold their value, so you might be better off buying new. You should get 20% off list price anyway. You can easily pay near to new prices for second hand. The Stiga Park machines have many moving parts, so a second hand one might be well worn.
The four wheel drive ones are the ones to go for as you know, I’ve had three of them and currently have a 740Pwx with a Combi 100 deck [three untimed blades].
They are very good machines. The perfect machine for old churchyards or any obstacle laden or more challenging ground, particularly good on slopes and banks [four wheel drive versions].
Thanks Vic, that's confirmed which ones to go for, they certainly do seem to fetch good money second hand, I will have a look at the dealer prices, but think they may be out of reach.
are the 4wd versions generally more well built than the 2wd? Or is it model dependent? I presume you can lift the deck up into the cleaning position and then still be able to drive it like that, to put it on a trailer etc, so it takes up less space, and less likely to catch the deck, than if it was in the mowing position?
Unless they have radically changed the design recently, then no, you cannot drive the machine with the deck in the raised ‘cleaning’ position. The deck only lifts a few inches into the transport position, but not vertically. There is no problem loading it onto a trailer.
The two and four wheel drives are essentially identical, apart from the additional transaxle between the front wheels. The twin cylinder engines are much better and smoother than the single cylinder ones.
The basic frames and transaxles are the same across the range, as are the pulleys etc., but they do get better and stronger in many subtle areas the higher up the range you go.
Some of the base models have a steering system that is part chain and part wire, whereas the higher models have a full chain system which is stronger. I’m not sure if all the new ones now have power steering, but if so then this wasn’t the case until very recently. So if buying second hand then only the higher models will have it.
When looking at second hand machines, it is always good to look on the Stiga website to see what the current new list price is of that model. You can then take off 20% and you get a real world dealer price. Taking into account that new prices have risen quite a lot over recent years, you will see if the seller is trying it on price wise.
If on eBay, search for ‘sold’ items. You will see how much they actually go for then.
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