My 5 landscaping crews run Exmark and Deere

Posted by BLinWMi on May 27, 2007 at 06:47:22 from (152.163.100.14):

In Reply to: Who makes the best zero turn mower posted by Tired of pushing a mower on May 26, 2007 at 16:59:35:

I admit I have never run a Dixie chopper or a Skag but I have run a Dixon on a diary farm I used to work on. I have run a landscaping company for the last 6 years, with 5 crews covering 3 states. I run Exmark and Deere for my zero turns. And only the commercial units. The Toro company owns Exmark so all the commercial Toro units are very similiar to the Exmarks, the big difference is the design of the deck. Toros claim to faim is under the deck, each blade cuts the grass and thows it forward and out, not to be touched by another blade, while Exmarks deck cuts the grass and then sends it to the next blade which cuts it and throws it to the next blade which recuts it and finally throws it out the discharge. This is nice on the Exmark because the grass clippings are smaller and will mulch down into the ground easier, but if ever cutting wet grass, the exmark system does not work the best, you end up with a green mess.
I like the Deere commercial units, 7X7 series because of the strength of the deck and the new feature that the deck can be adjusted on the go from disharge to closed deck for mulching just by moving one lever. This is awesome for me because I prefer to discharge all the clipping instead of bagging, it saves dumpster space and is better for the lawn. I do alot of high level properties and they have very fancy mulch beds. I can discharge the grass for the open areas or close down the deck so I am not spitting cut grass into the nice clean mulch beds. I really like the Deere commercial units because of that feature and the heavier hydraulic system they use compared to most. It is not unusual for one of my mowers to run for a couple hours at a time and with constant turning these pumps get hot, but the oversixe fan cooled one Deere uses seems to work great.
In short if you want a Zero Turn, don't go to Home Depot or TSC to get one. And don't be fooled that a Cub Cadet is what they used to be, they are no longer connected to IH, they are owned by MTD/Troybilt and are not worth the Cub Cadet name. I would definately be looking at a good used Toro/Exmark, a Deere or maybe a Skag commercial mower. I am quite often amazed at the prices on ebay that a guy could get a good used Exmark zero turn for, might be worth looking in to. If you have any questions, shoot me an email.

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• Re: My 5 landscaping crews run Exmark and Deere sammy the RED 08:56:28 05/27/07 (3)
  • Re: My 5 landscaping crews run Exmark and Deere BLinWMi 09:08:19 05/27/07 (2)
    • Re: My 5 landscaping crews run Exmark and Deere sammy the RED 18:20:32 05/27/07 (1)
      • Re: My 5 landscaping crews run Exmark and Deere BLinWMi 18:51:12 05/27/07 (0)

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