[Wild Bill]

I have NEVER understood the QL bashing!

People say they like looks of the 1X8/1X9 series and the X82 series, but don't like the QLs...........

The nose of the WF compared to the QL is different by way of a divider between the headlights.....and of course the engine sidecovers that people complain about. WFs have flex coupler in the driveline (as does an Original) but nobody complains about them....

The X82s don't divide the grill from the lights, otherwise the fronts are not that much different than a QL....and they have sidecovers and flex couplings on both ends of the driveshaft like a QL, yet nobody complains about them on an X82.

I've never heard one complaint about the ISO mounts on a 1282, etc.

Virtually all generators all use ISO mounts, but I don't remember anybody complaining about them.

My 1450 has absolutely NO problem with a 50A/C deck, a QA42A snowthrower, a #2 tiller, and a 12" Brinly plow.

I have seen first hand at a Plowday event, a JD 420 struggle (jumping over the furrow, getting hung up, etc) with a 12" Cat O plow, while my 1450 had no problems with my sleeve hitch mounted 12" Brinly.

My QL 1450 -VS- a Lawn Fawn= NO comparison!