Craftsman  42'' 19.5hp* Automatic Lawn Tractor Non CA

you move forward by pushing right side petal ( a little tough to push) . but if you adjust seat to fit your legs , not too bad. got lawn mowed in 1/3 the time. re: cutting in reverse, if you remove L. rear tire ( as instructed as maintenance) the connection is plainly visible , just disconnect and you can cut in reverse.. good mower

Okay so here I am going into the spring cuttings after a late summer and fall experience. I bought the grass bagger and it works great, the assembly is a bit complex but it works just fine. The tube (Deck to Bag) is in 3 sections which is really handy for unclogging a wet grass/leaves mess. The vibration I reported last year is still there although it has diminished quite a bit (suspect it is a rough spot on one of the belts). At first I was concerned about the tiny gas tank but then I was pleasantly surprised when the fuel consumption was much less than I expected. The automatic drive is the only way to go, it lets you control your mowing speed instantly while you are steering, forget about those 5 - 7 speed machines. The steering is light and precise, NO! IT WILL NOT CUT AN 18" DIA. CIRCLE, be satisfied with 40". If this machine only lasts half as long as my previous Lawn Tractor it will be a bargain.

Mower is one year and 5 months old when bearings in spindles assy. in deck starting making noise. Discovered the bearings were bad and had to replace them myself. I am very dissapointed and not sure if I will buy another Craftsman mower again.

I waited a year before leaving a review giving it plenty of time to see how it performs. This is a great tractor for the price, I shopped around for months and found it for right around 1,000. A lot of the negative reviews about this mower were that it was slow and did not cut grass in reverse. Well it's a mower not a go kart so the speed hasn't bothered me at all. I simply disconnected the safety feature that turns the blades off when put in reverse, mine cuts perfectly in reverse now. I also bought an hour meter from **** for 10 bucks and installed that to keep up with maintenance. Overall good mower, no complaints here. Put a trickle charger on the battery also so it won't die when it's not used or cold out.

good mpg, lots of safety features, runs without much fuss. tight turning radius, good color, solid build

Excellent purchase picked one up for my brother in law also

Put mulching blades on this mower - works great. Two things I would change though: 1) key location is right where my knee hits it. Almost broke it off (in the slot) the first time I used it. 2) would have put a switch for the lights, they're always on. No need for them most of the time, and is less power to charge the battery while running.

After mowing for 30minutes, I couldn't engage the PTO without killing the engine. Customer Service was no help. They didn't have the correct product diagrams. Problem is probably a bad safety switch somewhere. With all the safety **** on it (like not being able to mow in reverese) I decided to return it. I really didn't like having to hold the foot pedal down to go....a real pain. It mowed okay when it worked.

Recently purchased this mower with bagger assembly at a real good price compared to others. Looks great and in the time I have used it, operates well, easy to use. But, when the bagger assembly is attached, which I used to gather all the leaves in my yard, about 15 - 25% of the leaves would shoot out of the front of the mower deck!!! This results in my having to pass over areas numerous times to get the yard clean. Very aggravating!! This did not happen with my previous riding mower, an MTD Lawn Machine which cleaned the yard without discharging debris out the front of the deck. Poor design to have this happen!!!