Not sure how many years I've had this mower. Longer than I have been married (28 years). I haven't been easy on it. Even went so far as using it to level gravel (not good). I did put a new motor on it after mowing the church yard/field. Sold it once and didn't get paid so I did a repo. Bought a used deck not to many years ago.
Still use it because I don't want to get new mower dirty. Haven't even started the new one. Guess I should soon to make sure it will at least run.