One thing about them, if it is the same as the dead Viking variant I have here, is the spindle hubs have fairly thin aluminium in the "web" area that will shatter if you hit a big obstacle with the bar type blades. A full deck rebuild kit is available on EBay with new spindles, pulleys, bearings, belts and blades for $300+ but it is hardly worth it as the machine is not that good compared to my Rover Rancher with the 17HP Vanguard. I use the rancher to maintain several acres of lawns and several kilometres of tracks through the bush on my 100 acres. The Viking variant ran a 17Hp B&S Intek
