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[Diamondpilot]

Ha! Yeah, a diesel ZT would be sweet, but that's like $17,000+. I'm going with a Badboy Outlaw XP, 72" cut and 36HP Vanguard. $9400. It should last me the rest of my life. If I was running a mowing business then the diesel would be worth the investment.

Actually not. I maintain a fleet of ZTR's for a mowing business. They have a Scag with a Kohler, and 3 Ferris with one Briggs and the other two Kawasaki. The Scag and two of the Ferris are 61" and one Ferris is 72".

He owns a Diesel Jett a and two diesel trucks but just can't make the math work on the diesel mower.

Chris

 

[bindian]

The diesel's advantage here, would be only needing one type of fuel, transporting one fuel, and storing one type of fuel.

DP,
You work on a fleet of zero turns, work or help out at a marina and transport lots of boats. When do you have time to fly?
Brandi

 

[Diamondpilot]

The diesel's advantage here, would be only needing one type of fuel, transporting one fuel, and storing one type of fuel. DP, You work on a fleet of zero turns, work or help out at a marina and transport lots of boats. When do you have time to fly? Brandi

I only fly 10 days a month. So far this month I have only flow 3 days. The mowers are actually very little work. Service twice during the season and once over winter lay up.

Homeowners like you and I are the only ones buying diesel. Commercial mowers use gas and fuel up once a day at the station. No 5 gallon jugs.

The trailers and trucks that pull them are another story.

Chris.

 

[bindian]

I guess that isn't too bad, when you consider my 4 day work week equals 16 or 17.2 days a month. As I remember (and your user name here) you fly a Diamond. Are Diamonds still in production?
hugs, Brandi

 

[Ram4x4]

Ha! I have some time in a DA20. Nice little plane. Unfortunately I can't afford my own plane, so I fly a powered paraglider instead

Wet rate rentals are astronomical these days, so my GA flying has been severely limited over the last 8-10 years.