I love my snapper. It is a 1989 I think. It has the square frame and I heard the only made it a couple of years. But I seems like I can get all the parts I need for it. It really cuts great but it is made for flat ground mostly. It gets light in the front end sometimes and is hard to steer. But it really has a low center of gravity. And this one last me 2 years and started chunking out. BUT that is about 10 tanks of gas. When it starts wearing out it sometimes won't pull a hill so good. Thats when you know you need to get one soon.