DAD bought two Cub LoBoy's to mow his 2+ acre barnyard years ago. First was a red LoBoy with 48 mower, he had 4-5 Cub Cadets but had a rototiller on one, a hilling plow on another, a belly mower on another. the Cub Cadets ran well, the Low Boy not so much. After a half hour of mowing it would start blowing antifreeze out the radiator overflow. He bought a newer numbered LowBoy, 185 or something similar, it had enough hours it spit antifreeze out the overflow too. Plus it had a live pto clutch that started slipping, He removed it, read his service manual and decided to take it to town for rebuild, week or two later he gets a call, it's done. He goes to town, parts & labor was just a bit over $400. Now Dad & I have both rebuilt many Cub Cadet pto Clutches, not sure why he didn't rebuild it himself. I bought a pretty nicely restored and rebuilt 982 Cub Cadet and 50 mower about the same time Dad bought the 185, I mow 2.3 acres and there was about 200 trees & bushes before I pulled and cut a bunch of them, I finally got my mowing time down around 4 hours. 10 years ago I bought a 27 hp Cub Cadet zero turn with 54 deck, first mowing with it was 2-1/2 hours, with some pruning and pulling bushes I've been down around 2 hours a couple times. Not sure what the 982 would take now, it needs to stop, back-up and counter-turn at each end of the yard, adds time. The zero turn's two things I don't care for is the two small catering front wheels beat me up pretty good if I drive too fast, and if it's dry, the front mower deck stirs up a cloud of dust that stays just ahead of me, helps to wear goggles or wait for a windy day. Depends what your time is worth and what else you need to do whether a zero turn is worth it for you. When we first moved here I ran my Cub Cadet 72 with a 38 mower, my 10 yr old SON ran a 129 Cub Cadet with 44 deck and we could mow in 2 hours or a bit less. A local ag implement dealer got a Land Pride baby Batwing mower on the lot, up to 14 ft, needed 540 pto, single 2-way hyd. MY Farmall Super H would run it but was too tall to get under all my trees, then I found out the price! Five figures, and it was used by the school system or city maintenance dept. NEW they were around $25,000. For a half acre of rather open mowing, no trees or bushes to trim around, buildings are easy to mow along the sides of, my old 129 Cub Cadet with 44 inch deck was about as fast on that size area as my 982 with 50 inch deck. Smooth yards allow higher speeds, takes less time to mow.
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