Toro Timecutter MX5050

Pretty good – Got the mx5050 for 3 acres of grass sticks and rocks. I’ve had it for 3 years. The deck and blades are great handle the tough stuff. Engine is reliable and consistent. The deck is held on by 2 hooks, falls off all the time, when you go over something. Poor design. I’m getting good at changing belts thanks to the deck issues. I probably wouldn’t buy one again as it seems lazy engineering. Show details

Was told this would end my Toro problems. The fact is, it was just the beginning – I had known this Toro dealer my whole life. When I went to him with the problem I was facing - that my Toro Zero Turn couldn't keep traction on my hilly yard - he insisted that this substantial upgrade to the Timecutter MX5050 was the right solution. He couldn't have be farther from the truth. Immediately, there were MUCH bigger problems than… Read more

traction such as the engine not starting, the shearing of the main belt WAY too often, surging while doing anything, bad solenoids AND, it wouldn't keep traction on my hilly yard. I've got just a couple hundred hours on the mower over the course of 7 years or so and I'm about the scrap it. I look at these Cub Cadets which cost 1/3 the price of my Toro and they work and run flawlessly and with more features and I now think that a 30-year relationship with Toro needs to end. I think it's ending, Toro. I can't do it anymore.

Great mower – I’ve had my MX 5050 for about 7 years now and I’m very happy with it. Yes it has had a couple of minor issues but it gets used constantly in the wet season and then not at all for the rest of the year and to be honest my maintenance early on should have been better, so having a few issues was to be expected. Lost an idler pulley early on in… Read more

the second season I had it, so the shop replaced them with some after market ones that had better deals on the bearings and those have lasted 5 years. I even bought spares at the time just in case and haven’t needed them yet. In year 2 the Auto Choke got stuck a few times so the engine ran rough, blew black smoke and would not rev. This was on the first couple of runs that year but after cursing and blaming the machine cooling down then taking the time to look at why, it turned out I’d just not cleaned the choke mechanism at the end of the previous wet season, so it was gummed up with with dirt. A clean and a spray with Silicon WD40 fixed that. Regular maintenance is the key. It’s a machine and it doesn’t matter what brand it is if it’s not maintained it will fail. Most of the negative reviews I see here I’d put down to poor or no maintenance.

Regardless of the brand the environment ride on mowers work in is not easy on the machine. Whatever brand or model you do buy the best thing you can do is maintain it. Don’t just mow park it, mow park it, and so on and then expect faultless operation.

If your looking at buying an MX5050 or even a similar model Toro I’d recommend it.

Great mower.

Timewaster MX5050 – Bought mx5050 from dealer, brand new. $6300. Has now 70 hours,have broken 4 drive belts. At 40 hours central spindle bearings failed. Now at 70 hours another spindle bearing has failed. Been back to dealers now 3 times. They keep it from 2 weeks to nearly a month each time they have had it. Total lemon. Show details