Ray, every ride on has its problems, maybe the newer ones don't but you certainly pay for it. I had considered fitting a steering wheel to a Deutcher mounted on the bonnet and driven to the front pivot with a chain. The good thing with them they are light in the steering compared to the Greenfields and Cox with the 2 rear wheels driving, makes steering very hard. They only brakes I have seen on the Greenfields is on a Stallion and that was only a park brake, you could not use it whilst moving. I just work on these mowers repairing/rebuilding them for no particular reason, certainly not for any monetary gain, but it keeps me from wandering the streets
