3-4 Acre mowing solution

[sbohan]

OK, after successfully killing both the craftsman pro and mtd, I'm looking for a mowing solution for around the house and two corrals which is about 3-4 acres. they're bahia grass which grows well even in low water, but needs cutting about every 5 days in the summer. Considering....

GR2010 - 48" maybe a little slow and narrow? found a good deal. the diesel I can get a 54" but is like $2K more.

Z series - pretty fast and wider if you step up to the 227, but over $2K more though can finance 2 yrs longer so pymt is lower than 2010 but for two more years-LOL; but singular in purpose, just mows.

BX1860 - about $4k more can do more things, speed in the middle, can finance longer so pymt would be about the same monthly as the 2010; can add other items later - not sure on handling on a lawn around the house and fences though.

was told F series really too much for this application....

Thoughts? Advice? Hints?
Thanks in advance.

 

[lutt]

This is the same thing I went thru several yrs ago. The zero turn mowers will mow circles around any tractor. But like you say they are good for one thing. I have alot of small acerage, my rent house has 4 acres, my mothers is a acre, we mow 5 out of 16 acres at my residence, and 3 acres at my family cemetary. I went with a zg 20 in 2007. It has 400 hrs of trouble free service starting the mowing season this year. Just maintence and blades. So now I am looking at a bx25 for the tractor end. But I couldnt buy both at the same time.

 

[radioman]

If you went with the BX, get the 60 inch deck, you wont regret it. After hearing words likee corral- I'd say make sure you get the FEL as well. You wil lwonder how you ever lived without. You will find more uses for the tractor then you ever realized.

 

[Will_C]

Nothing like a Z for mowing, but do you have other uses? If you do, that BX will be well worth it for you. I mowed a 2.5 acre property and a 3 acre property for 8 years with a BX, and it was a fine machine. I bought a Z in 2008, and a B2620 in 2009, so I have the best of both worlds-but if could only have one machine, it would be a BX!

Will

 

[timswi]

I cut a couple of acres with a BX23....Takes around an hour with a 54" mower.

As others have said, an FEL is the best part of the BX...If you currently use a dumpcart or wheelbarrow, you'll wonder what and why you did this if you go with a BX with FEL....

I'd love to have a Z but I have too many things with engines now. Don't want to add another just to cut grass, and that's all you can do with a Z.

Shop around and get what is most suitable for your needs. Good luck.

 

[sbohan]

Guess i should note. I have a L3700 with FEL, and BH, I don't wanna use it around the house as the hog is too rough a cut and don't wana driv eover the old concrete septic tanks.

 

[Bigkrank]

Pick up a good used ZD.

 

[zzvyb6]

JD F-935 diesel, 6' mower deck, really fast ground speed, low fuel consumption, hydro.

 

[jinman]

If you are willing to accept a few scratches and a few hours on the mower, craigslist is a great source for finding good Kubota, John Deere, and other premium mowers for a price reduction of 1/3 to 1/2 or more. If you can swing a cash deal and are willing to give up the new shine and smell, you can find a great long-lasting machine on craigslist if you are patient and willing to look and haggle a bit.

 

[sbohan]

Yeah, been doin cragslist for months now, only found like new prices or old beat up dogs.

Well if Kubota will finance a second machine, I think I'm going for the Z. F is just too much $ for what I'm gonna use it for and if I did GT I think I'd end up with a mower behind the 3700 anyways for the corrals. That and less time wasted changing the attachments on the 3700. The BX seems great but can't justify a second FEL, and I think the Z will run circles around it for mowing. Looks like it's the 60" Z!

Keep the cash for the old house which had been abandoned and I'm trying to get livable.