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North central, IA | We have a couple of zero turn mowers. One out front and one mid-mount. Neither is very big or very new. We are going to be mowing more lawn this year so I think its time to move up in both reliability and size. (It is really disheartening to come home late in the evening after a day of haying or fencing or sweeping bins and see the lawn mower stranded in the middle of a half-mown lawn and it seems like everybody in the family can figure out how to break a mower but only dad (me) can fix them.) . My wife has a distinct preference for the front-mount mower which I think around here pretty much limits the selection to Grasshopper.
Anyway, after a long-winded introduction here's the real question - should I be considering a "near zero-turn" rear steer machine like a Toro, a Ransomes, or a Deere? It looks like I could buy a bigger machine with fewer hours for the same or less money. Obviously they can't turn as sharp but after mowing a few rounds of headlands will they turn short enough? We go around quite a few trees and obstacles. After running a true zero-turn mower for several years would this be a step backward? | |
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Can we stand one more lawn mower question?
