I have a riding John Deere mower with a bagger . It runs good and cuts good but it does need a steering gear kit to be installed the teeth for the steering wheel gear wore out I have attached an image - its only $23 plus probably an hour or two to install.
also- the baggers for these mowers cost like 300-400 bucks so used that thing is worth 200-250 easy
if you are someone who is handy- you can install that gear kit and have a great mower. the bagger makes picking up leaves awesome!
NO MORE RAKING!!
if you are not handy or know someone who can put these couple parts on, keep looking and don't try and low ball me- this is priced accordingly and as i said - the bagger portion alone would cost 400 bucks new!! The mower deck is a little rusty and i think the seat needs a screw but as I also said- it starts and runs great.