I saw Ric and others talking about if you should go with commercial equipment or not. Commercial is always the best option if you can afford it. It will last at least three times longer than a residential unit.
I'm my experience with residential equipment used commercially which I have been doing for 7 years because I started my business extremely young. Actually even four years ago you couldnt really call it a business. But In those 7 years I have been through at least 4 mowers. They are Toro residential push mower but they have a commercial deck on them. That's not that great because everything else breaks. I could be wrong but I know there is at least one commercial part on it but it is a residential unit just a bit higher end $599.99
So if you are going with a residential mower you will maybe get two years out of it if used commercially. The first year you should be fine you might have one thing break but I'd guess that you would be fine. Second year lots of stuff breaks and eventually you will just get rid of it either because it broke down and it can't be used any longer or all the repairs get to be such a headache you will want a new one.
Also to keep in mind when buying a residential mower it will have a RESIDENTIAL warrenty on it so by using it commercially I doubt there is a dealer out there who would fix it for free if it breaks under warrenty because it's been used commercially im guessing that it won't be covered at least that's how it's been in my experience.
Also Toro is great those push mowers I talked about have been amazing considering that they are residential units used commercially. The only thing that has broken on them is the self propel cables snap and just need replaced or something. I've had one wheel break off. And a bolt in the handle bar come out. But that's it. I consider that amazing considering that im putting on about 320hrs on them. And eventually I need to get rid of them. One of them i got for 2014 it will probably have 320 hours in it by the end of the season and this is its second year. And the other is in its third year. I had two older toro push mowers with B&S engines on them but those quit pretty quickly I can't remember why I had to get rid of those.
But I'm going to upgrade to commercial because even though it only has small repairs it still sets me behind and its a total headace to be without a mower or both. I'd just rather have a reliable commercial mower
But for those toro SR4s I estimate that I will get two years out of them with several very minor repairs but that's it. The one I have that's in its third year im guessing that it will break down sometime this year but I could be wrong the Toros I have are Toro's newer model and they seem like they are buit well so I might get more years out of them but I don't count on it. Because I think depending on how many hours you put on in a year it will very. But generally id say Avg. two years
I'm my experience with residential equipment used commercially which I have been doing for 7 years because I started my business extremely young. Actually even four years ago you couldnt really call it a business. But In those 7 years I have been through at least 4 mowers. They are Toro residential push mower but they have a commercial deck on them. That's not that great because everything else breaks. I could be wrong but I know there is at least one commercial part on it but it is a residential unit just a bit higher end $599.99
So if you are going with a residential mower you will maybe get two years out of it if used commercially. The first year you should be fine you might have one thing break but I'd guess that you would be fine. Second year lots of stuff breaks and eventually you will just get rid of it either because it broke down and it can't be used any longer or all the repairs get to be such a headache you will want a new one.
Also to keep in mind when buying a residential mower it will have a RESIDENTIAL warrenty on it so by using it commercially I doubt there is a dealer out there who would fix it for free if it breaks under warrenty because it's been used commercially im guessing that it won't be covered at least that's how it's been in my experience.
Also Toro is great those push mowers I talked about have been amazing considering that they are residential units used commercially. The only thing that has broken on them is the self propel cables snap and just need replaced or something. I've had one wheel break off. And a bolt in the handle bar come out. But that's it. I consider that amazing considering that im putting on about 320hrs on them. And eventually I need to get rid of them. One of them i got for 2014 it will probably have 320 hours in it by the end of the season and this is its second year. And the other is in its third year. I had two older toro push mowers with B&S engines on them but those quit pretty quickly I can't remember why I had to get rid of those.
But I'm going to upgrade to commercial because even though it only has small repairs it still sets me behind and its a total headace to be without a mower or both. I'd just rather have a reliable commercial mower
But for those toro SR4s I estimate that I will get two years out of them with several very minor repairs but that's it. The one I have that's in its third year im guessing that it will break down sometime this year but I could be wrong the Toros I have are Toro's newer model and they seem like they are buit well so I might get more years out of them but I don't count on it. Because I think depending on how many hours you put on in a year it will very. But generally id say Avg. two years
