Comparison which zero turn mower will cut knee high or taller , grass without leaving half uncut

[MinnesotaEric]

am sick and tired of cutting the 3.5 acres out back with the 42 inch sears garden tractor , because you essentially have to go over it twice because it pushes the grass down instead of cutting it . I know if I were to open up the front of the deck with a torch and have the blades make first contact , instead of the deck it would cut fine , except the blades would also make first contact with ant hills and stobs too , and then the woosy mandrels will break . and the lightweight deck would probably collapse . Whats the use of having 20 plus HP driving the blades when the **** thing just rolls over the high grass . Durn sure don't need all that HP to cut a couple of days growth lawn .


Would like to be able to cut in one pass without resorting to the six ft single blade cutter behind my Kubota 3200 .
Any one got a zero turn that cuts , instead of rolling over ?
Thanks

Knee-high grass? I don't know about knee high, but a rotary cutter with a 12" high steel deck will cut waist-high grass.

 

[94BULLITT]

For grass that tall you need a rotary cutter. It is too tall for a finsihing mower to do a good job. If you had a good ZTR it would be way faster than your current machine and you may mow more frequently.

 

[big bubba]

guess my bottom line question is how you want your plot to look. it seems as if you don't want to cut it that often to have a finished lawn look. so....follow the advice already given get a rotary & why look at a zero turns? i have areas on my acreage that i use 2 different types of zero turns, (walk behind & rider types) for the finished look...on the remaining open areas & hay fields, i use conventional rotary tractor mowers. from your description, you really can't have it all in one mower. but maybe i'm wrong (it occasionally happens) :drink:.

 

[Utopia Texas]

Kubota has what you are looking for with a front mount mower and 40 HP but you are looking at a staggering 40,000.00 for the unit with 100" mower. You need to mow a lot more often before the grass gets that high or get some goats.

 

[TJP89]

The OP has big tractor with 4WD. What he is describing, from what I can tell, is something that needs to be cut with a brushhog. A 0 turn isn't going to cut it unless he mows every week or 2. 0 turns are not meant to cut tough tall grass like that. get a rotary cutter for your L, which will cost less that a good zero turn, hook it up, and in a few hours a few times a year, the thing will be cut. The L can handle rough terrain, and a few rocks, be careful while driving, and it will take care of that field for a few months. Z-turns are meant for finished lawns, not knee high grass.