White lawn mower question

Found a white law mower model 5246 for $400. We don't know the year. It is being sold by a grandson & the grandfather passed away. Looks brand new though. Any thoughts on this brand?

 

It's gotta beat an old reel type mower looking at 8" grass, pushin uphill in 90 degree heat… … and, looking brand new can't be bad. I have an old MTD rider we use at our cabin. It does the job.

 

What we have now is a super old Craftsman (around 25 years old) and last year it finally died. We need a new one before summer but I really don't want to spend much. This might be a good option if parts are readily available and it runs good when we go look at it. I used to just push mow the whole 3/4 acre but cannot do it anymore since my rotator cuff surgery.

 

Thank you, I think I will do that. 1000 is way more than I want to spend but I should be able to find something in my price range, even if it needs a little work. I am ok with that as long as it's nothing major.

 

This. Nothing runs like a Deere. More importantly, when something inevitably breaks, parts and knowledge are readily available.

 

I know of a White mower that was just retired last summer. 12 years old and mowing aprox. 3, well wooded and somewhat "hilly", acres. It didn't owe the guy one red cent when it finally died.
Parts will be much more cost effective than some of the "dealer supported" mower brands.
I have a Toro Manufactured riding mower in near mint condition (it's a 2006 model) and I'd buy that White brand, in good shape, right now for 400 clams,,

 

MTD is not the best quality but I would guess that they build something like 50% of the mowers sold each year under a gazillion names. There are plenty of parts several engines in them. Parts are cheap and with maintenance and not abusing them they will last for years. You should be able to find them for just a few hundred dollars that looks somewhat decent.

I have an old free yard man/MTD that cuts 3 acres or so 3-4 x a summer at the farm. When we get there its over grown and tall. I hit roots and tear the deck and beat it out and reweld it up. Rebuild the carb when the junk gas seizes the needle in the carb...till I got wise and put a fuel cut off in there. Sharpen blades once a year, replace spindles when needed a new belt. Mower has no hood but owes me nothing. Has a 42" cut and is hydro stat. Had to replace the hydro stat puppy as it seized up and burnt through.

 

YEp i installed one at the begenning of last sumer i beleive it was. $39ish dollars? It was oregon brand. If i can find my receipt i will quote exactly. I dont feel like digging the link up now but i got it at Agri Supply. It was no more than $50 i dont think?

 

I must have bought it the year before? I went through last years receipts quickly and did not see it. Unless i never got it in with the tax stuff?

If I get boarded today at work I may try to look it up to get the exact price.

There is a chance I got it off ebay I guess andiI just assumed agrisupply?

 

The guy indicated he's working with a low budget. A White previously owned by grandpa is probably right up his alley.
Back when my pal bought his White, it was a Consumer Reports Top Pick.
Not a whizzin' match, just the facts, the guy is onto what sounds like a solid purchase, that is in his price range.
Fortunately, I can rebuild the spindles on my Toro, I have a set of spare bearings just in case.
The stealership I do business with quit carrying the small Toro riders a year or two after my purchase because Toro moved the manufacturing of them to MTD, go figure,,

 

"stealership" … love it…

 

That "guy" is a girl!!! Look at her picture in the avatar!! And the numerous metions of "hubby"!!


Not that she mentions hubby in this thread...i have just read other posts.

 

I call them stealerships too. Car dealers are the worst. But some love buying and dealing with them. Their service departments are some of the most incompetent that I have run across. They know their product...just not how to fix it right the first time!

 

Bought my books and went to school and I'm still a GOOF!!!
My apologies,,Ward8512,,I stand humbly corrected, ma'am! I'll be much more attentive in the future.
Thanks for the clue, "clemsonfor"..I'm in your debt.

 

Oh that and cause their new cars cost so much they have to charge double the going labor rate at local private shops.