Buying Advice Thinking about buying my first ZTR

NickTaylor · Aug 20, 2020

Great advice all. I think I've landed on buying a mid-range Kubota at the dealer down the road. But I'm putting it off until next season. Instead spent a few dollars tuning up the clunky Deere LA130 to make it last until next year and spending my $$ on other toys this season. But over the winter (when demand is a little softer) I'm going Kubota hunting...

jwstewar · Aug 20, 2020

Bearsixty7 said:
Check out SpartanMowers.com and see if they have a dealer near you. I have 2 2016's, A SRT-PRO (Dad's) and a SRT-HD with 61" decks with just 26hp Kohler motors and they have been good mowers. I bought the first for my Dad in MO. to mow about 8 acres. After using it a few times I couldn't shake the desire to have one for my little acre here in TX. (Way more mower than needed but mowing now is trivial and not a chore now).
Spartans creator is Robert Foster who was one of the founders of Bad Boy mowers so he has decades of mower experience. Spartans are built like tanks and their design gives them some of the best hillside stability and traction of any ZT.

I just bought a Spartan SRT XD with the 72" deck and 37 HP Vanguard Big Block w/ Fuel Injection. That thing is a beast. It cut my mowing time from 4 - 4.5 hours down to 2. I was mowing with a New Holland TC24D with a 60" MMM. This is so much nicer mowing. Faster, quieter, cooler. I don't have to wear hearing protection like I did with the NH. Then my ears would sweat and I would end up with an ear infection.

This thing is built like a tank. There is nothing out there that is built any better and nothing out there that is built as well for the money.

shooterdon · Aug 20, 2020

jwstewar said:
I just bought a Spartan SRT XD with the 72" deck and 37 HP Vanguard Big Block w/ Fuel Injection. That thing is a beast. It cut my mowing time from 4 - 4.5 hours down to 2. I was mowing with a New Holland TC24D with a 60" MMM. This is so much nicer mowing. Faster, quieter, cooler. I don't have to wear hearing protection like I did with the NH. Then my ears would sweat and I would end up with an ear infection.

This thing is built like a tank. There is nothing out there that is built any better and nothing out there that is built as well for the money.

Seems a bit much for the OP's needs....LOL

Bearsixty7 · Aug 20, 2020

jwstewar said:
I just bought a Spartan SRT XD with the 72" deck and 37 HP Vanguard Big Block w/ Fuel Injection. That thing is a beast. It cut my mowing time from 4 - 4.5 hours down to 2. I was mowing with a New Holland TC24D with a 60" MMM. This is so much nicer mowing. Faster, quieter, cooler. I don't have to wear hearing protection like I did with the NH. Then my ears would sweat and I would end up with an ear infection.

This thing is built like a tank. There is nothing out there that is built any better and nothing out there that is built as well for the money.

I agree!