Rear Finish Mower Comparing 3 Point Finish Mower Options

[Cataclysm]

I have a 7' Land Pride I mow 6 acers with. Fairly heavy built. Cuts great. I bought it used. I grease it every time I use it. Zero issues. The best feature it has is the whole back part of the deck is open to let the cut grass out.

I run it with a cab tractor so no grass-nados swirling over me. It may or may not be as fast as a zero turn but who cares with the a/c running.

 

[TractorGuy]

Just looked back at the prices posted by the OP. They don't match the prices listed at Agri Supply so I assume he has added shipping.

Blade speed will have a direct correlation to cut quality. Out of the Agri Supply mowers the Caroni has the highest blade speed. They are showing 2 in Greenville NC and 1 in Valdosta Ga.

Looks like they are out of stock on the 7' Agmate.

They also list a 7' Bellonmit with 4 in their mail center and 1 in Petersburg Va. Base price is showing $1699.88 making it the lowest price 7 footer.

Estate Mower, Finish Mower, Caroni Mower, Grooming Mower

We carry estate mowers in cutting widths of 48, 59, 71 and 93 in and they are used for a smooth quality cut.

www.agrisupply.com

 

[Smokeydog]

Woods RD7200 has been a good performer. With double taper roller bearings and two bolt blade spindles have been durable. Much less maintenance than other brands I have used. Don’t know if other manufacturers have caught up with this improvement. Our property is rough on mowers. 22 years, 100-130hours per year, 1 belt, dozen blade sets. Had to improve the design of the gauge wheels spindles to handle trimming behind a 4x4 scut.

 

[TractorGuy]

I have a homemade ground powered mower I built in the early 90s. I made all the spindles from 1" trailer hubs with tapered bearings. Still has the original bearings in all 3 and the transfer shaft. Seems like that would be as cheap and durable as you could ask for.

Most of these mowers today just use sealed ball bearings. I can't figure why the finish mowers have grease fittings in the spindles when they use sealed bearings? They are easy to replace though and you can buy bearings cheap on eBay.