Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

[RalphVa]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

Those mowing decks were almost impossible to maintain/blades sharpen, etc.

I agree. Take it off and throw it away and use the tractor to pull a cart around or like a Gator if you don't have any hills. Have hills? Junk it. Too dangerous.

Ralph

 

[powersrp]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

got any young grandkids? would make a great putt around, and tougher than the pos coleman we bought for our grandaughters.

 

[BadDecisions]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

Never had a lawn tractor, but as you stated medical reasons keep you from mowing and moved to where you don't need to do that, sell it and use the money towards and attachment you can use on your tractor or save it for a bigger/newer/different tractor.

I know the reason I went with a cab on my tractor was to help with those nasty allergies. Yet, since you have moved to where that isn't an issue, you can't use that for a reason to buy a cab, but maybe you can use the reason of the heat and needing the AC to keep you safe?

I'm not sure a cab with AC is even available for any of the Ford N series tractors :laughing: Honestly though, the heat doesn't bother me like 99% of the whiny little buggers here...like seriously, why would people who hate the heat move to one of the hottest areas of the country??? I actually get a bit more miserable in the summer, but not because of the heat - I have no problem being outside all day long in 115* heat, and actually prefer doing most things without AC to avoid the massive temperature shock from going outside to inside and back. That's my beef with the summer - going from 115* outside to inside stores and other businesses with AC running at 75*F, then back again. It's would be like other people being in shorts outside walking straight in to the walk in freezer then back a few times a day.

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[WranglerX]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

With 3 plus acres to mow and no mower on tractor, riding mower gets more hours than the SCUT...

Dale

 

[WranglerX]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

Lawn tractor is for mowing the lawn, tractor is for everything else. Can't imagine what my place would look like if the tractor was what I mowed the lawn with, I can do a tremendous amount of damage in a very short amount of time to structures, trees and other stuff with the tractor.
Different tools, different purposes.

Ditto.... I have created more damage and clean up work with tractor then riding mower...

Dale

 

[Diggin It]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

If it's grass or weeds on the ground, I'm removing it, not cutting it. One of the big reasons why I moved to the southwest desert Also one of the big reasons why I upgraded to that Ford and a landscape rake - the ability to pull something that's big enough to be beneficial in _removing_ the grass and weeds growing on the property as opposed to just cutting and/or killing it.

Allergies or not, I can't imagine having a house on a piece of land with nothing green or growing at all.

I would say to make the mower a tug to haul water to plants, but .....

 

[4570Man]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

Allergies or not, I can't imagine having a house on a piece of land with nothing green or growing at all.

I would say to make the mower a tug to haul water to plants, but .....

Well he does live in Arizona where pretty much nothing grows.

 

[BadDecisions]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

Allergies or not, I can't imagine having a house on a piece of land with nothing green or growing at all.

I can't imagine living somewhere where the only thing that's green or growing is grass and weeds....sounds incredibly boring! On the other hand, go find a way to experience anaphylactic shock....then imagine wondering if merely a neighbor mowing his lawn will kick it off again, if you're lucky enough to survive the experience. I'll bet you'll also find a lush green lawn to be far less important in life afterwards as well as finding living near other lawns less than desirable too.

Well he does live in Arizona where pretty much nothing grows.

Plenty of things that grow in the desert, that don't involve mowing, and not just green stuff either!



We even get some snow too!

 

[todd92]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

I now have 5 tractors and a ZTR. I still keep and use the JD lawn tractor for pulling a seed/fertilizer spreader (slow pace is perfect) and the Cyclone Rake. I was going to ditch it but it's not worth much and it's better than anything else I own for those two tasks.

 

[AndyMA]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

I use my Deere X748 with a 60” deck to mow. All of my other tractors have a finish mower & would be too big anyway. With the Deere I still need to use a 21” Honda for some spots

Andy

 

[man00]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

To be something that many don't think there is a use for anymore...the prices sure don't reflect that.

 

[BadDecisions]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

To be something that many don't think there is a use for anymore...the prices sure don't reflect that.

I was actually surprised at how many seemingly stupid expensive lawn tractors there were out there when I was searching for the bigger ones. But then I also found that the SCUT tractors were significantly more expensive than the big boys too. I could have easily bought several 100hp tractors for what my 8N cost me, and the 8N was dirt cheap compared to what many people were asking for the SCUTs. I seriously considered buying a really big one for a while, but "too big" is something that crossed my mind a lot, as well as maintenance issues, in that I'm just not equipped to handle really big and heavy parts.

Same reason I'm still buying pickup trucks instead of a class 8 semi, which I can often find much cheaper than the pickups...but I wouldn't be able to handle even basic maintenance on something that big, much less major repair. Getting the differential out of my 2 ton truck and back in was enough of an adventure...

 

[Rod in Forfar]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

I just bought one of those old Craftsman mowers for trimming around the house. Its cut is easy to adjust and my wife likes things trimmed shorter than the 4" cut which is permanently set on my Kubota B7510 belly mower. She was spending altogether too much time pushing her rechargeable mower around, and the Simplicity Hydro is on permanent loan to a family member, so I found a mint-condition 2000, 12.5 hp, 46'" mower Craftsman. The engine seems very little-used. Then I worked on it for a week, off an on, replacing belts and adjusting the cut, then replacing the blades after one of its mulching blades corkscrewed into the turf on the site of a new croquet court.

With a new set of solid blades, the $800 CDN mower is making a place for itself in the shed. My wife speaks fondly of it.

 

[Huckleberry Ranch]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

Finally, I feel qualified to answer a question on this forum.
12 years ago, I bought an old Yanmar
and scored a lawn tractor at the same deal.
Then I sold the Yanmar and bought a skid steer.
Then I sold the skid steer and got a New Holland tc29.
Then I sold the NH and bought a Massey Ferguson 2760.
In those 12 years I loaned the lawn tractor out once.
I have moved it around the yard, place to place, looking for an out of the way place for it.
I have also watched both the front tires deteriorate and it will no doubt need a new battery and if our barn cats have done their job, won’t need wiring repair.
Like you, I did try and use it, but sitting right on top of all that dust and chopping made the ride very unpleasant.
Pulling a bush cutter or flail mower behind a tractor is a far better way to go and you probably won’t go back to the little guy.
IF I had a manicured lawn section of our property, the lawn tractor would probably have a welcome place.

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

I would still use it to pull around a garden cart or small wagon. I use mine much more than just to mow with. I pull a sprayer, a seed/fertilizer spreader and a 2 wheel cart. I find it very useful to have both.

 

[GeneV]

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I have a garden tractor, but yes, I still use it quite a bit actually. Every other week, I mow areas with around my pond that I can't with my massey because of size/weight concerns. I'll pull my cart with it. If I have a tree go down, I use my backhoe/thumb to hold it over the cart, chainsaw it right there into the cart, haul it away with the garden tractor.

 

[dodge man]

Re: Do you still find lawn tractor useful after upgrading to "real" tractor?

When I got my first tractor about 11 years ago, I kept a pretty good sized riding mower. My tractor was a Kubota BX with a 60” deck. When I got back on the riding mower I realized the BX was better on the hills and rougher ground. I sold the riding mower and haven’t missed it.