Archive for January, 2011


John Deere SX85

The John Deere SX85 lawnmower is from a rare variety of JD lawnmowers. While practically every single John Deere mower has the engine located in front of the steering wheel and driver, the JD SX85 has it’s engine located behind the driver. This actually has some benefits to the operator. The most notable is that […]

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John Deere GX85

The John Deere GX85 lawnmower is not a particularly well known machine. Unlike practically all John Deere mowers, the JD GX85 has it’s engine located in the rear of the machine. One of the reasons for this is the simple fact that the engine is just not that big and so doesn’t take up that […]

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John Deere 322

The John Deere 322 lawnmower is a very popular model from the late eighties and early nineties that remains immensely popular today. This John Deere mower enjoyed a production run of 4 years from 1988 when it first started to roll off the production lines in Horicon, Wisconsin until 1992 when production on the JD […]

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John Deere X575

The John Deere X575 lawnmower is a non current model from the ‘X’ series. It is powered by a Kawasaki FD671D, 0.745 liter engine. This 2 cylinder engine provides the JD X575 with 23 hp to power both the wheels and the mower deck. The options for a mower deck are a 48 inch, 54 […]

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John Deere X495

The John Deere X495 is one of the biggest John Deere mowers that you can buy. It’s very similar in many regards to other lawnmowers in the ‘X’ series as there are 2 variants. The John Deere X495 2WS is considered the standard version, while the John Deere X495 AWS is the ‘uprgraded’  version. If […]

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John Deere X485

The John Deere X485 lawnmower is part of the ‘X’ series of machines that include the John Deere X475 and the John Deere X495 lawnmowers. Like many of the John Deere mowers in this range, the JD X485 has a few variants that are also available. There is a John Deere X485SE 2WS which includes […]

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John Deere X475

The John Deere X475 lawnmower is the second smallest machine in the X series of John Deere mowers. The smallest is the John Deere X465 lawn mower while if you are looking for something a little bigger then you may be interested in the John Deere X485. The JD X475 is powered by a 23 […]

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John Deere X465

There are 2 distinct types of John Deere X465. Firstly there is the regular version which isn’t that interesting. The second type is the John Deere X465 AWS (All Wheel Steering) model. Both of these models are practically the same except for the fact that the JD X465 AWS has great maneuverability that’s thanks to that […]

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John Deere SST18

The John Deere SST18 lawnmower is the largest of the 3 models in the ‘SST’ series. If you are wondering what the SST stands for, it’s actually quite simple. It refers to the Spin Steer Technology. This is just a fancy way of saying that they have incorporated differential steering into the lawnmower so that […]

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John Deere SST16

The John Deere SST16 lawnmower has both a bigger and a smaller brother. It’s bigger brother is the John Deere SST18 lawnmower while the John Deere SST15 is the smaller brother of the SST16. The JD SST16 is best known for the fact that it uses differential steering technology to turn 180 degrees on a […]

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