Used etesia mvehh ride on

[Jonawal]

Hi all - new to the forum but hope you can help me - i need a ride on for a 1.5 acres garden and have been offered a used etesia mvehh ride on 2007 with 1100 hours on the clock - is this a good buy and will it have a few years use left in it - I'm only using it for the garden.

 

Lets assume its been well maintained which I will check - dont really want to spend more but is this a false economy and would I be better off spending say £2k for a new machine - if so what would you recommend.

 

The garden is undulating - many thanks, really appreciate some advice

[bazbro]

I have a customer who is looking to partex an Etesia hydro 124 diesel. It's not something we would take in so we are trying to get an underwritten price for him. If it's of interest let me know. Look at the john deere x165 model which is a good machine with 48" deck for reasonable.money and you can fit snow blade or power brush to them.we don't see them secondhand very often

[Jonawal]

yes could be interested - thanks for replying - what i didnt say was how much the etesia i was looking at was - £1100 - what would you be looking for for the hydro, how many hours has it done, how old is it, condition etc - normal questions - many thanks, its not for commercial use

[GardenKit]

The average domestic use ride on will have between 12 and 50 hours per year on the clock, so 1100 hours is colossal. Ok, so an Etesia is a pretty good machine, but at 1100 hours it has had a hard life.

 

This afternoon I have taken a JD X304 in PX. It is immaculate, having done only 200 hours since its purchase in 2010. I reckon you would be better off buying something like that.

 

Forget ebay or other internet sales and buy a quality used machine from a local dealer that has been serviced and has a 3 month warranty.

[Warren1]

Wasn't that £1100 not 1100 hrs?

[Warren1]

Sorry just read ist post again 1100 hrs is starship mileage even on an Etesia , agree with garden on the jd.

[Burgess]

If it's got 1100 hours on it you'd hope the hydrostatic box would have been replaced at least once...

[Jonawal]

Many thanks for your help - think I will pass on it and keep looking - based in Warwickshire if anyone takes a decent part exchange I would be interested, many thanks