Randy,
solid point. I may be a bit schizophrenic here in all my pondering too so thanks all for bearing with. I know i have a varied wish list and truth be told it's hard to determine what will always be top priority. (Last year, my mower broke down so mowing was #1. A couple months ago, my brother brought about 30 trees for milling over so a FEL would've been #1. Now, after all the milling my drive is crap so a box blade and scraper are towards the top of my list!).
Yep--in an ideal scenario I'd have a zero turn, a compact tractor, and I'd keep one of my Gravelys for all it can do. However, a mid mount 60" would be a great improvement on my current mowing so I could see it displacing the desire to get a Z-turn if it worked out okay (plus it may handle the rough terrain and hills better than a zero turn on my property).
It may be the best bet to consider a compact tractor with FEL and some rear attachments and then to invest in a used Z-Turn. I'll have to ponder.
I will admit I dove down the B7100 hole and think they're pretty cool. Kinda like the Honda Civics of the tractor world.
solid point. I may be a bit schizophrenic here in all my pondering too so thanks all for bearing with. I know i have a varied wish list and truth be told it's hard to determine what will always be top priority. (Last year, my mower broke down so mowing was #1. A couple months ago, my brother brought about 30 trees for milling over so a FEL would've been #1. Now, after all the milling my drive is crap so a box blade and scraper are towards the top of my list!).
Yep--in an ideal scenario I'd have a zero turn, a compact tractor, and I'd keep one of my Gravelys for all it can do. However, a mid mount 60" would be a great improvement on my current mowing so I could see it displacing the desire to get a Z-turn if it worked out okay (plus it may handle the rough terrain and hills better than a zero turn on my property).
It may be the best bet to consider a compact tractor with FEL and some rear attachments and then to invest in a used Z-Turn. I'll have to ponder.
I will admit I dove down the B7100 hole and think they're pretty cool. Kinda like the Honda Civics of the tractor world.
If you do buy a z turn mower you will find that the mid mount mower will be used very little. For a compact tractor a rear mount finish mower is a lower cost option. This way you are not limited to tractors with a mid mount mower. A compact tractor (not sub compact) will have more fel capability. So the z turn plus compact tractor sounds like a good solution.