Buying Advice Tractor vs zero turn

[3gunr]

I use my bad boy ztr at my house to mow 9 acres but i also use my 6ft big bee rfm to mow 3 acres and several miles of trail at my farm. i enjoy the tractor time more.

 

[lennyzx11]

Bluetooth and wireless ear buds.

3m worktune earmuffs with Bluetooth here. And radio.
I like listening to the radio on short periods but the long ones get an audio book Bluetooth from iPhone.

I’m mowing about 7 acres every 10 days. We have two Dixie choppers.
The earmuffs for me and wife uses earbuds to stream her music.
By myself it takes me about 5 hours start to finish. Counts using a push mower and string trimmer in certain areas.
Two of us gets it done in about 3 hours.

I was laughing to myself when I read that post regarding “try mowing here at 14 mph!”.

Since we had one Dixie Choppers, you know “THE WORLDS FASTEST LAWN MOWER” advertised.
It was inevitable that impromptu circle track mowing/racing would start when I brought the second one home.
Usually with beer and wine spilled all over the cup holders and I end up going back out the next day to clean up the cutting.
All in good fun though. We enjoy the time together.

 

[sixdogs]

I mow about 2.5 acres and, up till this thread, what has worked for me is an older gas Grasshopper 52" front deck mower to mow under my trees and around obstacles or difficult situations. Then I fly through with a rear discharge 7' Woods mower pulled by a Kubota B7800. It's worked so far and it's really all I know about mowing. Zero turns are new to me.

Now I'm thinking of one of two things. 1.---I could find a Grasshopper 6' front deck diesel and mow everything with that. Sell the older gas front deck GH and sell the B7800 and Woods 7' mower.

2--I could find a good Grasshopper diesel regular zero turn to mow the yard and keep the front deck GH to mow under my spruce tree lines. Sell the B7800 and Woods 7' rear mower.

Of course, I could just leave things alone and keep what I have. In either case I wonder about the side discharge GH leaving windrow issues that I would have to deal with. In the spring, my grass is thick.

Any thoughts on this?

 

[4570Man]

Sometimes the rain doesn't cooperate with my schedule. When the grass starts to get away from you, sometimes it has to be taken care of in less than ideal conditions. With that in mind a tractor suits me better.

My ZT will mow anything a belly mower or a finish mower will handle.

 

[two_bit_score]

I mow about 2.5 acres and, up till this thread, what has worked for me is an older gas Grasshopper 52" front deck mower to mow under my trees and around obstacles or difficult situations. Then I fly through with a rear discharge 7' Woods mower pulled by a Kubota B7800. It's worked so far and it's really all I know about mowing. Zero turns are new to me.

Now I'm thinking of one of two things. 1.---I could find a Grasshopper 6' front deck diesel and mow everything with that. Sell the older gas front deck GH and sell the B7800 and Woods 7' mower.

2--I could find a good Grasshopper diesel regular zero turn to mow the yard and keep the front deck GH to mow under my spruce tree lines. Sell the B7800 and Woods 7' rear mower.

Of course, I could just leave things alone and keep what I have. In either case I wonder about the side discharge GH leaving windrow issues that I would have to deal with. In the spring, my grass is thick.

Any thoughts on this?

Grasshopper with the mulching kit. .??

 

[Steppenwolfe]

My ZT will mow anything a belly mower or a finish mower will handle.

And probably then some.

 

[JJZ 109]

My ZT will mow anything a belly mower or a finish mower will handle.

As previously stated, the 2 ZT's that I had would easily get stuck in wet conditions that did not remotely resemble a quagmire or mud. Wet clay is pretty slick and a ZT just wasn't making it for me. I moved on to something that's working out better for my situation.
I'm not here to tell anyone that their equipment is right or wrong, better or worse. Simply stated what worked and did not work for me.

 

[ArlyA]

As previously stated, the 2 ZT's that I had would easily get stuck in wet conditions that did not remotely resemble a quagmire or mud. Wet clay is pretty slick and a ZT just wasn't making it for me. I moved on to something that's working out better for my situation.
I'm not here to tell anyone that their equipment is right or wrong, better or worse. Simply stated what worked and did not work for me.

Our yard is on a hill side that is sometimes wet and in spots, quite steep. Tried a zero turn on it and it couldn't do it. Today we have the Husky AWD center actuating unit and love the darn thing. Never ever been stuck or even spin a tire and it does a nice job mowing as well. Sad that Husqvarna quit building them, what do do, what to do and what to get next??

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I just don't mow wet area's with a finish mower, so any decent mower would work for me, but I can easily say, my Grasshopper 725 has been the best, fastest mower I've ever owned or even used, for mowing grass!

SR

 

[dalola]

Our yard is on a hill side that is sometimes wet and in spots, quite steep. Tried a zero turn on it and it couldn't do it. Today we have the Husky AWD center actuating unit and love the darn thing. Never ever been stuck or even spin a tire and it does a nice job mowing as well. Sad that Husqvarna quit building them, what do do, what to do and what to get next??

Chevron-style tires are your friend.... A quality commercial ZTR w/chevrons will blow your mind. :shocked: