Talk me in/out of a Kubota ZD-1211 w/ 72” deck

[Hay Dude]

I really like mine. No real complaints other than I wish the dash cluster had a clock and there was a simple USB/phone charger outlet. Probably would have added $20 to the cost of a $20,000 mower.
72” cut a must or we’d be taking too much time.

 

[greenie]

The ZD1211 may be my favorite mower I've had to date. I am going to keep my eyes open for a 72". It took me 2:50 to mow my whole place last week, which is probably between 9 and 9.5 acres of actual mowing. I can mow at full sticks and get an awesome cut, but I'm still not used to the smaller deck and leave lots of stripes that are just a few inches wide on the discharge side... There is nowhere on my property that causes any strain on the engine, I highly doubt a 72 would either. I have no idea what the fuel economy is yet since the tanks are so big.

I had both decks on 2 different 30 HP Kubota Diesel zero turns - IMO the 60" cut much better than the 72", handled better and had more power. The difference in fuel consumption was not enough to notice.

 

[BackRoad]

Just got a quote for a ZD 1211. But before pulling the trigger...

My house is rural and the lawn is "closely mowed hayfield" (never seeded with suburban type grasses) so not extremely thick or heavy, except in May!

What's the tallest grass you are able to reasonably cut with your ZD 1211s before needing to go "turtle speed"?

The photo shows the grass just off the front porch as an example of thickness...