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Ride On Lawn Mowers Made in the USA
Don came in frustrated, reaching for a glass of water, “That’s it! I’m buying a riding mower this week!” He’s had enough of pushing the lawnmower across our bumpy, spring-fed lawn twice a week and I could tell he was serious. The push mower is nearly a decade old and we’ve put it through the ringer. It chokes and stalls every couple of feet. We’re a decade older too. I can’t push it through our lawn anymore and it’s self-propelled. He sat down for a break and took a breath. “I know. I have a choice between John Deere, John Deere, and John Deere”, he teased. I know there are other riding lawn mowers made in the USA, but I’ve always kind of had my heart set on that green and yellow tractor.
“There are other lawnmowers made in the USA”, I told him.
“I thought you wanted a John Deere?” He actually went to buy me one for Christmas a couple of years ago but at the last minute, decided I might knock him with one of my Lodge cast iron pans if he made a purchase that big without consulting me. He brought the paperwork and brochure home for discussion. Good call, honey.
We decided against the purchase but now it’s time. When it comes to spending money, especially this much, I’m reasonable. Most of the time. Since we’re about to make a big purchase on a mower, we really need to look at our needs, and compare our American-made ride-on lawnmower options. Since I was doing it anyway, it was the perfect time to create this list of riding lawn mowers made in the USA.
If you’re in the market for a USA-made walk-behind lawn mower, I took care of those too.
Riding Mowers Made in the USA
Ariens riding lawnmowers, self-propelled, and push mowers are made in the USA as well as the United Kingdom and Norway. Ariens ride-on mowers are made with Briggs & Stratton and Kawasaki engines.
We started in 1933 with four employees in Brillion, Wisconsin. We now employ over 1,500 people across the United States, United Kingdom and Norway.
Ariens
- Bad Boy Mowers: American-made residential and commercial zero-turn mowers manufactured in Wisconsin. Bad Boy makes both sit-on and stand-on riding lawnmowers with Kawasaki, KOHLER, and Perkins engines.
Select Craftsman riding lawnmowers are made in the USA in Willard, Ohio. American made riding lawn mower models include the CRAFTSMAN T2400 Turn Tight 46-in 23-HP V-twin (KOHLER) riding lawn mower. Additionally, select American made push lawnmowers are made in Tupelo, Mississippi. Craftsman mowers are made with global materials.
Cub Cadet manufactures American-made lawn and garden tractors, zero-turn mowers, and electric riding mowers. Multiple accessories are available for Cub Cadet lawn and garden tractors including all-season plows, baggers, and haulers. Cub Cadet also manufactures walk-behind lawnmowers made in the USA.
Since 1961, Cub Cadet lawn and garden equipment has been proudly Built in America at our world-class manufacturing facilities in Ohio, Mississippi and Tennessee.
Cub Cadet
Exmark produces zero-turn and stand-on riding lawn mowers made in the USA in Windom, Minnesota. KOHLER and Kawasaki engines to power Exmark mowers. Note that Exmark commercial walk-behind mowers are made in Mexico.
Owned by Briggs & Stratton, the Ferris Mowers manufacturing plant is located in Munnsville, New York. Ferris produces zero turn mowers, front-mount lawn mowers, and stand-on lawnmowers, along with American made walk-behind lawn mowers.
Husqvarna riding lawn mowers, zero-turn mowers, and stand-on mowers are made in the USA in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and McRae, Georgia. Husqvarna also builds USA made walk-behind lawnmowers.
American made John Deere lawn and garden tractors are manufactured in Tennessee and Wisconsin. John Deere makes lawn tractors and zero-turn mowers for residential and commercial applications. Compact utility tractors are produced in Georgia, and AG tractors are made in the United States in Iowa, and around the world.
- Scag Power Equipment: Zero turn and stand-on commercial lawnmowers are made alongside American made hydro-drive and belt-drive walk-behind professional mowers in Mayville, West Bend, and Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, by Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc. Scag Power Equipment supports the Gary Sinise Foundation and A Soldier’s Child Foundation.
Spartan manufactures five series of residential and commercial zero turn mowers. Engine options include Briggs & Stratton, Kawasaki, KOHLER, and Vanguard.
Our mowers are fabricated and assembled with US and global parts and shipped from our facilities right here in the Arkansas Ozarks to dealers across the nation and around the world.
Spartan Mowers
Troy-Bilt produces gas-powered riding mowers, lawn tractors, zero-turn mowers, and electric ride-on lawnmowers built in the USA with Briggs & Stratton and KOHLER engines. They also manufacture push and self-propelled walk-behind lawn mowers made in the USA.
Troy-Bilt® is headquartered in Valley City, Ohio, and our reliable equipment includes select products that are designed, built and tested right here in the U.S. – from Ohio and Mississippi to Tennessee and Arizona.
Troy-Bilt
- Ventrac: Ventrac has been making lawnmowers, groundskeeping equipment, and attachments for commercial applications since 1996. With the Ventrac mount system, you can attach and detach more than 30 different attachments for brush mowing, leaf management, snow plowing, and more.
Do you own an American-made ride on lawn mower? Please share your review with our readers in the comments below! Did we miss any riding lawnmowers made in the USA? Let us know in the comments.
Is it not possible for your site or any source to rank the quality of the parts, and what percentage of the parts on a riding mower are made in America. Tell me please if the riding mowers are actually really made in Saudi Arabia, England, “the UK” or are they just rip-offs. They do not answer the advertised telephone numbers.
We are American consumers that generally only have access to the same information everyone else does. I wish I had a big team around here to help me bang down doors and write letters but we’re just a little family who cares about buying American.