I have several friends that do commercial lawn care. If you were to talk to them I think every one of them would tell you that if your making a living with the mower you can't beat a Scag. Personally I did some trading a few years back and got a 61 inch Great Dane. Having used my buddies Scag a few times I can say the Scag will cut faster than the Great Dane which is a big issue with commercial companies since time is money. For home use though I like my mower. Material wise it's built as tough, or tougher than any of the others I've seen. As far as the hydrostatic drive goes some of the other brands have a transaxel type design where both the pump and motor are all in the rear housing. One of the smaller mowers one of my friends has uses this type and they can be really expensive to repair/replace. The Great Dane has individual pumps and wheel motors so somthing like a seal leaking on one doesn't mean you've got to remove the whole drive system to repair the problem or replace the part. In other words maintenance is alot easier and cheaper on that type design vs the transaxel type.
Beyond that I've looked at pretty much every brand out there and while each brand has their own little bells and whistles like spring suspension, shaft drive to the mower deck, diesel engine, etc, etc, but past that they are all basically the same otherwise from what I can see. In other words most use an Ogura electric clutch to drive the deck, Yamaha, Kohler, or Honda engine for the gas ones, and Kubota or Cat for the diesels. My opinion the best thing to do for a homeowner looking to buy one is to keep your eyes on Craigslist, ebay, etc, etc and find one used. Traded out mine actually cost me $1500 and I've seen them around that price all day long over the last couple of years as landscapers got out of the business when homeowners started cutting their own grass due to the economy. So, for my money I like my Great Dane, your best bet is do some looking and see which ones have what you want and/or need, and in the price range your looking for and go for it. I know mine cut mowing time with a 4 foot Woods Mower from 45 minutes to an hour down to 12 minutes. I now cut the road sides on the dead end I live on, etc, etc just because it's so much fun. Good luck.
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