Simon F

I remember all of those things. I am older than dirt.

Can you down load that card to a computer, and then up load to a new card? Does anyone know?

I read that 18025 was for non navigation vehicles and that 17276 was for vehicles with navigation. I don't know but possibly some one has more information.

Information on Wikipedia is public input, anybody can put it on there. I was told by a John Deere salesman that all their mowers lawn,tractors and small ag. tractors were made in India by Yanmar. John Deere could have changed manufacturers, I haven't tried to buy a John Deere product in 4 or 5 years. When I bought a new 40 HP tractor, I bought a Kabota. I personally don,t care what brand mower anyone buys. IMO John Deere does not make a good product until you get in to large equipment, $50,000 and up.

John Deere has all their mowers and small tractors made by Yanmar in India, the same company makes Club Cadet and other brands. What ever you buy, I recommend that you not buy a Briggs and Stratton engine unless it is one of the twin cylinder models. The new small engines are made in China, are hard to start and don't last me more than one season. I personally like the Yamaha engines on lawn mowers, but the Kowler twins and the large Briggs twins have good reputations. The Kowler singles are junk. Good luck finding a good small mower that will last for years. Your best is probably Toro.

Looks like part of the hood insulation.

If you have a small lot that you mow once per week, you can get by with a mower from Lowes,Home Depot, etc. If you have acres to mow and/or is rough, you need a professional quality mower. Based on the size cutter you said you were looking for, I would check out a small Gravely brand mower, I would also have to look at he Toro. I think the Toro Z turn with the stearing wheel instead of the leavers is a very good mower for small lots. I use a Gravely 52" cut and would use a 72" cut if I didn,t have so many trees and buildings on my acreage. The bigger the cut, the less time spent. During the season I mow 6-8 hrs. twice a week.

Do the LTX get slippery in the rain after the initial wear down? All my experience with Michelin is with LT M/S.