Tractor Sizing finish mower SIZE

[HILLBILLYMAN]

A quick question.....I have to make a decision about what size finish mower to purchase for my 1610D.......4ft or 5ft. I'm leaning towards the 5 ft finisher mower, a LMC (Lowery Manufacturing Company). My question is...will my 1610D pull the finish mower with no problem...or should I opt for the 4Ft?
I'll be mowing a four acre yard with typical (although sometimes high) grass.
HILLBILLYMAN

 

[JCooper]

I think you'd be fine with the 5'. I didn't know that LMC had finish mowers. Do they appear to be good? I know their 5' box blades are much heavier than most. They have the half inch heavy metal sidewalls.

JCooper

 

[TBrad]

I have an LMC 5' finish mower and its a good mower for the price.Its made in China. Had to get blades from LMC, but they only cost $9.00 each. A 1610 pulls it with no problem.

 

[ket]

15 to 30 hp for a 5ft is the norm

 

[HILLBILLYMAN]

Thanks for your feedback regarding the finish mower size for my 1610D.........I was hoping the 5ft was the verdict! The five footer just seems to make more sense behind a tractor.

HILLBILLYMAN

 

[Inspector507]

I pull a 5 footer with my 1700 with no problem. Yours is not much smaller.

 

[BrettW]

How much does a 5' LMC cost? thnaks, bw

 

[BrettW]

I cut this from the attachments site here. Might be worth emailing this guy or sending a reply to see that he is still happy with his LMC. bw

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ric
(Silver Member)
02/25/02 03:02 PM
Re: first choice finish mower [re: JohnMiller3] Reply




I have a 6 foot wide LMC rear discharge which looks just like the picture. LMC private labels these mowers from an Italian manufacturer. Mine was $795 new in 2001, this my second one. I have a 24 hp Kubota 4wd tractor, I think 7 foot is too big slows down too much when the grass gets high, sold it two years ago and bought a 6 footer, works great. ric

 

[pennwalk]

I am running a 5' Woods finish mower with my 186D (14-15 PTO hp) with no problem although it doesn't like stumps and stones./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Chris

 

[HILLBILLYMAN]

Brett,

I bought my 60'' LMC finish mower for $860 including tax,
but I got lucky and found one that had been sitting on an equipment lot for a year, had very, very minor surface corrosion from being outside, and one wheel would not turn freely (I simply greased it and it works fine!), plus the dealer had just unloaded a tractor trailer load of sparkling new ones, so when I asked him how much for the rusty one, he said "cost". I jerked his arm off, and said SOLD. I brought it home, greased it, put some turtle spray wax on it, and it looks like new. I guess you just gotta be patient and look for deals, as other dealers wanted from $1000 to $1300 for the same mower in my area (TENNESSEE).

HILLBILLYMAN