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The best Lawn Tractor or riding mower
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Posted by rich1911 z7 va (My Page) on Sat, Oct 22, 05 at 22:57
| Hello All,
I just purchase a home and I have approx 1.5 acre to mow.
I am trying to figure out if I should purchase a lawn tractor or a riding mower. Can you let me know the pros and cons of purchasing a lawn tractor vs riding mower? Also which manufacture I should consider?
Thanks. |
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RE: The best Lawn Tractor or riding mower
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| I say lawn tractor, for me I love the extra ponys, I almost always need to pull a lawn sweeper and in the winter when it snows I put the blade on. I have a little over an acre to mow, twice a week. I also purchased a thacher (sp?),trailer, snow chains and a spreader. couldnt live without it ;) I like the John Deere tractors, nice thick frames, front arms are beefy. But Im sure there are many others out there that are in the same class. The only thing I would do differently, get the regular
cutting deck. I have a 42" freedom mulching deck but
my lawn grows wayyy to fast I would have to mow it 2-3 times
a week to get the "no grass left behind" effect. As it stands once a week and Im cutting 1.5 - 2" off.
When I go away on a vacation, forget it, I have to
mow it twice the same day to get a god cut ;(
Good Luck... GHoops |
RE: The best Lawn Tractor or riding mower
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go for the bigger lawn tractor, you never know what you will need it for..i have a husqvarna tractor, i have had it for 10 years, and never a problem..i plow snow and haul wood, and have doen things with it, you shouldnt do. it has been great..it also has a Kohler engine, which to me is the best..
good luck |
RE: The best Lawn Tractor or riding mower
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| Most anything but a box store tractor. |
RE: The best Lawn Tractor or riding mower
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| Stay away from Craftsman, find out what transaxle is in whatever machine you want to get and research it. I know (through trying to find a replacement)that the dana (foote?) transaxle craftsman uses (used) has many problems and to buy a new one is VERY costly. Good Luck |
RE: The best Lawn Tractor or riding mower
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| I thinks that anything on or over £1500s would be man enough anything cheeper and it wont stand thew test of time. That's my tuppence worth. Cheers John |
RE: The best
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| For anything other than mowing a small yard I'd go with at least a garden tractor. I'd check out all the name brands.
Price and compare em all. |
bang for the buck
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| It's hard for any brand to beat the bang for the buck of the 2500 and 3000 series Cub Cadets! ! |
RE: The best Lawn Tractor or riding mower
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| i am personal to the "riding lawn mower" or rer. I have always used them until I bought my new craftsman. The only real advantage I can forsee to my craftsman LT is it has a wider cutting area. Any more i use the craftsman LT for mowing and the honda RER for all of the hauling and carting, etc. It honestly, IMO handles my garden cart better, and maneuvers better. Once I get the blade off and sharpened, it will be a bagger too. |
RE: The best Lawn Tractor or riding mower
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| I like the Garden Tractors over riding mowers. One thing stay away from any thing made by MTD as they will give you the run around if you have problems. I have owned several with nothing but problems. |
RE: The best Lawn Tractor or riding mower
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| Stay away from MTD or Huskee. Awful lawn mowers that are not even designed to allign the belts properly. nothing but problems! |
RE: The best Lawn Tractor or riding mower
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Most of my yard is flat. I do have a hill in the front, which machine is best for cutting, riding or ZTR. I would like to used a ZTR, but I have heard they will side?
Thanks
John |
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