looking for a good 72" finishing mower

[Wolfy]

I have a John Deere 261 finish mower, its very well built and cuts well. I have seen 271s show up on craiglist, worth checking out if you don't mind a older, but still easy to get parts for, mower.

 

[ding2520]

I also have the Woods RD72. I am impressed every time I mow with it. But as stated earlier, if it is too wet it will leave tire tracks. The photos were taken the first night I got it home. I have to use my I-Match to push the mower back far enough so that the front tires on the mower don't contact the tractor tires.

 

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

If you get a chance, check out a Buhler Farmking mower. I know they aren't well known, but no one makes them any better.

 

[WM75Guy]

I just bought a 6' Ag-Mieir Mustang 72 finish mower made in Belton, Texas from Jeremy Smith at Smith and Sons in Murchison, Texas. Came configured as rear discharge which I wanted, with the side discharge chute included. Easy to grease without removing anything. So far it has worked great.

Ag-Meier Industries Mohawk Mustang Finish Mower Specifications

 

[kudzu04]

I have a Bush Hog RDTF 72 that has been a winner.

 

[Runner]

I have a Frontier GM1072R which is just a re-badged and repainted Woods RD 72 like the one ding2520 has. This is a big, heavy mower that seems built like a tank to me. It provides a beautiful cut and has, so far, proved to be well-built and reliable.

I have had no issues with it, except for paint quality, which I have found to be lacking on all Frontier products. Perhaps the Woods version has better paint....

 

[LMTC]

Sitrex & Caroni share many parts and each is marketed directly (they may also sell under other names, but they do sell under the manufacturer's name). JD and First Choice are both brands only (at least re: finish mowers), in that they supply a mower manufactured by someone else, so a First Choice mower next year may well not be the same at all as a First Choice mower from last year. We imported Sitrex because they offered a better deal, grease fittings up top (no need to remove shields to grease spindles), chain guard standard. In nearly 10 years not one failure reported to us out of probably 200+ sold retail. In fact, the only reason we stopped importing them is that the advent of cheap ZTRs knocked the heck out of the finish mower market a few years back. In fact, anyone local looking might want to look at our website...we have 4-5 SM180 units and 1 SM150 left that we marked down to cost until they're gone. When we started importing these Sitrex recommended a parts package for us to stock....it cost $2500 then. Today we have 99% of those parts EXCEPT for the following: wheel forks and their associate pieces....people miss their turns and beat the rear wheel forks against all sorts of things, eventually breaking them. Spindle housings, pulleys, spindles, etc......we literally have not sold one, and not a single reported gearbox issue.

 

[ding2520]

I have a Frontier GM1072R which is just a re-badged and repainted Woods RD 72 like the one ding2520 has. This is a big, heavy mower that seems built like a tank to me. It provides a beautiful cut and has, so far, proved to be well-built and reliable.

I have had no issues with it, except for paint quality, which I have found to be lacking on all Frontier products. Perhaps the Woods version has better paint....

Not a chance....mine was new on the lot. I don't know how long the dealer had it I would guess 3-5 years, sold it to me for $500.00. Paint was the least of my worries for that kind of money! Here it is on the day I brought it home.

 

[JDGreenGrass]

I have a Frontier GM1072R which is just a re-badged and repainted Woods RD 72 like the one ding2520 has. This is a big, heavy mower that seems built like a tank to me. It provides a beautiful cut and has, so far, proved to be well-built and reliable.

I have had no issues with it, except for paint quality, which I have found to be lacking on all Frontier products. Perhaps the Woods version has better paint....

Nice set-up Runner.

Your mower looks to be off level...do you have it set that way for a reason.?? I would think you could achieve a nicer cut if the deck is level. Maybe an illusion.??

Boy, if that was my grass I would have the mower adjusted down to about 2". I like a manicured look. I am sure that mower is capable of that.

 

[RoyJackson]

Not a chance....mine was new on the lot.

Way off topic...but I love your avatar!