Garden Tractor advise

The property is 126 acres but she is only concerned with mowing about 2 to 3 acres directly around her house.

Her main application will be keeping the weeds and grass around her property cut down to prevent fire hazard.

I told her that I did not know a great deal about tractors ( huge understatement ) but would try and find someone who did. Well, I am asking the experts. What machine should my Mother-in-law buy for her needs?

She wants to keep it under 2k, wants reliability first, function second, features third.

Any help or advice would be welcome. Thanks in advance for your kindness and good cheer.

Rich

In the walk behind tractors the C12 would be a good choice. I am not that familiar with the riders but do know that a friend of mine has an 18 hp model that is 19 years old and all he has done to it is replace the plug and minor tuneups. I would say that that is dependable. He has several acres that he mows and it is on a good hill. It has a very low center of gravity and they never worry about turning it over.