Rating Summary
“plows great can't wait to try it on the lawn”
- a comparison shopper, mowing the lawn, always outside, a grill master, a gardener
- Pros
- hydro over manual
craftsman 289221 —
So far so good. I purchased a 21hp Hydro on the fender Crafstsman lawn tractor in the fall. Unfortunatly I was not able to use on the lawn but have been able to use several times this winter to plow snow. The removal of the mowing deck was easier than my previous Craftsman. I did purchase a new plow blade which did require assembly and that was a labor intensive project. The tractor itself has performed very well. We just had a snow storm that dropped 8 inches of snow and I had no problem moving the snow with my new tractor.
The hydrstatic performed very well and the additional hp made a big difference coming from a 16.5hp tractor w/manual trans. The big debate over manual vs hydro for plowing snow in my opinion goes to the hydro trans. The shifting and changing gears was always cumbersome with my previous Craftsman which I did own for 12 years.
craftsman 289221
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