I own an 1811 and if it weren't for the power steering I added this past winter I would have sold it by now. They are great tractors and probably the best compromise of the features most of us need but without PS it was a handful in tight spaces and around close shrubbery. I have to use the hand go lever almost constantly when I am in the bushes and trying to turn the wheel one handed without PS was a chore. I started looking like Popeye because my fore arms were getting bigger and bigger! I say go for the SGT.
