I cut many properties in a 20 mile radius of my home base.
I can load any of my farm tractors on my gooseneck trailer, chain them down, hit the road, park, unchain/unload and begin work.
I have found after many years of doing that, Id rather just drive the tractor over the road, cut customers property, and drive home. Since its a cab tractor, I have the opportunity to do that in all weather. Also have decent road speed 2 go 24MPH and the MF will do 34MPH.
I would encourage anyone who is considering a custom mowing business to order a HVAC cab, equipped with road safety equipment to do the same. You can lower your costs of truck and trailer and parlay that into a cab and a “road speed” tractor.
I still use the truck & trailer if the trip is > ~10 miles.
You can say all you want about tire wear, but I put 300 hours on my 2 smaller tractors each per year and the tires are holding up very well.