re: Automower Experience; Cub Cadet ZTR availability

footballdude, has no clue.

I sold Cub Cadet for years along with other brands Dixon, Bad Boy, Hustler, Dixie Chopper, Ferris, Snapper, Scag, Toro, Exmark, Husqvarna, Grasshopper, and Big Dog.
They all have or had their good and bad units.

I had at one time 5 locations and the product lines varied by customer base.
The Ultima ZT1 and ZT2 was one of the lines that I sold that did well for my locations. They had some seat switch issues during Covid as they switched vendors.
We fixed those off the crate before our customers received the units.
They were residential units that sold well and really a good unit in its category.

As far as home centers we did alot of repairs for them.
Huge issue is very poor assembly or decks not being level.
If the unit sits the gas gets water in it and goes bad causing carb issues.
Seen some damaged over the years or parts stolen off of them.
Best one was water & fuel mixed and rusted out a cast iron cylinder sleeve to the piston.
Dead or low batteries as they keep them hooked up to the unit outside.
Battery powered units the problem I seen is they store them outside for extended
periods which caused corrosion at the connections or the batteries kept low for a long period of time.