I gassed her up and plopped down onto the bouncy seat. That alone will speed up my mowing by a factor of two. That handily beats my push mower by a solid 29 inches in width. It’s an impressive machine-20-inch tires out back, a 24-hp Kohler engine up front, and a 48-inch deck downstairs. That evening, I liberated the Fast Tractor from what remained of its embattled crate, and gave it a once-over. It’s smooth orange metal casing looked fresh and clean from front to back. I peered inside to see if the mower survived-just like those little carbon-freeze operators checking up on ol' Han. Cross braces suddenly had ghastly breaks in them with enormous splinters jutting out. The huge box crashed to the pavement like Han Solo in carbonite. Then he pulled the truck ahead and we heaved it over. He used his little hydraulic forklift thingy to push the box to the edge of the truck, and then slowly … gently … SLAMMED it onto the pavement nose-first. We agreed to just muscle it off the truck with our limited resources. He didn’t bat an eyelash at the total absence of any “guys” to help unload a 500-pound crate. I looked at my wife and told her the test-tractor was here and asked if she’d mind helping us unload it off the truck, and she shot me back a glance saying “no I will NOT help you unload it off the truck.” We have to get your crate off.”Īll my friends work for a living, and my neighborhood becomes a ghost town at 9 a.m. “Guys? What guys? I don’t have any guys….” “I’m going to be there in 10 minutes,” he said. They promised to send one over asap.Ībout two weeks passed and I began the forget all about the promised lawn dragster, until I received a phone call from a delivery company announcing its imminent arrival one random morning as I was about to jump in the car for work. This one is 2 mph faster-that’s a 25 percent bump. Most tractors are good for 5 or 6 mph at best. When I read that, a little piece of me died. The new Husqvarna Fast Tractor ($1,899 ) is indeed the fastest lawn tractor of its sort, with a top speed of up to 8 mph. I envisioned a burbling V8 strapped to tiny tractor chassis, cute little donuts left on my driveway after smoky burnouts, and most importantly, my ½-acre plot trimmed up nice and neat in 12 minutes flat. Thrilling stuff! I once had a Lamborghini delivered to my house in a big truck that said “LAMBORGHINI” on the side. I mean, we test lots of stuff around here. When Husqvarna’s media rep called to ask if we wanted to try out the Swedish company’s newest lawn tractor, I of course said no.

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