Ok well I have been hunting

[Winfrbob]

Ok just like most I am looking . 4500 is my limit no more and I will probably finance so used is out.
Here is what I have come with so far(I am in no hurry)
Under 4k for these
1. Badboy magnum 48 with a Kawasaki ....my good friend owns a shop and this is what he stocks
2.gravely zt 42xl not sure what engine .... Another friends shop kids go to school together
3.toro timecutter 5060 Kawasaki .......closest
4. Hustler raptor sd 48
Maybe but it's really close to that 4500
5. Dixie chopper 48 zee2
Here is the kicker I pull a cyclone rake . My lawn is a little over an acre and this will only be used for that acre....

 

[sprayu2]

Hi Winfrbob,

If you are looking as I was recently (see previuos post) I would make a few suggestions regardless of the brand.

-No small tires like 16 x 6.5 get something in the 20 to 23 height range. An acre is a lot to cut & unless it's golf course smooth you'll appreciate the bigger tires.
-Compare the fabricated deck to the flimsier metal stamped deck. You won't ever wear out the fabricated deck whereas the metal stamped decks tend to crack, bend and come apart. Week before last when I was buying my mower a guy came & picked up a reinforcing bottom plate hr'd ordered for his stamped deck.
-Find one with the industrial cannister air cleaner for extended engine life.
-The higher torque Kawasaki engine is hard to beat.
-I just took advantage of Husqvarna's 48 month 0% interest financing. The guy at the mower shop entered my info on the computer & within 10 minutes had my approval.
-It's a difinite plus to have a foot panel (floor board) that raises up for ease of cleaning, belt replacement & most importantly, greasing that center mandrel.
-If you don't have a place to store it inside then go ahead & buy a cover for it (a carport is not inside storage).
-Go with the zero turn vs lawn tractor type. I have a Craftsman 48' garden tractor that I use on my 5 acres to cut up close to trees in the woodsy part. I have a Kubota tractor & 5' bush hog mower to cut an area kinda swampy with sapplings and did use it to cut my pastures. Then when I got my first zero turn was blown away at how much quicker i could mow the pastures.

Well, hope that helps,

sprayu2


PS Used a 50" cut Dixie chopper in landscaping for a while & had lots of problems with it, just saying.

 

[Briana]

Welcome to LawnWorld!

We moved your thread to the Mower & Equipment Buying & Pricing forum.

 

[Winfrbob]

Thank you........ I went and looked around and I a really liking the freedom z.......

 

[Shughes717]

Thank you........ I went and looked around and I a really liking the freedom z.......

Scag is a good mower. Raptor sd is another good choice.

 

[Winfrbob]

Ok my wife actually thinks I should get a more commercial mower ahhhhh she knows me well:thumbsup:.
so I went and looked at the farris is 600 so nice I like this one to.... I don't like the bagger price......though

 

[Rivets]

I would suggest you take a close look at the Kubota Kommander.

 

[Winfrbob]

I would suggest you take a close look at the Kubota Kommander.

I plan to... the ferris.dealer happened to have a gravely to me it didnt look as well built. I am still leaning towards the skag seeing as its a grand.less then the ferris.....

 

[djdicetn]

I plan to... the ferris.dealer happened to have a gravely to me it didnt look as well built. I am still leaning towards the skag seeing as its a grand.less then the ferris.....

If you are following your wife's advice for a "more Commercial" ZTR(and abandoned the $4,500 limit:0)....I hope you looked at the Gravely Pro-Turn instead of the XT XL. The ZT XL is my LEAST favorite Gravely model, but if you go back and look at the Pro-Turn I think you will find it to be as well built as any other brand in that price range(currently $6,099 No Haggle Price for the 48"). Make sure you are comparing "apples-to-apples" across brands(similar trannies, deck, engine, etc.).

 

[DSepe]

If you are following your wife's advice for a "more Commercial" ZTR(and abandoned the $4,500 limit:0)....I hope you looked at the Gravely Pro-Turn instead of the XT XL. The ZT XL is my LEAST favorite Gravely model, but if you go back and look at the Pro-Turn I think you will find it to be as well built as any other brand in that price range(currently $6,099 No Haggle Price for the 48"). Make sure you are comparing "apples-to-apples" across brands(similar trannies, deck, engine, etc.).

Agreed on the XT XL should keep it branded under Ariens lol...but those Pro-Turns are nice. Wish my dealer wasn't such a jerk when I was buying, I would of given the Pro-Turn a much closer look.