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Looking to buy within the week, Cub Cadet RZT S 50 or Husqvarna RZ5424? Which one is better for quality, resale, price? Need advice soon!

between those 2 always husqvarna very very good

I'd go with the Cub Cadet, but buy either from a dealer.

I would go with the husqvarna.

Rnbbhc said:

Looking to buy within the week, Cub Cadet RZT S 50 or Husqvarna RZ5424? Which one is better for quality, resale, price? Need advice soon!

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Purchased cub cadet zrt s 42 last Saturday. I am very pleased with the mower. Comsumer Digest has awarded it a "Best Buy".

Traumer said:

Purchased cub cadet zrt s 42 last Saturday. I am very pleased with the mower. Comsumer Digest has awarded it a "Best Buy".

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So how do you like it? Can it mow while backing up? is moving your foot from the gas petal to the small pedal to reverse a pain? have you used it on a slope yet? how well does it drive across the slope with 4 wheel steering?

sorry for the questions but I am looking at that as well. I am used to a snapper zrider with the joystick and the 4 wheel steering and steering wheel intriqued me. the deck and frame looks really flimsy tho'

I also had a snapper but found it would not cut as high as I had hoped for saint augustine. The mower pto seems to disengage in reverse. I have a sloped yard and I have not noticed any sliding even when turning. It cuts very good around trees and obstacles. The deck does appear flimsy. I purchased the mower on the reputation of the dealer as well as the ratings of the mower in Consumer Digest. It is important for me to have a local dealer who can service and repair it in a reasonable amount of time. On this purchase I stayed clear of the "big box" stores and located a dealer who was a BBB member with a good rating.

Thanks for the reply I hate to hear the pto cuts out in reverse, I am sure that is gov regulation at work. My snapper did not do that and on the steepest hills I would drive up it and come down backwards to mow up and down. I like that it seems to work so well on a slope for you tho', might have to look at it further.

We sell plenty of the CC Z's - issues are they are not water proof and need to be garaged or covered . They can and do catch fire if dead grass is not kept off the engine and muffler. - believe me I'll never understand how you can pay thousands of dollars for a machine and never CLEAN it.
Koehler does have some issues with rocker assembly backing off the valves - no start or 1/4 engine rotation complaints ... Nice machine enjoy .

thanks for the input and info. I am really enjoying the zrt. I keep it in the garage and clean it after each mowing. I will watch for the mentioned glitches in the Koehler,

Traumer said:

Purchased cub cadet zrt s 42 last Saturday. I am very pleased with the mower. Comsumer Digest has awarded it a "Best Buy".

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Traumer I'm confused, I'm going to assume your zrt is a zero turn rider ztr am I correct.

I can get a 2011 CC Z-Force S48 for $4000 and the 2012 model for $4499. Does anyone know the differences between these two model years? Any big differences that should make me wary of the 2011 model?

Thanks!

txzrider said:

So how do you like it? Can it mow while backing up? is moving your foot from the gas petal to the small pedal to reverse a pain? have you used it on a slope yet? how well does it drive across the slope with 4 wheel steering?

sorry for the questions but I am looking at that as well. I am used to a snapper zrider with the joystick and the 4 wheel steering and steering wheel intriqued me. the deck and frame looks really flimsy tho'

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Why don't you go to a dealer and get a your questions answered? People have gotten so used to the big box store way they have forgotten about a great resource...your local dealer. Go test drive one and have fun.

sorry to have bothered you, why did you assume I have not been to dealers? I have been to 5 dealers so far, none have a hill for me to test on. None of them have offered to let me bring a unit home to test on my property. My local dealer where I had such a bad experience with my snapper is now pushing toro, he would not even let me use it in the parking lot. The snapper dealer in waxahachie I like is now pushing country clipper but only has a leftover 38 inch Jazzee to look at. Landmark equip (also in waxahachie) has the RTZ S 50 and offered to let me drive it in the showroom. The gravely dealer did not offer to let me drive one at all. I greatly value and appreciate that the original poster of this thread took the time to reply to me with his experience, which is what I thought this forum was about.

Perhaps a visit to the local JD dealer will help you. And don't worry, no bother