After addressing some issues my 5252 had when I got it, I have had good results with it.
Good enough that when I found another one, at what I though was a reasonable price, I bought another one.
I also considered the poor reputation that the 5252s have and thought I might need to have two of them to have enough parts to keep one running at some time in the future.
I really like having a FEL. I never had one before and have found a lot of uses for it.
I also like the way it mows and did not want to mow with FEL attached or deal with D&R of FEL all the time(although the FEL is easy to D&R). My plan is to use my first 5252 exclusively as FEL and my second 5252 as a mower.
My 5252 mows about the same as my GT3200 with a 60" deck, but I like the ROPS on the 5252 and it seems to get better traction. I have a steep bank to mow and appreciate the extra traction and ROPS.
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