Buying Advice Tractor vs zero turn

[bigtiller]

It's all about the quality of ride to me. The rear tires on my mower are 3 feet tall which makes for a nice ride. Sometimes I wish they were a little taller when going over the ruff spots but I never wanted them shorter. I mow my yard at about 1 acre per hour with my JD 2720 & 60" MMM deck. At that speed I can drive a straight line, all the grass gets cut, my kidneys are happy, I'm not worn out and the yard looks nice.

15 minutes per acre is crazy talk. :shocked::laughing:

 

[Steppenwolfe]

It's all about the quality of ride to me. The rear tires on my mower are 3 feet tall which makes for a nice ride. Sometimes I wish they were a little taller when going over the ruff spots but I never wanted them shorter. I mow my yard at about 1 acre per hour with my JD 2720 & 60" MMM deck. At that speed I can drive a straight line, all the grass gets cut, my kidneys are happy, I'm not worn out and the yard looks nice.

15 minutes per acre is crazy talk. :shocked::laughing:

My Kubota zd 331 zero turn is a grass mowing beast. I'm like you though, and prefer slow and easy, I mowed about 8 acres in the last two days, 3hours each day. Any more than that and I'll need traction.

 

[Diggin It]

The reason I say you can稚 mow my yard at 14mph is it would beat a person to death.

Yeah, I'd be flopping around like an old worn out Raggedy Andy doll.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

My Grasshopper goes waaaaay faster than I can stand to mow with it, as when I go too fast, I get motion sickness!

So, I mow faster than I can with a garden tractor, but no where near as fast as I "could" be going with the GH.

SR

 

[oldballs]

My neighbor, a great guy, mows (ZTR) as fast as possible. He has a head set on and stares at the many obstacles as he whizzes by sort like some kinda video game to me. As I mow (Kubota B2650--MMM) adjacent to him I look over his way but never get his attention. If he's happy, I OK with that........but I like to enjoy my easy ride. Just call me "Easy Rider".
Cheers,
Mike

 

[Hay Dude]

My Kubota zd 331 zero turn is a grass mowing beast. I'm like you though, and prefer slow and easy, I mowed about 8 acres in the last two days, 3hours each day. Any more than that and I'll need traction.

My MF7495 with Pottinger Novacat mower is an even bigger mowing beast.
I mowed 45 acres in about 7 hours today
200HP :shocked:
11.5 foot cut :dance1:
Cab with air ride, AC and tunes :cool2:
8 MPH :drink:

 

[Steppenwolfe]

My MF7495 with Pottinger Novacat mower is an even bigger mowing beast.
I mowed 45 acres in about 7 hours today
200HP :shocked:
11.5 foot cut :dance1:
Cab with air ride, AC and tunes :cool2:
8 MPH :drink:

Well, that's just flat out not right! We're talking pea shooters, and you show up with a tank. :shocked:

 

[two_bit_score]

My Grasshopper goes waaaaay faster than I can stand to mow with it, as when I go too fast, I get motion sickness!

So, I mow faster than I can with a garden tractor, but no where near as fast as I "could" be going with the GH.

SR

Grasshopper mowers are very impressive and made in the USA.

 

[Diggin It]

I made a few passes with my 24HP 42" cut no-cab rider, so neener- neener !!!

 

[bigtiller]

My MF7495 with Pottinger Novacat mower is an even bigger mowing beast.
I mowed 45 acres in about 7 hours today
200HP :shocked:
11.5 foot cut :dance1:
Cab with air ride, AC and tunes :cool2:
8 MPH :drink:

Yeah, but look at them windrows. A side discharge really spreads it out.

 

[Hay Dude]

Yeah, but look at them windrows. A side discharge really spreads it out.

Yeah some dude wanted all the clippings. :laughing:

 

[Hay Dude]

Grasshopper mowers are very impressive and made in the USA.

Who makes the diesel engine? :laughing:

 

[two_bit_score]

Best cut I got was from a rear discharge years and years ago. Haven't seen a rear discharge for sale in about 20 years.

 

[dodge man]

Hay Dude, you cut it fast but think of all the time you will waste raking and picking up those clippings. Did you think of getting a mulch kit?

 

[Hay Dude]

Hay Dude, you cut it fast but think of all the time you will waste raking and picking up those clippings. Did you think of getting a mulch kit?

Heres what I clean up the grass clippings with. It picks up 900lbs of clippings in about 1 minute

 

[riptides]

... I can't hear my cell phone when I am on the tractor. I hope to spend more time on it when I do get to retire...

Bluetooth and wireless ear buds.

 

[riptides]

That's impressive! Going 14mph mowing must be fun?

Right up to the point where you find the gopher or ground hog hole.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Right up to the point where you find the gopher or ground hog hole.

It would take a LOT bigger hole than that to have ANY effect on my zero turn!

SR

 

[Maxify55]

A tractor is good at many things.
While a ZTR is only good at one thing but it is very, very good at it.
Which do you want done and how well?
My answer was YES!

 

[DK35vince]

Right up to the point where you find the gopher or ground hog hole.

I'm mowing the lawn, not the field.