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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SlugSlinger" data-source="post: 3759686" data-attributes="member: 7248">My Huslter has 3 cup holders and 18,400 fps blade tip speed.  I’m surprised nobody mentioned the blade tip speed, but most here are interested in clearing grass quickly and not necessarily the perfection of the cut.  I would consider my yard as manicured and not cut when I’m done.  When my blades start up it sounds like a jet engine winding up.  I have slightly more than an acre and I chose a 48” deck due to the quality of cut.  I also use high lift blades because they will disperse grass clippings out a good 30 feet.My Hustler is a 2006 model with a 19hp Kawasaki.I’ve ran mobil 1 since I bought it used a couple years old.  I’ve replaced the electric belt clutch drive a few years ago and both upper and lower crankshaft seals recently.  Other than that, oil changes and new blades every year.  The one thing I don’t like is the welded fabricated deck design. It is a bulletproof design as far as toughness but there are a lot of 90 degree angles on the deck.  Wet grass will accumulate under the deck and me being anal about maintenance and the quality of cut, I’ll put the mower on my car lift and scrape the grass that has stuck to the deck.Hustler used very good quality spindles and knock on wood I haven’t had to change out.  My aunt who lives next door has a larger yard and has a 72in commercial grade Gravely.  I’ve had to replace all three of spindles and the 26hp Koehler seized up just shy of 500 hours.  I tore the Koehler engine down and found the crank rides directly on the aluminum block housing with no crank bearings.  It’s a very cheap design and after taking to Koehler directly was told that engine was designed with a 500 hour engine life.  Go figure, at least the engineers almost nailed that one.</blockquote>

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