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A diesel for personal use should be the last mower you have to buy
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If you have hills, look at what tires on them. You'll need some grip. that's my next move for my mowers - get rid of those lawn tires and put on some tires that have some bite I don't know, but might they be a bit tough on grass doing typical ZT turns?
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Diesel's are much more efficient, especially if you can find off-road diesel (un-taxed) in your area. If you are mowing 9 acres you will be going through some fuel. Be patient and see if you can find a clean used model at auction and you can save a bundle. I purchased my Kubota ZD-25 at a local estate auction about ten years ago with 220 hrs on it (effectively new for a commercial mower) for 45% of what new units were going for. Checking prices online I can still get about what I paid for it.
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Mine has a 34HP diesel. It's all hydraulic. Sounds like a jet engine when the mower decks are engaged.
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Mine has a 34HP diesel. It's all hydraulic. Sounds like a jet engine when the mower decks are engaged.
What brand?
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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9 Acres?
Mississippi?
Rains there, no?
9 acres = at least a cow/calf pair I'd think and no mower needed.
+ grillin' meat later.
Just a thought.
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I also run MegMo blade conversions. https://meg-mo.com/
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Those look interesting Kingston.
Too bad they don't have anything for walk behind movers.
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In it is death and all you seek
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9 Acres?
Mississippi?
Rains there, no?
9 acres = at least a cow/calf pair I'd think and no mower needed.
+ grillin' meat later.
Just a thought. Lol, yeah it doesn't quite work like that. Grew up on a farm, still have to bush hog.
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That's a new one on me. Nice
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You don't need a mower you need some fence material and goats  Mike
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Diesel if for no other reason than to avoid modern chit gasoline. Ethanol blend gas is terrible in a mower or any other motor that doesn’t get used constantly. It sucks bad enough in your car but it doesn’t sit long in a car you use daily. Let a mower sit with modern gas and it soon won’t run.
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Diesel if for no other reason than to avoid modern chit gasoline. Ethanol blend gas is terrible in a mower or any other motor that doesn’t get used constantly. It sucks bad enough in your car but it doesn’t sit long in a car you use daily. Let a mower sit with modern gas and it soon won’t run. And here non ethanol costs more than diesel. Mike
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for 9 acres I would think traditional tractor and tow behind finish mower??
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for 9 acres I would think traditional tractor and tow behind finish mower?? Take a lot longer time to mow than a zero turn mower
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Stay away from kubota’s not because of the engine but because the gear box will go out pretty often and it’s expensive. Buy a grasshopper 925d with a 61” deck. We have been running grasshoppers since 1995 and other then normal service item’s you will not have a issue! Other brands just can’t hold up like a grasshopper!
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Time wise to cut 9 acres with a grasshopper will be about 3 hrs or less depending on the type of ground your covering!
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Will agree with Buck720 above. I've been running the same 720k Grasshopper for 30 years. Other than tires and freshening up the Kohler motor it'd been trouble free. I'll probably replace it within the next couple years with a 725d (Kubota 3 cyl diesel) and expect it'll be the last mower I'll ever buy.
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