Posted by 135 Fan on April 02, 2008 at 18:21:25 from (68.149.51.25):
In Reply to: Mower for big yard posted by scpurgatory on April 02, 2008 at 16:45:28:
If you wanted to do it real fast and didn't mind paying up to $10,000 (probably a lot less), go to a commercial Toro dealer or other golf course supplier and see if they have any used groundsmasters or similar mowers. You could probably get a pretty good diesel machine with a 72 inch deck that would do circles around a home owner machine. A gas engine would be OK as well but stay away from the old machines with the Continental "R" engine (Renault). They quit making them and parts are more than a fortune for them. They will warp heads and have head gasket leaks if they get too hot. There are lots of reel mowers used but I wouldn't recommend them. Too much maintenance and too easy to wreck the reels. A rotary is best or a flail but used machines with flail heads aren't common. If you found one though, that's the cats meow. I tried a Jacobsen turfcat with a hydraulic drive flail and when it was sitting still, it was so smooth, you could put a cup of water on the deck and it wouldn't spill. This was with the cutter shaft turning at full speed. Hope this helps. Dave
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