Might not be the right sub-forum for this, but hoping this works as a general "catch all"...
Just finished seeding and strawing the lawn for our house build (hope to close/move in in 3 weeks or so). Doing it all by hand, I'm well aware of how much lawn I'm going to have to mow in the future. Clearly not going to do it with the 6' bush hog or push mower + string trimmer...
All in all, I'll have about 1.5 - 2 acres of "yard" to maintain with this mower (I have a bush hog I use for our 5 acres of pasture). Don't intend to keep it like a golf course, just mowed to keep weeds/saplings at bay, and keep ticks and snakes away from the house. Ground is still pretty rough - quite a few stumps from forrestry mulching and felling trees to clear, and terracing from long-ago agricultural use. Not terribly steep, but am in middle TN with rolling hills and we do have slopes in part of the "yard" (maybe 15-20 degrees?). We've kept a larger # of mature trees around (as well as a 1/10th acre pond) so have a number of obstacles to work around.
My question: Anyone have guidance on whether a zero-turn mower (looking at something like a Scag Patriot or LibertyZ) or lawn tractor (like Kubota T2290 or Deere X384) would be a better fit?
My instinct is for the lawn tractor, but hesitate for two reasons: 1) the lower center of gravity of the ZT I assume would be better for side-hill mowing of our slopes and 2) The lawn tractors don't appear to come with ROPS/offer them as an option, where the ZT mowers do.
Would appreciate any insights or guidance y'all might have!
ETA: Cleaned up some details. Also want to add my budget is in the $6k-8k range
Just finished seeding and strawing the lawn for our house build (hope to close/move in in 3 weeks or so). Doing it all by hand, I'm well aware of how much lawn I'm going to have to mow in the future. Clearly not going to do it with the 6' bush hog or push mower + string trimmer...
All in all, I'll have about 1.5 - 2 acres of "yard" to maintain with this mower (I have a bush hog I use for our 5 acres of pasture). Don't intend to keep it like a golf course, just mowed to keep weeds/saplings at bay, and keep ticks and snakes away from the house. Ground is still pretty rough - quite a few stumps from forrestry mulching and felling trees to clear, and terracing from long-ago agricultural use. Not terribly steep, but am in middle TN with rolling hills and we do have slopes in part of the "yard" (maybe 15-20 degrees?). We've kept a larger # of mature trees around (as well as a 1/10th acre pond) so have a number of obstacles to work around.
My question: Anyone have guidance on whether a zero-turn mower (looking at something like a Scag Patriot or LibertyZ) or lawn tractor (like Kubota T2290 or Deere X384) would be a better fit?
My instinct is for the lawn tractor, but hesitate for two reasons: 1) the lower center of gravity of the ZT I assume would be better for side-hill mowing of our slopes and 2) The lawn tractors don't appear to come with ROPS/offer them as an option, where the ZT mowers do.
Would appreciate any insights or guidance y'all might have!
ETA: Cleaned up some details. Also want to add my budget is in the $6k-8k range
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