Troy-Bilt 344cc Compact Riding Gas Lawn Mower with Briggs & Stratton Engine, TB30B

Shipping arrived on schedule! Unpacking the mower is pretty simple. After reading thru preparing the mower for operation , I then put the parts on as needed. This took me about 20 minutes. Added some fuel , checked the oil , and started the engine, cranked right up . Warmed it a couple of minutes and took it for a test run. Everything worked as expected. I like the small mower . Works for me just fine.

Very hard to move the shift from run to park when it's in the middle of your legs while holding down the brakes. But other than that I love it cause it's small enough to cut between any thing and around

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Bought it for my wife because she's smaller and this is easier for her to use. She enjoys using it and won't let me cut grass now.

Overall it's easy to assemble but I've had it's twin the MTG Mini-Rider for years and they're basically the same design. Which is good because the instructions are not very helpful. There's a left over long plastic part that after Googling the Troy-Bilt part number I discovered is the drain spout that clips onto the oil drain for oil changes. This is mentioned in the operation section but an inventory of included parts wouldn't cost anything. Cranked right up, cuts very well. And a salute to the shipping crate. Does it's job but not overly thought out. Easy to uncrate. One note possibly no one except me wouldn't check first------The mower is shipped in the crate with the parking brake locked so when you get the steering column attached and want it rolled off the pallet and crate bottom.........release the brakes.

Good rider for a smaller yard. My yard is 1/8 acre and used to take me 2 hours with the push mower. This cut the time down to about 40 minutes. The grass in the back yard is very thick and would bog down my push mower even with the 7.5 hp engine so I was hesitant to get a rider with only 10 hp. I was pleasantly surprised though. It went through the thick grass with no problem, even when it was tall and wet. It seems fairly well built and starts easy every time. If the turn radius was a bit tighter I would have given 5 stars.

4 stars only because I just got my riding mower and need time to access it's performance and consistency. 1st ride after assembly is "so far, so good." I will revisit the review if allowed after at least a month.

The mower arrived with the cardboard over the unit completely destroyed and oil on many places on the mower itself. The battery was also dead and had to be charged before I could even test it.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] So far, I really enjoy this little riding mower. As my learning curve increases, the time it takes me to finish my yard decreases. The power in forward is substantial while the power in reverse could be a little better. I found that if I find a low or uneven place in my yard, I can back in first making it easier to pull forward getting out of the low area. With all things considered, I would definetly purchase this item again.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I bought this small 30 inch riding lawnmower and my son came to help me put it together and get it off from the pallet that it arrived on. I was excited about getting this mower. Once it was assembled and I put a little bit of gas in it my son had me take it out for a little test drive around the lawn and it did fine. Then I tried to engage the blade and as soon as I tried to engage the blade it stalled out. I repeated this a couple more times with the same results. I thought perhaps I was letting the clutch out too quickly so I slowly engaged at the final time and when I did, I ended up in a cloud of smoke as the belt driving the blade was smoking like crazy. Come to find out there must've been some parts missing because the blade was installed directly in contact with the housing and it couldn't turn! My only choice was to return the entire mower! After reading the reviews and saying that there were not any anti-scalp rollers on the deck and my lawn is not pitch perfectly flat. I decided not to purchase the same mower again. Really it was a shame because that was exactly the size mower I wanted and there are very few 30 inch deck options these days.

I put the steering wheel on.I put the seat on and then I put the battery in and it wouldn't start.. Needless to say, the box was all tore open.The battery was just thrown in on the side of the grass cutter. I think this was somebody else's problem , and they returned it.. I did take several pictures of how it was received.It was very bad.