Help Me Decide on Mower

We bought from T&S a white 54" 26horse zero turn just a few weeks ago and love it. We priced all the different brands-JD,Hustler,New Holland,Dixon and felt this was best bang for our buck. They even had drop the price $200 since it was end of the season. We had a huskyvarna reg tractor mower 54" and just didn't like it. The zero turn cut my mowing time in half-makes mowing fun. Good luck with your search.

Go with the SCAG...I love my 48" Tiger Cub Scag with 19HP. Best investment yet on the farm...I've been running it for seven years now...it's a tank...and because it's a commercial grade machine, maintenance is easy...belts easy to replace, usually thou it is just putting the spring tensioner back on after heavy grass...I've cut corn stubble,thistle five foot tall burdock, small buckthorn trees...it can take it all. easy to grease all moving parts, easy to change the oil...simple mechanism for raising and lowering the deck...

If you want to save a little money get the Great Dane...made by the same engineer. His name is Dane Scag. Look it up...http://www.the-lawn-advisor.com/Everride.html

Why pay for JD paint when you can have the last mower you will ever need.

Anybody ever had experience with "The Bad Boy" ZTR mowers??

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When my son was buying a new mower for his lawn business he (we, acutally) tried Scag as well as another Grasshopper (he already had a Grasshopper). While the Scag is indeed a tough-built mower, it rides like a buckboard. The ride on the Grasshopper is much smoother.

If you're only riding it for a few hours a week that may not make a difference. When you're riding it for 6-10 hours a day it makes a big difference. He went with the Grasshopper mainly for the smoother ride.

Ok all said I have looked at just about all of them. I think one mower company will out talk the next. I think it's between the hustler and the toro right now. I looked at the 19 I think horse Toro yesterday and it's pretty good to me. But I want to get the one will be best and hope this is the last one I'll ever buy! My dh wants me to get a Kabota but...I think it's because someone he knows has one. I don't care for that one I Like the Toro best. What do you think about Toro>

Toro and Hustler are both good machines.
Buy from a dealer, not Lowes or Home Cheapo.

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Neighbor has a Hustler and I'm real impressed with it. Built solid and well designed.

http://www.hustlerturf.com/Web-content/Index.html

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Agree with Swamp Man, buy a commercial unit. I'd be most inclined to buy one from a nearby dealer, as parts and servicing are pretty durn important.

Yes, you can buy cheaper from Home Depot and the like. Good luck with parts and repairs. The units don't work nearly as well as a commercial one will.

There are times to go cheap, and this isn't one of them.

I saw a Dixon Radus Turn yesterday. The man said he would make me a deal
for a 44 cut, 20 hrse? I think, for 4000.00. It is Commercial too. What do you
think about this one. It looks nice and it's big enough for what I need. I just haven't heard anything about a Dixon. But, it seems years ago I remember about them being used alot. HELP QUICK !! On this one.

We have a Dixon, it is our second one and it's about 10 years old. I love it, that's why we got another one. It is so easy to handle and we have a lot of small trees that I have to mow around,(200), works like a charm.

If looking at used commercial mowers, what is an OK amount of hours? Is 1000hrs the equivalent of 50,000 miles on a car, for example?

Anybody know anything about Bush Hog brand mowers?

I would really like a zero emissions mower.

My mower emits vast quantities of pelletized fertilizer. And milk.

Of course, I have no grass to begin with... so my 'mower's' double duty as bush-hogs and tree branch trimmers.

Yes, goats...

I've always despised green grass yards, as a horrible waste of resources, and a source of terrible toxic poison runoffs... The greener and prettier the yard, the more toxic they are.

If I were President, or anyone capable of making a law, there'd be a 'yard tax', and an even greater water tax for said yards, that would make them very uneconomical to own... on the other hand, there'd be a tax writeoff for converting yards to gardens or to permaculture... fruit trees, anything food producing.