- 5.5 HP Honda OHV commercial engine
- 21" deep dome mulching deck
- Triple care system includes rear bag, mulch and side discharge
- 6-speed rear wheel drive
- Non-CARB Compliant/Not For Sale In California
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A 5.5HP Honda engine provides plenty of power for this 6-speed rear wheel drive lawnmower. Our Yard-Man triple care system includes a bag, mulch kit and side discharge chute. The 21" supremem mulch system with a deep-dome mulching deck provides finely cut clippings that decompose rapidly into soil for a healthier lawn. The 2.5-bushel extra large grass catcher saves time by reducing the amount of stops needed for grass disposal. The single layer, 6 position all wheel height adjuster provides quick , convenient adjustment of the cutting height from 1 1/2" to 4 1/2" increments. Other features include easy folding handles for convenient transportation and easy off-season storage. 8" x 2" ball bearing front wheels and 9" x 2" rear wheels with differential action. This unit comes fully assembled in the carton with oil included. Just add gas!
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rear Drive Bliss (and it now has a Honda Engine!),
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This review is from: Yard-Man 12A-978Q701 5.5 HP Deluxe 21-Inch 3N1 Self Propelled Mower (Lawn & Patio)
I bought one of these mowers three years ago when I saw it rated as a "Best Buy" by Consumer Reports. There are still a few reviews on line (...). At the time, it came with a B&S Intek OHV engine. We just moved into a new home with a "seeded lawn." Turned out there were more rocks and clumps than grass. The terrain was quite hilly--too much so to use a graden tractor. A front drive walk-behind would be useless prompting me to purchase one of these rear drives. It takes about 4 hours to cut my lawn. Through all the "hard times" (waiting for the grass to grow and rocks to settle) and my mower still starts on the first pull! Now that my second mower has arrived, I am going to install the last of my replacement parts (including the belt, blade and baffle-the plastic part that surronds the blade underneath the mower) in the old unit. In three years, the only part that really needed replacing was the left rear wheel (which you must buy from MTD) which I did a few weeks ago. The wheel is not expensive so order two (if you purchase one of these mowers and are ordering parts). The mower drives through that rim and it will fail eventually (mine did after two years but other than a wobbly wheel, it still performed fine). Order a spare blade and belt while you are at it (have the model and serial number handy when you call the 800 number on the mower). Now to the new mower. Like the last one, this mower is also made in Canada. It has to travel a long way to get to its destination and, as others have said, MTD really needs to reengineer their boxes if they hope to capture the internet sales market for its mowers. Mine came in fine, however. Nothing was damaged or missing. I rolled it out of the box, extended the handle, put on the bagger chute, added oil and gas, connected the spark plug, set the choke, and WHAM!!! It started on the first pull! The choke automically cuts itself off (a nice feature). Honda engine has less HP than the B&S but you would never know it. This is a great little motor that I understand sells for $200 by itself! Well, now I own two of these guys. I will use the old one for the rough places in the back yard and "parade" the new one in the front. Now my wife or kids can help and my lawn duty should be more manageable. While I would never compare this mower to a real Honda, I will just say that I bought two of these for the price of one Honda. Bottom line is that I am very satisfied with this mower. Yard-man may have had some problems (based on what I have read in Consumers Reports) with self-propelled models but I bet they were all front drivers. The drive on this model is terrific. I guess that is why they have been making it for so long. By the way, the mower has a two year warranty which I never even had to pull out.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
hard worker,
By A Customer
This review is from: Yard-Man 12A-978Q701 5.5 HP Deluxe 21-Inch 3N1 Self Propelled Mower (Lawn & Patio)
I bought this mower 6 years ago, my son and i mowed lawns for the son to have extra money. we needed a better mower and found this one to be onsale. we liked the rear wheel drive, as we found that with front wheel drives as the bagger fills the weight tends to lift the front, then you have to lift the handle bars to get traction, not with this modle. this mower is the older briggs 6hp and has been worked to death(with proper maintenance)and a lot of parts have been changed or removed but, it is still working and i will buy another one!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome Mower,
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This review is from: Yard-Man 12A-978Q701 5.5 HP Deluxe 21-Inch 3N1 Self Propelled Mower (Lawn & Patio)
After reading reviews I decided to go with this rear wheel drive self propelled mower over the less expensive front wheel drive versions and have to say I am very pleased with everything about this mower. It shipped for free and arrived via UPS in only about 10 days. I would recommend this mower to anyone wanting a quality lawn mower that they want to last for several years.
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