Zero Turn Mowers

We have alot of trees, planting beds, etc. to mow around, so it saves me many hours in a year. Traction can be an issue on steep hills if the ground is wet or soft, but it eats grass like nothing else.

Jeff

Jeff

I have had mine for 2 years, and use it weekly and no problems so far. While I like cutting grass, I do have other things to do as well. Plus this year I am going through an overhaul of the 8N, which the time saved on the ZTR provides.

My only regret is not getting one sooner.

Cheers!
Dukester

This thing will slide off a side hill before it will turn over, sure you have to work the controls guess that is what they are so handy for.

If you trounced around on my lawn with a field tractor, you would have to spend a bunch of time with another lawn mower cutting all the trim work.

I don't care if I can see the hyd pumps or not. In theory they will never need work. It has 760 hours on it and the grass just better get the hey out of the way.

Messing sround on my lawn with a tractor and then doing all the finish work would bee too much for me to handle, even mentally.

Myself I'd rather get tractor seat time in.. vs lawnmower time. I also like theutility of a tractor. I've pulled many a stuck ztr out of a wet spot that was only 3" or so deep.. that have about as much traction as your hands do in a greased pig in a rainstorm..

On the + side.. for mowing.. I hear they are real decent at the single thing they can do...

Soundguy

My neighbor's 4WD Honda GT bit the dust a year ago and he replaced it with a new Cub Cadet ZT. No 4wd, no 3pt, and it was comical watching him try to plow snow this past winter. Two wheel skid steer and snow plowing are not well matched. But boy can he mow grass.

As far as "cheaper" units go my experience with outdoor power equipment, as with 3pt finish mowers, is that the buy in costs are lower but so is the life expectancy.

Personally a ZT would be the last item I would add to my stable. But if all the other stalls were full I'd definitly want one.

YMMV,

TOH

Joe

I have a zero turn Snapper Lawn Cruiser that I like, but the one flaw is that if you have any side hills the zero turn mowers can"t hold a straight line very well and you"ll eventually end up bailing out. Yes, you"re suppose to mow up and down, and a gentle slope isn"t a problem, but there are sections of ditch that don"t lend themselves to doing that, and my corner lot has lots of road ditch. Otherwise the zero turn is excellent for getting around trees and such. Take your time, don"t turn too fast or you"ll spin the tires and tear up the turf.

If you can find a rear discharge mowing deck go for it as you"ll be able to use both side of the deck for trimming.

You gracefully twist and turn, then go fast on the straight sections. A wide open deck for your feet, cup holder, the cool of the evening in the spring... makes you wish your 2N was together and running so you didn"t have to listen to a single cylinder Briggs wound up to 3600rpm screaming at your back! Where"s that kid of mine?! Get on the mower and get it done! And he does - covering well over an acre an hour on a rough yard, lots of obstacles, little additional trimming needed.