saspaul
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Perhaps you folks could help me decide. I have a 3 acre lot on a hillside. I don't know the grade but it's a fairly steep walk in some spots, not steep enough to be able to sled down well! I had 2 Older Case/IH Cubs in the past, bought used, but recurrent problems cused me to sell them and Hire a lawn service. Now that i have a 14-year old son, I think I'm ready to get back to mowing again, with his help.
I've read many of the threads here re: cub, researched Cubs vs Deere's and some others, and i think I want to go back to cubs, especially because out here in the country there are not lots of dealers, but we have a big cub dealer 3 miles away, and service is very important to me, as I'm not very mechanically oriented. It always used to take 3-4 hours to mow the lot, so I've been considering the zero-turn radius machines, but have heard they are not great on hills. From reading your posts, it looks like having more HP is a legit concern, and perhaps I should insted be considering a 1554 or a 2500series (dealer has a 2554 in stock). What do you think? Lawn/garden tractor or ZTR? 1500 vs 2500? Any advice will be most appreciated. Thanks.
PS he has used 3240, 3205 3185 available as well.
I don't want to buy too little of a machine and be buying a new one in 2 years...did that when I moved here long ago.
Again, thanks.
I've read many of the threads here re: cub, researched Cubs vs Deere's and some others, and i think I want to go back to cubs, especially because out here in the country there are not lots of dealers, but we have a big cub dealer 3 miles away, and service is very important to me, as I'm not very mechanically oriented. It always used to take 3-4 hours to mow the lot, so I've been considering the zero-turn radius machines, but have heard they are not great on hills. From reading your posts, it looks like having more HP is a legit concern, and perhaps I should insted be considering a 1554 or a 2500series (dealer has a 2554 in stock). What do you think? Lawn/garden tractor or ZTR? 1500 vs 2500? Any advice will be most appreciated. Thanks.
PS he has used 3240, 3205 3185 available as well.
I don't want to buy too little of a machine and be buying a new one in 2 years...did that when I moved here long ago.
Again, thanks.