DR POWER-WAGON

XL-800 Review: Here I review / critique MY thoughts about the new DR Power Wagon with the optional power-tilt and electric-start. My overall impressions are this will be a very welcomed machine, it's user friendly, (and I found out about this thing after having used one that was 10-15 years older) ... watch what I add (in addition) to their design.
Pro's: VERY Stout, VERY well built, (and it's very well thought out) with MORE than enough power ...
Cons: I (myself) see no use for the "flat wire bed-rack" (that comes with this model machine), as it's quite "busy & laborious" / in the 'changing it over' from the plastic compartment, over to the flat-top iron-grate option ... Lastly: I WANT to have an ability to change my own oil ! (in both the differential AND the motor), but alas: one cannot as the differential's "sealed and non-serviceable" ... and the Briggs & Straton motor sump oil, must be vacuum suction-evacuated out of the oil "fill tube".
Overall impressions: A GREAT machine to have / and more opinions will follow as I get acquainted with it usefulness ... "as it's still winter, and I haven't used it yet" !

[@organicvids]

Want to mount mud mixer with generator on one of these.

[@TommyZTrains]

I'd say it's stout enough for that and then-some !.

[@skiiipawbs]

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[@henryszubielski8601]

Hi Tom.
DR has made great equipment for a long time.
What I have found is that most engines today, you have siphon it out. Probably to many people forgetting to reinstall the plug. (lol...) My ten year old push mower is that way.
While I haven't encountered a sealed differential/drive unit like that yet, I have to look at the drive on my Ariens mower. I might eat my words...
Thanks for your review.

[@TommyZTrains]

Hey Henry, "thanks". ... *shoot me if I EVER forget that oil 'plug' ok* ?. : - ) Everything today seems more & more "disposable", and how many times have we heard that phrase: "oh- that units sealed & doesn't EVER need a thing" / only later then to find that THIS is WHY it then failed !. Example: (The rear end of my Ford Escapes a great one): as those cars age, rear diff. failure is a given / and almost commonplace !,., and sure enough / Ford put back that "sump drain" on those models and beyond ! ***MINE never failed because I was again "proactive" (and a non-believer). BUT: (again): IN THIS EXAMPLE, "THIS is a wheel borrow" .... "and changing fluids a 100K is kinda silly in that reality" / "yes" ? ROFLOL :- ) *ALL my best.