Pros to having a riding mower over a zero-turn

[WinterDeere]

Surprised you haven't won a Darwin award yet.
Hope you have a good life insurance policy.

Geez. Do realize that there are miles of distance between nursing a low-ABV beer, and being intoxicated to any level actually impairing judgement or reflexes. He didn't say he was pounding 6 packs of Belgian Tripels.

 

[tradosaurus]

Geez. Do realize that there are miles of distance between nursing a low-ABV beer, and being intoxicated to any level actually impairing judgement or reflexes. He didn't say he was pounding 6 packs of Belgian Tripels.

So now you are an authority of how much beer affects each person?
Just hope that if he kills himself he doesn't take anyone else out with him.
Hopefully he doesn't drive a vehicle and drink.
Can't believe we are even having this discussion.

 

[hiddentacocatneddih]

I can do the same ground speed on my tractor as a zeroturn but the end of row turn arounds and random pieces I have to get turned to start to add up.

I am also more accurate at minimizing overlap on a ztr

I had a rider that did 5-7 mph but it was an old craftsman from the 90s and had the worst turning radius ever

 

[WinterDeere]

So now you are an authority of how much beer affects each person?
Just hope that if he kills himself he doesn't take anyone else out with him.

Yes, we all know how many tens of thousands of innocent bystanders are wiped out by homeowners on their riding mowers, each year!

And I didn't say anything about how much beer affected him, or any other individual. You seem to only attend this forum for the purpose of picking fights with every other person ever posting to it.

 

[Grumpycat]

Decades ago my neighbor with lifted truck which would not fit in his garage finally bought a mower to mow his 0.3 acres, a medium sized John Deere lawn tractor.

With beer in one hand, steering wheel in other, he hit his outside heat pump coils.

Some months later DIS called about his security clearance for a job he accepted in Colorado. Told them I would be delighted for him to move, but let loose with the truth. Somehow he bought two houses almost touching. Mine in between. One for him, one for his wife, not divorced. Two kids running back and forth, maybe 6 and 8 years old. One washer/dryer, the kids carried laundry across my lawn, he drove his lawn tractor across my lawn. She supposedly had a 17 year old live-in boyfriend.

Guess he got the job as both houses were on the market shortly after.

 

[kozal01]

I ditched my JD Lawn tractor in favor of an Exmark ZTR over a decade ago and have never once looked back. I kept the JD around for a summer because I thought I would need it to pull my small yard trailer, thatcher and aerator but my ZTR actually pulls all of those better than my JD could ever dream to so I sold it to a buddy. The Exmark mows faster, has a better cut quality and its far more comfortable. I cant think of a single thing a lawn or garden tractor can do better when it comes to mowing than a ZTR.

 

[Grumpycat]

I ditched my JD Lawn tractor in favor of an Exmark ZTR over a decade ago and have never once looked back. I kept the JD around for a summer because I thought I would need it to pull my small yard trailer, thatcher and aerator but my ZTR actually pulls all of those better than my JD could ever dream to so I sold it to a buddy. The Exmark mows faster, has a better cut quality and its far more comfortable. I cant think of a single thing a lawn or garden tractor can do better when it comes to mowing than a ZTR.

Is sad that Exmark’s quality is not what it was 10 years ago. Lots of Chinese parts which fail.

 

[Grumpycat]

Not picking a fight jackazz. What part of operating machinery and using alcohol can't you get through your thick skull?
If someone is that dumb to operated a zero turn with alcohol are they operating a car or chainsaw inebriated?
Congrats idiot, now you just made my ignore list.

Clearly Tesla needs to build a FSD EV mower for beer drinkers!

 

[Quaffer]

Is sad that Exmark’s quality is not what it was 10 years ago. Lots of Chinese parts which fail.

I tried to get comparable used value for an Exmark diesel mower recently and I could not find any. Only gas models.

 

[kozal01]

Is sad that Exmark’s quality is not what it was 10 years ago. Lots of Chinese parts which fail.

Ive noticed that, at least with the residential models like mine. Mine still had the good serviceable wheel motors, Kawasaki engine and good deck design. They have since went to the Chinese engines and much cheaper wheel motors. The commercial units are still solid from what I can tell but after covid its a crap shoot to who still builds anything proper anymore.