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Hard to mow grass with whorsepower like that!

SOLD!!

Bought a used Deines/Marty J 60" commercial unit several years ago. A little bigger and not quite as handy as those Hustlers, Dixie Chopper types, but it's been a tank. No way I'd go back to the tractor type.

Gravely ZT HD.

Down here where lawn maintenance is a 364 day a year industry, you see Gravely, Exmark, Dixie Chopper, Scag and some JD's on the trailers.

'Zero turn' didn't work for me. I mowed for an hour and ended up 3-miles away.

That's only a 21 whorse anyway, and yes, I counted them....several times...

This machine has great reviews on it.

Good brands, & a good plan. Ferris & Great Dane might be other good options.

Buy 'em by the pound: more steel = better.

FC

I bought a Kubota 61" cut, diesel powered because I use off road diesel for the tractor but I paid as much for it as I did a 2BR brick home in 1966.......$10K. We cut at least 6-8 acres and it's a stud!

About 150 miles south.

That's my mower - in the picture above.

I bought the Toro a couple of years back. We have a lot of trees, shrub beds and all the other pissy little angles and sidewalks that can make mowing a big chore. I also mow horse pasture outside the lawn areas.

It used to take me about 4 1/2 hours to 5 hours to do the lawn with a Sears traditional style ride mower - I can do the same job now in an hour - if I rush, and about 1 hour and 45 minutes if I want to do a really good job. The best zero-turns can make that much difference!

I also bought an aftermarket suspension seat - the best money I've ever spent. The pounding used to cause my bad back a lot of grief - for days after I mowed. Now I'm only in pain a day or so. Think about getting one. It might even help prevent a good back from going bad - for all I know.

I mulch all of the time - as the soil up here needs the humus. If you mulch - get a big engine. Mulching takes power.

I prefer the smaller 48 inch deck - better if you have lot's of obstacles to go around. I ended up buying their commercial unit. I hit lots of things - and I'm glad I got one rated for commercial use - if you keep things a long time - it's money well spent.

Take a good look at the Toro.

I love mine!

We have a lot of heavy, thick Bahia (wild grass). This thing goes through some stuff that my 23 hp Diesel Kubota belly mower bogs down in.

Lots of good semi-commercial ZT's out there. I can't say I looked at all of them, but of the ones I did, the Gravely had the heaviest built decks for the money. I like stuff built like a brick shyt house.

We have two Toro zero turns with 60" decks and 28 hp Kaw. engines and they are beasts great ride and easy to maintain. We mow about 40 acres weekly around our four locations so they really get a work out I cant recomend them enough . We also purchased a Big Dog zero turn this year to help with smaller areas I belive its a 42" deck with 27 hp Kaw. Its not bad but gets squirly on steep slopes the larger Toros get a much better grip. The Toros were around eight grand each and the Big Dog under four grand.

If you want to mow fast get a dixie chopper with the 74 inch deck but they are way more than $5000.

If you want to mow fast.....


Wait for it...


It's coming.

dixon

Call Randy Quade....in the Richard Prior movie "Mooving" he had the best mower ever!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beXPpObKWFo

Is this a nice lawn? Weeds? Coarse grass like a football field? If it's smooth ground and the weeds aren't in control, consider a pull-behind gang mower that you can pull behind your existing tractor. It'll cover a lot of ground in a hurry. It'll also cost a lot less than a whole new machine.

ferris