Best mower for bad drainage areas florida

[Topturf]

Posting on behalf of my son. He started a lawn care gig at 15 and he has been doing it a few seasons. Doing well but the biggest issue he has is ruts.

He has a scag vride and it does great for the most part. We are in Florida where you did down a foot and you hit water. The drainage around here is terrible, you go between a couple house where it is shady and you leave ruts…. Not on turns / literally straight.

the vride is a little heavy, if there a decent commercial mower that weighs a lot less that he could use on these bad drainage areas. Customers get mad and it’s not really his fault / it’s the home builders that don’t care about drainage. Short of a push mower - what are good options?

 

[7394]

Remote control Z.......

 

[TonyPrin]

Keep an eye out for successful competitors and see what they have. Beyond that, you're likely to find that tires (size, tread, pressure options) can play a major role on soft soil performance.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Probably he will need to go to a wide area walk behind with wide wheels
Tractor style mowers distribute their weight better than ZTR's and the Garden tractors with bigger wider wheels will have a lot bigger contact patch
Running lower air pressure will help as will square shouldered tyres although the latter will chop up the grass more on turns

 

[StarTech]

Could always put on dualies. I have seen one rider here with them and personally I need a hover mower here right now. More water seen than grass.

 

[7394]

Seen those hover mowers advertised. How do you get correct cut height on one ?