Comparison Midmount or rear finishing mower?

[savageactor7]

I have a Woods 72" rear finishing mower that I have adjusted for close fairway type cut. Before I retired we use to cut the entire yard with it all at once. I loved the job the mower did, you could back it under the orchard trees. While it did have wheels I always raised the deck slightly when turning sharp.

We like the 3PH because everythings easy on/off. That's important for us because we're in the woods a lot harvesting firewood pulling out logs. MMM's are a slightly better cutter but not for folks like us... they're good for estate folks that have huge areas of lawn only.

Now that I've retired we only use the 72" Woods when I get behind because of travel or other special occasions. Because of back issues I'm always swapping out chores and resting while cutting grass on the 2550 every half hour or so. Ordinary I'd be bored with the drudgery of cutting such a large area with a small mower but now I consider it a rest period.

I suppose if your a landscaper and traveling site to site a MMM would trailer better...just don't take it in the woods cause it's very easy to ding up even when your carefully paying attention to what you're doing.

 

[madmax12]

I have a lawn and not a yard. I prefer a MMM with my hills and numerous trees. I have at times, cut twice as the front tires mashed the grass down and it was not cut to my requirements. I would think that would be more of a problem with all four tires running the grass down before it gets to the blades. I think it all depends on how particular you are about your grass cutting and finding what works for you.

It may seem odd, but if u mow in reverse (think rear mount snowblower), which I do sometimes, the problem u encounter disappears.