Gday Nath,
Just been doing a bit of quick reading. The improvement might be referring to them no longer needing shims to stack out the play. Depending on what they’ve done this might be a good idea?
I was wondering if the 10xl might be more inspired by greenfields own 5xls from the ‘80s? Either way, it’s significant to note that this design was a epic fail back then. They say this one is made in China (and in fact the fastcuts have an option for a Chinese engine too). The same Henderson’s mowers site says straight out the steering is rubbish on the xl! Love the honesty!
Clearly the old business model that the old Greenfield company had was no longer working. Something had to change to reflect modern consumers and the modern manufacturing world.
That said, I hope they know what they’re doing......
Cheers,