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<blockquote data-quote="SLE" data-source="post: 223243" data-attributes="member: 3889">I think this is more based on that a commercial operator is going to have zero patience for any down time. Down time is money to those guys, they can't be running around for an hour or two because of a something simple like a broken deck spring, or some other non-sense. For most of us homeowners, it's not that big of a deal. I think you'll find a lot of landscape or commercial users also have a rotating fleet where they simply trade-in at the end of warranty or on a 2-4 year cycle depending on how hard they use them. They also do this as at that hour range where the machine can still have quite a bit of life left and they still have a decent trade-in value. Food for thought. My new/used PT472 came from a landscape guy that used it to mow cemeteries. Apparently he trades every two years. My PM152 came from a one/two man mowing/landscape service that were getting out of the business. There are lots of low hour units out there however you might have to drive or have one shipped up.FYI, you may think they're priced close to new but as mentioned, my 472 was $5k cheaper and my 152 was about 3k cheaper than new. Just gotta wait for the right deal, they're out there!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SLE, post: 223243, member: 3889"] I think this is more based on that a commercial operator is going to have zero patience for any down time. Down time is money to those guys, they can't be running around for an hour or two because of a something simple like a broken deck spring, or some other non-sense. For most of us homeowners, it's not that big of a deal. I think you'll find a lot of landscape or commercial users also have a rotating fleet where they simply trade-in at the end of warranty or on a 2-4 year cycle depending on how hard they use them. They also do this as at that hour range where the machine can still have quite a bit of life left and they still have a decent trade-in value. Food for thought. My new/used PT472 came from a landscape guy that used it to mow cemeteries. Apparently he trades every two years. My PM152 came from a one/two man mowing/landscape service that were getting out of the business. There are lots of low hour units out there however you might have to drive or have one shipped up. FYI, you may think they're priced close to new but as mentioned, my 472 was $5k cheaper and my 152 was about 3k cheaper than new. Just gotta wait for the right deal, they're out there! [/QUOTE]

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