[Herd of Deeres]

Sacreligous as it may sound the trade may be the better option to get something that works for what you need. As long as you are willing to forfeit the garden tractor functionality of the 214 a hydro driven mower is likely to be more friendly to your wife. For my 3/4 acre suburban lot I did not find the 214 to be easy to mow with. The restricted right turning capability makes it challenging to navigate in tight spots.

 

[Herd of Deeres]

I may be wrong, (happens a lot) but the 200 series tractors did not turn sharper in one direction than the other. I suspect some steering linkages are out of adjustment or there was some interference with a front wheel hitting the mowing deck and someone along the way adjusted it that way to avoid this. My 214 never had these issues. Adam

KHodges posted that his has the same issue of unequal left and right turns so we thought it is supposed to be that way. Its definitely something I'm going to look into when I get it ready for snow duty.

 

[Herd of Deeres]

well i made the trade the old man was happy i found out he wanted it to pull his harrow and rake which works out good because he is 85 and has almost 4 times the yard i do and the mower i got is in alot better shape

So now all you need to do is get him to join MTF!