The John Deere LESCO SL85A is not immediately recognizable as a John Deere lawnmower. This is for 2 reasons. The first is that the green color used on the paint work is not the traditional green that you will find on JD lawn mowers and tractors. The other is because LESCO is a different brand that John Deere own/operate under, manufacturing other machines.  The JD SL85A is much bigger than it’s little brother, the John Deere LESCO SL80A zero turn lawn mower, while it’s very similar in both size and power to the John Deere LESCO SL88A lawn mower.

The top speed of the John Deere LESCO SL85A lawn mower is very high, especially when you consider the fact that it’s a sit on lawnmower. Flat out, it can achieve speeds of up to 14.5 kph (9 mph) when traveling forwards, while when it’s reversing it can hit up to 4.8 kph (3 mph). The tires providing this power are fairly big as they control both the speed and direction of the LESCO SL85A. The main, rear wheels measure 18×8.5-8 (18 inch diameter, 8.5 inch width, 8 inch rim diameter) while the front tires are much smaller as their only function is to keep the JD SL85A stand on mower balanced. They measure 11×4-5 (11 inch diameter, 4 inch width, 5 inch rim diameter).

The mower deck on the John Deere LESCO SL85A has a cutting width of 48 inches, although it’s total width is a fair bit higher than this: 49 inches with the discharge chute up and 61.5 inches with the chute down. The total weight of the JD LESCO SL85A comes to 476.3 kg (1050 lbs). Please feel free to leave a review below on the LESCO SL85A to give others some information on what it’s like owning one of them and what you liked/dislike about it.

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