Both machines are awesome machines, but I would have to side on the Toro. I say that because I have good experience with Toro overall and have a Toro zero turn with a Kawasaki engine on it that is almost ten years old now. The only thing I have had to replace was a seal on the transmission last year. I think that was due to operating it at such an extreme ditchline I was cutting on my property. That was a ditchline that was approximately 400 yards long and it would get cut about twice a week every year. The Toro is still going strong with no problems since.