dmccarty
Super Star Member
Re:garden tractor vs compact
Richard,
I have NOT used the 4700 to mow a lawn. Heck I don't even have a lawn to mow!
BUT, one of my "hopes" is that my ground is hard enough so that I can use the 4700 with some sort of a 3PH finish mower on whatever lawn I end up with. I don't like to mow so I don't like grass. My house has lots of raised beds to cut down on mowing. I can mow my front and back yard in under 30 minutes and I have a decent size lot.
However I think the property we will build on will have more grass for a variety of reasons.
When I test drove the 4700 at the dealer I REALLY tried to tear up their grass. I had read about the MFWD scuffing problems so I tried the 4700 in 4WD and very tight turns. The tight turns would scuf up the grass abit. But I was really trying to do this and if it was my lawn I certainly would not have had MFWD engaged nor would I have to turn as tight as I was.
With normal turns and 2WD I did not scuff/tear their grass. The only thing that REALLY messed up the grass was buy moving forward at a good clip and then PowerReversing. I did not realize I should not be doing that kinda of direction change. And I ended up buying that tractor....
The dealer has the same hard clay soil I have so I think the results will be the same. His ground was dry as well. From what I can see on the house site, if the dirt is reasonably dry I could mow with out tearing up the soil with the R1s. So I THINK I'll be able to mow the lawn.
I'll have to do more experiments once I'm living on the land and have a lawn before I spend the dollars to get the finish mower but I think it will work on my place. Its going to be very site specific and maybe grass specific.
Hope this helps. I hope someone who has tried this answers.....
Dan
Richard,
I have NOT used the 4700 to mow a lawn. Heck I don't even have a lawn to mow!
BUT, one of my "hopes" is that my ground is hard enough so that I can use the 4700 with some sort of a 3PH finish mower on whatever lawn I end up with. I don't like to mow so I don't like grass. My house has lots of raised beds to cut down on mowing. I can mow my front and back yard in under 30 minutes and I have a decent size lot.
However I think the property we will build on will have more grass for a variety of reasons.
When I test drove the 4700 at the dealer I REALLY tried to tear up their grass. I had read about the MFWD scuffing problems so I tried the 4700 in 4WD and very tight turns. The tight turns would scuf up the grass abit. But I was really trying to do this and if it was my lawn I certainly would not have had MFWD engaged nor would I have to turn as tight as I was.
With normal turns and 2WD I did not scuff/tear their grass. The only thing that REALLY messed up the grass was buy moving forward at a good clip and then PowerReversing. I did not realize I should not be doing that kinda of direction change. And I ended up buying that tractor....
The dealer has the same hard clay soil I have so I think the results will be the same. His ground was dry as well. From what I can see on the house site, if the dirt is reasonably dry I could mow with out tearing up the soil with the R1s. So I THINK I'll be able to mow the lawn.
I'll have to do more experiments once I'm living on the land and have a lawn before I spend the dollars to get the finish mower but I think it will work on my place. Its going to be very site specific and maybe grass specific.
Hope this helps. I hope someone who has tried this answers.....
Dan