Absolute best scut for mowing?

[ShowroomShine]

I知 wanting to move away from my Scag freedom z zero turn in favor of a scut with mmm and bucket. This machine will supplement my Case IH 55a on my small farm and construction business for something smaller and easier to haul for when I don稚 need the bigger machine.

The main priority for the machine is mowing my fescue yard (1ac). I do enjoy nice grass and stripes etc, but realize that the scut won稚 be as good of an option as the zero turn, more of a compromise. The loader will be used for some small grading jobs, but not daily.

What scut has the best cut quality? I feel as if the 1025R will be the best balance of power and cut quality, but am open to other options.

 

[dodge man]

I would agree with your choice. The 1 series is bigger than a BX Kubota and the loader is quite a bit bigger but yet it turns sharper. I had a Kubota BX for 10 years and now a JD 2025r both with a 60” deck. The JD cuts better but there isn’t a huge difference.

 

[Diggin It]

Blue beats green on price hands down.

ZTR beats SCUT on mowing though.

 

[mikester]

Think of your SCUT as a swiss army knife and you want to assemble Ikea flat pack furniture once a week for the next 20 years.

 

[rcio7684]

I just purchased a Massey Ferguson GC1723 with a 60" deck about a month ago and cut my lawn a few times. Prior to that I had a John Deere X500. Surprisingly, but the GC has a better cut than the JD.

Good luck finding what's right for you!

 

[hube2]

Going to start this off by saying that I don't really care what my lawn looks like. I have AG tires on my tractor because I don't worry about taring it up, however, I have never seen the tires tare up my lawn. It's an old hay field and it's is pretty well drained because I'm on a hill. I also mow with the deck as high as I can set it. I find I need to mow it less often that way.

However, I have to say that it does a nicer job of giving an even cut than my little JD ride on used to, even on my humpty, bumpty old hey field. I am surprised that a 60" deck can make it look as even as it does. I think the biggest difference is that the deck wheels on the old one could not be adjusted to get them riding on the ground at the height I wanted to mow it where the new decks wheels can and the weight of the mower on on the deck wheels so it isn't hanging in the air.

Anyway, I have a Massey GC1725 with a 60" MMM (basically the same as rcio7684's 1723). Given my low initial expectations and the fact that I don't overly concern myself with what my lawn looks like as long as it does not look like a hay field, I'm more than satisfied.

 

[SCWOOD]

Blue beats green on price hands down.

ZTR beats SCUT on mowing though.

would you like to play follow the leader on the ZTR with a beverage in one hand!

 

[mikester]

Going to start this off by saying that I don't really care what my lawn looks like. I have AG tires on my tractor because I don't worry about taring it up, however, I have never seen the tires tare up my lawn. It's an old hay field and it's is pretty well drained because I'm on a hill. I also mow with the deck as high as I can set it. I find I need to mow it less often that way.

However, I have to say that it does a nicer job of giving an even cut than my little JD ride on used to, even on my humpty, bumpty old hey field. I am surprised that a 60" deck can make it look as even as it does. I think the biggest difference is that the deck wheels on the old one could not be adjusted to get them riding on the ground at the height I wanted to mow it where the new decks wheels can and the weight of the mower on on the deck wheels so it isn't hanging in the air.

Anyway, I have a Massey GC1725 with a 60" MMM (basically the same as rcio7684's 1723). Given my low initial expectations and the fact that I don't overly concern myself with what my lawn looks like as long as it does not look like a hay field, I'm more than satisfied.

The older I get the lawn looks nicer and nicer. My wrinkles have faded away in the mirror too. I wish the newspaper used darker ink and stopped making the text smaller and smaller and fuzzy too.