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Hi, 3 years ago I purchased a Troy bilt pony for my 5 acres. Because my horses are on 3 of the 5 acres I thought the Pony riding mower would be fine. It isn't. Every time I mow the belt gard comes off and I have to stop and pull the deck off to re-route the belt. Very frustrating. Anyone have advice on what kind of mower I should buy? The terrain is at times rough because of the rodent holes and the steepness of my ditches.
My neighbor has a john deer tractor that he mows with but the tractor seems like a glorified mower to me.
Also, I wouldn't want to spend more than $2,800
Thanks

Zero Turn mowers are good for mostly flat ground, buy if you have to cut slopped ditches a tractor is better. You may want to look at something bigger than a 42" cut Pony. Do have to buy new or is used OK. There are lots of used machines out there that have got many good years left in them. You need to figure out what mower to get for your acreage. Maybe you could take some pictures with your Pony for scale on some of the sloped areas so people can get a better idea of what your talking about and give us more info on your mowing problems. Good Luck

gfp55 said:

Zero Turn mowers are good for mostly flat ground, buy if you have to cut slopped ditches a tractor is better. You may want to look at something bigger than a 42" cut Pony. Do have to buy new or is used OK. There are lots of used machines out there that have got many good years left in them. You need to figure out what mower to get for your acreage. Maybe you could take some pictures with your Pony for scale on some of the sloped areas so people can get a better idea of what your talking about and give us more info on your mowing problems. Good Luck

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Good advice! Pictures would help.

Sorry it has taken so long to reply as I had to get my mower running again. Here are pictures.

gfp55 said:

Zero Turn mowers are good for mostly flat ground, buy if you have to cut slopped ditches a tractor is better. You may want to look at something bigger than a 42" cut Pony. Do have to buy new or is used OK. There are lots of used machines out there that have got many good years left in them. You need to figure out what mower to get for your acreage. Maybe you could take some pictures with your Pony for scale on some of the sloped areas so people can get a better idea of what your talking about and give us more info on your mowing problems. Good Luck

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Another picture.

Thank you.