"It is a good garden tractor. The tires are difficult to change as I have one in the front that needs a new inter tube. It has the 26 horsepower Kohler engine and it always starts, but attempting to change the oil is a challenge as it will be messy with no easy way to drain it. That is bad engineering. The biggest problem is the plastic caps that go over the blade latch. They are constantly coming off. I have taken zip ties to hold them to the blade and that does not last. I even used metal strips and that did not last. My wife ran it without the cap, which caused the latch to break and the blade to come off. The part alone is $124 and about 3 to 4 hours to replace for a newbie. "