Getting my first zero turn mower - which one?

[Shads]

I got a toro pro with 62in deck and Kawasaki engine. Friggin love it! Had several of the cheaper home depot versions but they only last a few seasons and start falling apart. I have 3/4 acre. My pops has about an acre and I cut grass at deer camp. Which is over 2 acres. Season#2 with this one and had zero problems. It's also a 2001 model

 

[Trailrider]

Get a commercial grade one. Those "homeowner" editions are a joke

This. Even when they put the "commercial" sticker on the Briggs & Stratton engine. They're garbage.

 

[webicknell]

Another thing to look at.... Width of the deck / cutting radius...

My 5 acres is hilly with holes and bumps.... I use a 44" wide.... If I got a wider deck, I would be missing lots of high grass in the holes and scalping all the bumps.

If you have flat property, go with the wider decks....

 

[boomdad]

Hard to beat a scag.

My Dad is still running the same Scag since 1988 (3 engines & 1 steering cable), but everything else is still going strong!

 

[Trailrider]

Another thing to look at.... Width of the deck / cutting radius...

My 5 acres is hilly with holes and bumps.... I use a 44" wide.... If I got a wider deck, I would be missing lots of high grass in the holes and scalping all the bumps.

If you have flat property, go with the wider decks....

That too, I cant stand seeing a yard some landscaping crew cut that didn't realize this. You can see all the patches where they scalped it or missed the grass.

 

[7pt62THOR]

I've got a Toro and it's been a dang good one.
Hey davis211 , PM @bigB0$$ about an Exmark down at Athens Power Pro.
That's what I'm gonna get when the Toro gives up.

 

[trw2094]

Kubota

 

[Mirvin 264]

Buy this one, absolutely worth every penny, cuts in reverse too. If I had the money I'd buy it as a spare. I'm 6'4" 365 and it cuts like a dream hauling my big butt around. About 75 miles from you per the ad location. Read the reviews, says it's one of the best for the money, and I agree........ Has the Kohler Courage 23hp engine, very low hours too.

https://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/grd/d/alpharetta-husqvarna-zero-turn-46/6875053986.html

 

[Hacknslash]

I have had a TORO with Kawasaki engine 52" cut for 10 years. Have been cutting 5&1/2 rough acres. I have it serviced once at the beginning of every season, new belts, new blades, oil change and lube. My helper ran it into the pond and submerged it in 9 feet of water the day I got it back from being serviced. He retrieved it from the water with the front end loader and placed it on the trailer. I took it back to the ACE Hardware where I get it serviced and the drained and replaced all the fluids several times.When I picked it up I was told it was running great but because it went into the water running and hot I could lose a rod, piston or anything at any time no way to tell until it happened. Anyway that was the spring of 2019 and haven't had so much as hiccup since. When I first bought my property it was all grown up unattended to for two years, it took a 50 horse John Deer with a bush hog to do the initial cutting and clean up. After that I have maintained it with the Toro in less time and does a better job. Very few pieces of equipment I have ever purchased have met my expectations, but the Toro is one that definitely has surpassed any and all of my expectations.

 

[Horsehat]

Why

I have had a TORO with Kawasaki engine 52" cut for 10 years. Have been cutting 5&1/2 rough acres. I have it serviced once at the beginning of every season, new belts, new blades, oil change and lube. My helper ran it into the pond and submerged it in 9 feet of water the day I got it back from being serviced. He retrieved it from the water with the front end loader and placed it on the trailer. I took it back to the ACE Hardware where I get it serviced and the drained and replaced all the fluids several times.When I picked it up I was told it was running great but because it went into the water running and hot I could lose a rod, piston or anything at any time no way to tell until it happened. Anyway that was the spring of 2019 and haven't had so much as hiccup since. When I first bought my property it was all grown up unattended to for two years, it took a 50 horse John Deer with a bush hog to do the initial cutting and clean up. After that I have maintained it with the Toro in less time and does a better job. Very few pieces of equipment I have ever purchased have met my expectations, but the Toro is one that definitely has surpassed any and all of my expectations.

Why do you call him a helper?