This Tractor was given to me by a friend of a friend who's father had died. The family was getting rid of the father things and my friend was told take there were 3 riding lawn mower there for the taking. There was a MTD, Snapper and an old one that no one wanted which is the one I ended up with. I was going for the Snapper. They were free so I wasn't complaining and a week later my friend brought me over a plow, a disk and a snow blade all were for the Springfield.