r/johndeere

For the past 4 years I’ve been using a 2006 cub cadet LT1050 that got passed on to me. It met my needs at the time after buying our house, but this was my first ride on mower. I knew it had its issues, but I didn’t realize just how down on power it was. It had become a constant headache, and with looming rotator cuff surgery I was ready for a replacement.

Fast forward to a week ago, I pulled the trigger on a used 2022 x570 with the 48in deck and 54 hours from the local dealer. I opted to have the mulch kit installed. All in it was $5200 after tax.

The x570 is light years better than my 20 year old cub cadet. It’s obviously a higher tier machine, and after having the JD, I can’t believe I waited so long to replace the old one.

What is the point of making a John deere parts tray if you're not allowed to work on your tractor?

I have an S100 model, attempting to put on the mulching cover, it looks like this in the the way, is the small steel piece removable?

Leaking right over the pedals and on my foot. I think it's that black thing stuffed up under the handles. Any one have any clue? Thanks

16 wheels towering over downtown Fair Haven Vermont today. Not sure what this is or if it is street legal but the driver was king of the road.

Does anyone know what model tractor this is? Thanks

Dealer couldn’t find anything wrong.

2015 x590 starts hesitating when blades are running when close to half a tank. If I turn blades off the idle sounds normal. Turn blades back on and the hesitation starts again. Dealer emptied the gas tank, thinking there was a clog and charged me close to $800 last year. I change the spark plugs, fuel filter, and oil every year.

The 2840 he bought new. It dropped a valve at about 2800 hrs and was rebuilt at 5000 hrs. He traded it on a 4440 I believe. It was owned by 3 people after him then yesterday he bought it back on an auction. The 4630 was the first tractor my dad bought. It was used and he traded it for a 4450. He bought it back about 10 years ago and we have used it quite a bit when mowing hay and pulling a 15' drill.

Short time lurker, first time poster… now I’m in it for the long haul 👍

I was the high bidder at a local government auction and won a late-model 345 with the 48" deck, a Power Flow blower, and MC519 bagger cart.

It was described as non-running due to bad coils (unlikely), so I bought a TDM before I took possession of the tractor just in case. When I got it home, however, it fired right up. None of the hydraulics worked, though. Looking from the rear, I could see that there was no belt on the transmission pulley. I pulled the mower deck and found that the rear idler pulley's bearing completely disintegrated and took the dry-rotted belt with it. The belt had split in half and was all tangled up between the frame rails. I removed the fenders and foot pan and powerwashed everything before installing the new OEM idler pulley and belt.

Replaced the oil, filters, and plugs with a Deere Home Maintenance Kit before moving on to cosmetics.

I bought (or tried to buy) a bumper and hood set on AliExpress, only to get scammed with a fake FedEx tracking number. Thankfully, I got my money back and went through Amazon instead, but what a waste of two weeks that was.

My least favorite part about the tractor has to be the grille. It's a poor design considering the fact that it's made out of plastic. It's just too flimsy for what is asked of it. I had to repair one of the mounting points for the hinge and the plastic stud for the headlights with JB Weld. Not pretty, but the repairs are not visible and get the job done. (My favorite detail on the tractor has to be the gas tank with the carveouts for the fuel lines, seat switch, and funnel for filling the transmission.)

I replaced the gauge wheels (not pictured). This thing has cut my mowing time down by 75% compared to my push mower. I love it! Next up is a mulching kit... and a snowblower.

A very good customer/friend didn’t want to bother me and called the dealer to service her tractor. It’s got 62 hours on it. Invoice shows that they replaced air filter AND pre filter , fuel filter, plugs, oil/ filter/ grease, sharpened blades…and added ethanol treatment?? To the tune of $785 including $125 pickup and delivery. While searching for the key that the delivery driver TOOK WITH HIM, I looked at the grease fittings on the deck spindles…they didn’t grease them, they still have old dirt on them. Listen for an explosion, I’m going to pick up the key this morning and there’s gonna be some harsh words!

Hopefully not a stupid question. I changed the oil on my riding mower myself this year, just bought this last year and my first time with a riding mower. Oil line on the dipstick looks good and changed the oil filter as well but riding it today the service reminder started going off.

Is that something I just need to reset since I did it or is the system seeing an issue with the oil currently in my mower?