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My gear-drive WB's don't have hour-meters on them, but I've run them since 1999 full-time. They have 15hp Kohlers and I'm sure have 3,500hrs on each. Very reliable machines, but I'll be replacing them with easier-to-operate hydros.
My first rider also in 1999 was a Toro and it lasted 1500hrs before both hydro pumps blew. I sold it for $500 and replaced it with another rider - a Ransome Bobcat (same as my WB's). It has 1200hrs on it now, and will need either a new motor or a rebuild on the current one. It's belching black 15hrs after each oil change now and is on it's last legs (20hp Kohler). I bought another Ransome rider (same 48" 20hp) last fall. It's been hard-starting for a month-or-so now, and I changed the battery but it still has to be choke-started every time...even when warmed-up.
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