Mowing Mid-Mount Mower for CK20

[hammock_kioti]

Does anybody have experience with the DMM60 mower? How well does it cut and do you have any pictures of the finished product? Did anybody try to cut St. Augustine grass and how did that turn out? Finally, what did folks pay for the mower?

 

[malk315]

Hi-

I have a DMM-60 mower and I absolutely love it.
It replaced my 42" side discharge deck on Toro classic 315 tractor.

I think the DMM does a better job.

The only thing I have to be careful of is scalping. I like my grass long as we get hot dry summers that burn short cut grass here in new england, so I keep it high, but even still w/ the extra wide deck, I have to be a little careful of scalping in spots where it's somewhat uneven. (I have some ruts from the day we had a bandit model 250 chipper in the yard -- story for another time)

If your yard is major uneven, then you will need to be careful.

Otherwise I like my deck -- I can cut at full forward speed in low range with ease. I may have to back off the hydro pedal a little when going up a steeper hill as the deck is 400 lbs, tractor 2000+ lbs, I'm another 275 lbs -- lot of weight!

If I can find some pictures of finished but w/ CK-20 and DMM-60 I'll post them. I don't think I have any. If it's still useful to you in a month I'll probably be close to my first cut of the season. I plan to buy a spare set of blades and sharpen the ones on the deck now and sharpen often during what will be my first full cutting season w/ the CK-20.

 

[IslandTractor]

Keep in mind that the Kioti MMM is not compatable with the subframe for a backhoe in case that is ever in your plans. I don't recall the exact price but it was significantly more than a rear finish mower...mid $2000 range.