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60" John Deere Z-Trac 920M vs. Scag Tiger Cat vs. Toro Z-Master 3000/5000
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I ended up going with the Toro 5000 Series. It was the most expensive of the bunch by a couple of hundred $ but it had a lot going for it too. Larger engine and hydros, longer warranty, and the dealer threw in an extra set of blades, 12 gallons of gas, some oil, free delivery, and cut me a huge break on an Echo trimmer. I spent about 3 hours yesterday playing around and cut about 5-6 acres of very heavy (12"-15" in spots), juicy (we just got 4.5" of rain two days ago) grass and weeds. A mixture of St. Augustine, Bahia, clover, dollar weed, and misc other stuff. The mower chewed through it like a starving dog. It only started to bog down when hitting the thickest stuff at almost full speed. In the rutted up pasture, the isolated suspension seat was worth it's weight in gold! I did manage to catch the edge of a muddy ditch and got stuck once. The old New Holland tractor is still good for something as I had to use it to pull the mower out. It looked like I had gone mud bogging with it at the end of the day. All in all I am very happy with the purchase. Thanks to everyone for their thoughts and insight!
Re: 60" John Deere Z-Trac 925M vs. Scag Tiger Cat vs. Toro Z-Master 3000/5000
I tell you the. 7 iron pro decks are no joke. They are strong and you can put it up against a exmark toro or scag they all are good mowers. And all have some tuff decks as well but. Some are 10 gauge with 7 gauge side reinforcements. Which is good the. 7 iron decks are 7 gauge with 7 gauge sides reinforcements. They are stamped. With fewer welds but. Will hold up to the best of them with a nice clean cut. Check them out. At a dealer or stop a fellow. Landscaper that uses them and check them out sometime. I have tons of stumps. In my yard and the guy that mowed my yard befor buying one had a z930m and he hit plenty of stumps and so have I that is what sold me. On the johndeere I was going to get a exmark lazor z until I seen his ztrak and started checking them out. There built like a tank have a great local dealer with good service and that's a plus with any mower you choose. I hope this helps. I don't think you will go wrong with any of them mowers all nice. Equipment.
If in fact the JD 7 gauge stamped deck is what they say it is, then possibly it is worth considering. Fabricated decks made of flat metal are much easier to clean than stamped decks with all the curves. Understand that the front of the machine has to be raised up so you can get underneath and scrape the underside of the deck to clean it, much easier to clean flat surfaces than curved surfaces. Years back I had several stamped deck machines and I made scrapers to conform to most of the curved surfaces under the decks, but when I went to fabricated decks I never looked back.
As I service the machines for several cemeteries, I have had to straighten, cut and weld about 5 or 6 decks plus two of my own, all were fabricated decks.
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Mad Mackie in CT:laughing::biggrin::smile:
I tell you the. 7 iron pro decks are no joke. They are strong and you can put it up against a exmark toro or scag they all are good mowers. And all have some tuff decks as well but. Some are 10 gauge with 7 gauge side reinforcements. Which is good the. 7 iron decks are 7 gauge with 7 gauge sides reinforcements. They are stamped. With fewer welds but. Will hold up to the best of them with a nice clean cut. Check them out. At a dealer or stop a fellow. Landscaper that uses them and check them out sometime. I have tons of stumps. In my yard and the guy that mowed my yard befor buying one had a z930m and he hit plenty of stumps and so have I that is what sold me. On the johndeere I was going to get a exmark lazor z until I seen his ztrak and started checking them out. There built like a tank have a great local dealer with good service and that's a plus with any mower you choose. I hope this helps. I don't think you will go wrong with any of them mowers all nice. Equipment.