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

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

Most anything but a box store tractor.

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

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

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.

It's hard for any brand to beat the bang for the buck of the 2500 and 3000 series Cub Cadets! !

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.

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.

Stay away from MTD or Huskee. Awful lawn mowers that are not even designed to allign the belts properly. nothing but problems!

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

John - Prolly best to start a new thread - will get you more/better responses...this one is over 5 yrs old.

And need more/better info from you concerning your yard - obstacles, size, hill(s) steepness, etc... if you are already worried about sliding, mebbe best to re-landscape that area with no-maintenance ground cover.

wow rcbe. How did you pull up this one year old thread? LOL

whups! surely did miss that one, larso... tnx for the heads up :)