Grasshopper mowers

[BrokeSolid]

I've been pining over a new one now all weekend because of price and just like that, a clean used 928D falls into my lap. Patience really is a virtue! It only has 322 hours on it and is a 2009 with seat upgrade and 61 side discharge. The one thing is doesn't have is the power fold, is that an option you can have added? How hard is the manual fold feature to use?

 

[Redneck in training]

I've been pining over a new one now all weekend because of price and just like that, a clean used 928D falls into my lap. Patience really is a virtue! It only has 322 hours on it and is a 2009 with seat upgrade and 61 side discharge. The one thing is doesn't have is the power fold, is that an option you can have added? How hard is the manual fold feature to use?

It is not hard after you figure how to do it. If I am not mistaken there is a retrofit for power lift.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Yes, you can add the PowerFold lift kit to it.

The 928d is a great machine. I demo'd one and loved it. Lots of power.

Jump on it!

 

[Creamer]

You will love that 928D. Good choice!

 

[Firstteam]

WOW, first post in 8 years I bought a 729 new in 2006, it came with the 3 cylinder liquid cooled Kabota, 61" PowerFold deck and collection system. It's been a great mower with few problems. It now has 1650 hours. I mow 11 acres here on the farm and in the interest of spending less time mowing I just added a 72" PowerFold and the new premium seat (which is like riding on your couch). Spring and fall I can used the 61" deck and collection system for clean up and the 72" for the summer for speed. IMO it's the best mower made (built like a tank). The PowerFold deck makes it a breeze to clean and change the blades. I know they aren't giving them away but I would recommend them to anyone (as long as it was a front mount).

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

Well, that may have been your first post in 8 years, but you made the most of it. Great post and great mower. I've got the 729BT and love it.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Now, if he can just learn how to spell "Kubota" he will be all set! lol

SR

 

[2ndhalf]

I picked up a very slightly used (less than 800 hour) GH 725D at the end of the mowing season for I think $5500. That mower new would probably run you 10 - 13k. It had power lift deck.. very nice. I also bought a GH 60" dozer blade for it to clear snow.

You want to talk about a snow moving machine. I would bet money I could clear my drive (at that time it was about 300 feet) faster than someone with a plow truck counting the parking areas etc. I could plow full speed up and down with ZTR capability. I could plow my entire 8 neighbors in less than an hour all had long drives.

If you buy a GH get the dozer blade; you will be amazed at what 1,300+ lbs (with me on it : ) of ZTR will do. You will never want to plow with a quad or tractor again.

 

[Birdhunter1]

I will agree with this statement on the blade. It won't win the award for moving the biggest mass of snow but it will move alot of smaller amounts in a very quick manner.
If it's under 8" in Southern Illinois it does well with it.

I have also used my grasshopper and blade to grade rock or dirt in tight places, it works well on loose material.

 

[BrokeSolid]

Does anyone know what the difference between the 928 and 930 besides the hood and 2 hp? As far as I can tell the 930 is just an updated 928, still using the same engine and hydro.

 

[TractorGuy]

I was determined to buy a front deck mower of some brand, preferably diesel. Prices and rethinking changed my mind.

I had always used lawn tractors until a few years ago when I acquired a zero turn. While it cut my mowing time dramatically it also blew dirt right out the front and right back on me to the point I couldn't stand to mow unless it had been raining shortly before. There was no getting out of the dirt. Every time I mowed I was covered in it. I noticed in the first response to this thread the user of a Grasshopper complained of the same thing.

This year I finally went a different direction. I sold my used zero turn on CL for $1250, went to Agri Supply and purchased a 72" rear discharge Agmate finish mower, and I can't be happier. I walked out the door with $20 left over from the zero turn sale. My little 855 JD pulls it with ease. I can back it under trees and get where the other mowers would not. It's the smoothest, quietest mower I've ever used. You can't hardly hear it over the tractor. It cut my mowing time even further than the zero turn did. I can knock down 3 acres in less than two hours and that is doing road sides and mowing around trees. Best of all it shoots everything out the back and stays well away from the operator. Can't say it's dust free if conditions are dry and the wind is blowing the wrong way but you can change the direction you are mowing in and stay out of it.

I still have a little Craftsman lawn tractor to trim where I might not get with the finish mower but that doesn't amount to much. I could easily do the same with the weed eater.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Every time I mowed I was covered in it. I noticed in the first response to this thread the user of a Grasshopper complained of the same thing.

My Grasshopper pushes so much air through the deck and blows everything away from me, the ONLY way I EVER get dirt in my face, is when there is a heavy wind and I'm blowing directly into it!

Of course, the fix for that is, don't try to blow anything into the wind...same as any other mower I've used

DM

 

[Ford850]

Same as Sawyerrob I have no issue with grass blowing on me except for really windy days when I try to blow into it. Even then sometimes, like yesterday, I'm moving so fast it blows back but behind me.

 

[Ford850]

Also, I never have a blowback problem if I use the deflector on the discharge chute, but I rarely use that. Without it, the grass is blown 5 - 10 feet minimum and speed thin.

 

[Poopdeck Pappy]

I've got a rear finish mower that I use on the Kubota BX2660 for certain things. But I'll choose the Grasshopper every time over the rear finish mower. It's at least twice as quick to mow with the Grasshopper as the RFM, and the cut is better too.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

I've got a rear finish mower that I use on the Kubota BX2660 for certain things. But I'll choose the Grasshopper every time over the rear finish mower. It's at least twice as quick to mow with the Grasshopper as the RFM, and the cut is better too.

That's been MY experience too.

SR

 

[Creamer]

I've got a rear finish mower that I use on the Kubota BX2660 for certain things. But I'll choose the Grasshopper every time over the rear finish mower. It's at least twice as quick to mow with the Grasshopper as the RFM, and the cut is better too.

Yep! I have a rear finish mower that was in great shape the last time I used it - close to twenty years ago. Once I got a front deck zero turn it got parked. I should have sold it but it may not be worth much now.

 

[BrokeSolid]

Picked up at auction yesterday the 928D I was talking about before in the thread. Can't wait to get out on it!

 

[Msamt]

I was determined to buy a front deck mower of some brand, preferably diesel. Prices and rethinking changed my mind.

I had always used lawn tractors until a few years ago when I acquired a zero turn. While it cut my mowing time dramatically it also blew dirt right out the front and right back on me to the point I couldn't stand to mow unless it had been raining shortly before. There was no getting out of the dirt. Every time I mowed I was covered in it. I noticed in the first response to this thread the user of a Grasshopper complained of the same thing.

This year I finally went a different direction. I sold my used zero turn on CL for $1250, went to Agri Supply and purchased a 72" rear discharge Agmate finish mower, and I can't be happier. I walked out the door with $20 left over from the zero turn sale. My little 855 JD pulls it with ease. I can back it under trees and get where the other mowers would not. It's the smoothest, quietest mower I've ever used. You can't hardly hear it over the tractor. It cut my mowing time even further than the zero turn did. I can knock down 3 acres in less than two hours and that is doing road sides and mowing around trees. Best of all it shoots everything out the back and stays well away from the operator. Can't say it's dust free if conditions are dry and the wind is blowing the wrong way but you can change the direction you are mowing in and stay out of it.

I still have a little Craftsman lawn tractor to trim where I might not get with the finish mower but that doesn't amount to much. I could easily do the same with the weed eater.

I love my rear finish mower, it is simple!

 

[Redneck in training]

I love my rear finish mower, it is simple!

It all depends on the particular situation. In ex. our property is hilly and we have several thousand trees scattered on it. There is no way my wife could do it without a zero turn. She cuts 8 acres every week. Takes about 8 hours per cut.