Ok lets try the good, the bad, and the ugly. First tractor was a 1960 Deere 110 Kohler 8hp. Lasted until 1990 with 1 rebuild. Thats the good one.
The next was a 1990 12hp Deere that lasted 6mo before it took a crap. It was replaced for a little extra cash with a another Deere (can't remember what size). It lasted until 1994 and it took a crap. It was replaced with 1994 Deere 385 17hp water cooled Kaw jap engine. It lasted until 1998. Those are the bad ones.
Walked into Home Depot one day and saw this ugly orange thing on sale. Priced out the biggest thing they had, a Kohler 25hp Scott w/54in deck, power bagger, and some other little tricks. The whole thing was $3000, or less than 1/2 the cost of a Deere with the same stuff. Told the guy I liked it but I was really a Deere fan, then he told me that they had just got these in and had not had time to finish putting them together properly. Long story short, the damm thing is a orange Deere. Every piece of it is stock Deere except the color. Even the video is for a Deere. Been using it to this day mowing 3 1/2 ac once a week and it is going strong. Thats the ugly part of the story.
With the exception of my first little 8hp, this ugly orange Deere clone has outlasted and out performed the rest if the green models for 1/2 the price.
Guess you just have to take the bad with the good and live with the ugly.
edit to add:
Neighbor has same size property and goes through a Craftsman a year