I did a quick search but I didn't turn much up. Is there a lawnmower that has 4 wheel drive that doesn't cost an arm and a leg? I saw the JD x700 series. Nice tractor but it's $12K. I was hoping there would be something around the $6K mark. I do like the JD X500 series but it's 2WD with the ability to lock the differential. That may be enough to meet my needs plus it's 4-wheel steer. I do not have a hilly landscape but I do mow enough ditches/driveways/culvert areas that I get stuck quite often just from being too light in the rear.
4x4 Lawnmower?
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There is the Husqvarna R322T AWD. It's all wheel drive and handles steep slopes very well. It's also very nimble around object (articulating steering) and the mower is in the front. However the mower widths that are offered are a 48" side discharge and a 41 inch Combi 103 deck for either mulching or rear discharge, and it retails for about $5400.
I got two of them and like them much better than the two Wheel Horse GTs they replaced. My WH GTs did not have enough traction on some of the steep slopes I mow, but the R322T hauls my 275# butt up and down those steep slopes, forward or backward and has plenty of traction and power. It's a lot of fun to drive too.
Not sure you'd want to mow two acres with a 48" or 41" wide deck though, but I bet it would be great for your ditches/driveway/culvert areas.
I mow at least 2 acres because of the two properties I mow, but I'm retired, and having two R322Ts so my wife is often mowing too.
I tried to find a video of a Husqvarna R322T AWD mowing some steep areas but could only find this articulating AWD Jonsered, which is basically the same machine as the Husvarna R322T AWD.
It will at least give you an idea how these machines do on steep slopes. The mowing deck on the Jonsered (in the video) is the same Combi 103 mowing deck I have on my R322T machines.
Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMfAAoaLur0
Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZQ3cbD0rPY
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Actually, even though the smaller deck takes much longer to mow I think it might work better in the ditches/culverts due to the curvature (the smaller deck mows a curve better). I did see these Husq. mowers somewhere else and wondered how well they work.
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Have you ever consider loading the tires with fluid? I realize it is something generally reserved for large tractors that can hold a lot of fluid, but it is actually shocking how much can go in those little lawnmower tires. I put 15 gallons of washer fluid in my Craftsman tires the 2nd week after I purchased it and it is still going strong and pulls all the hills I got stuck on in the first week.
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Simplicity Prestige (4wd) with a 50" deck about $7900.Very well made mowers.
Here is link to an extremely long thread discussing the Husqvarna R322T AWD, if you wish to learn more about it.
http://www.mytractorforum.com/64-husqvarna-dixon/250230-husqvarna-rider-322t-awd.html
Edit....The Husqvarna R322T AWD in made in Sweden.
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If mowing under trees is not an issue, go get a Yanmar YM1610d from Fredrick's and put a Coroni finish mower behind it, you'll never look back from a riding garden mower. HS
