On 08/02/2013 8:08 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:

>>
>> I saw a guy around the corner with a John Deere lawn tractor and snow
>> blower attachment. I thought it looked pretty nifty but had the same
>> thought my wife did... what do you do with that expensive blower
>> accessory when your old JD dies and it is not compatible.
>
> PTO tractor implements are universal, they'll fit any brand tractor in
> the same size range. However the lawn tractors one finds at the big
> box hardware stores are not tractors, they are riding lawnmowers made
> to look like tractors. A real JD garden tractor of the smallest size
> costs about $15,000 plus implements.
>

Yep, and belt driven accessories are not interchangeable.