If you hit a piece of pine bark with this thing you might have to replace parts. The spindles on these are made with toothpicks and toothpaste. It's horrible for durability. I have a scag that has about 1300 hours on it and my Dixie has 145 on it and I still have been offered more for the scag. I heard they made fastest mower... maybe they just meant to the fastest to the shop.