RayCo
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jul 24, 2005
- Messages
- 1,027
- Location
- Chester County, PA
- Tractor
- Kubota BX24, Case 580 Super L
I've wondered for a while why people get zero-turn mowers. They are typically quite expensive and I'm not sure what justifies the cost. I have a number of tractors, but when it comes to cutting the grass, I use a 15 year old John Deere LX176. It has a 36" deck or something small like that, but it gets the job done quite well. I have probably less than an acre that I actually have to mow, so it seems suitable.
The tractor starts when I need it to and it performs its only task I ask of it - cutting the grass. When it dies some day, I won't get a mower deck for my Kubota or either Wheel Horse or anything. I'll instead pick up another sub-$500 tractor on E-bay or elsewhere and use that until it dies.
I realize it's a matter of to-each-his-own, but I'm wondering what it is about zero-turns that I just don't get that makes so many people want them.
The tractor starts when I need it to and it performs its only task I ask of it - cutting the grass. When it dies some day, I won't get a mower deck for my Kubota or either Wheel Horse or anything. I'll instead pick up another sub-$500 tractor on E-bay or elsewhere and use that until it dies.
I realize it's a matter of to-each-his-own, but I'm wondering what it is about zero-turns that I just don't get that makes so many people want them.