trying to buy the right mower!

[Parkmower]

I would just get a toro grounds master don't hold back spend all your money.

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

I agree. Or a Jacobsen turf cat

 

[Parkmower]

I will stop recommending a Gravely if you won't recommend a Husqvarna, Cub Cadet or Toro:0)
Have you read most of the threads for all four of those brands in the Brand Specific forums and discerned the numer of relative major problems reported???? Or maybe checked out the most recent 2013 Dealer Ratings of those brands(see link below). First time/non-Commercial experience doesn't always mean "incorrect/bad advice".

http://www.msdeda.com/pdf/2013%20Dealer%20Manufacturer%20Survey.pdf

P.S.
If the dealers for the Husqvarna's, Cub Cadet & Toro's don't rate the overall quality as high as the Ariens/Gravely dealers why should your "experienced advice" be any more reliable that a newbie??? Maybe you were just "lucky" to get a good one. If a dealer disses a brand I am a little more reluctant to invest in one, maybe other users will feel the same way about a Gravely. Actually, I prefer a dealer survey to a owner survey because it doesn't have the "emotional/bias" aspect of the quality opinion.

P.S.S.
If, over the years, my Gravely has any major problems I won't hesitate to advise users on this forum. Have you had any major repairs on your mowing equipment???

I hardly recommend anything. And I mow, don't push pencils/keyboard

 

[Carscw]

I agree. Or a Jacobsen turf cat

Have never been on a turf cat. But I do know the toro is one bad a s s mower.

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

 

[djdicetn]

I hardly recommend anything. And I mow, don't push pencils/keyboard

I had a friend that had a Jacobsen Turf Cat and it was in the shop 80% of the time he owned it..........................I'm lyin:0)
Actually, admittingly so, the Toro Grounds Master and that Jacobsen(I assume both high-end/high-dollar rotary mowers) are way beyond the scope of my research/knowledge. If indeed, the OP has an unlimited budget and can afford to purchase one of those I will gracefully bow out of further recommendations in this thread. I was only responding based upon the brands/type mowers that the OP originally stated that he was looking at/interested in.

P.S.
"Hardly"......but indeed you do recommend the brands you own:0)

P.S.S.
I have been warned by the Admin Muhammad to "be nice" and not insult other users, so I will interpret the comment about "pushing pencils/keyboard" as a compliment regarding how I acquired my analytical skills(not all occupations/endeavors offer that skill as a side effect:0)

P.S.S.S
Can anyone answer my questions about propane-fueled ZTR's???? I'm just curious:0)

 

[Carscw]

I had a friend that had a Jacobsen Turf Cat and it was in the shop 80% of the time he owned it..........................I'm lyin:0)
Actually, admittingly so, the Toro Grounds Master and that Jacobsen(I assume both high-end/high-dollar rotary mowers) are way beyond the scope of my research/knowledge. If indeed, the OP has an unlimited budget and can afford to purchase one of those I will gracefully bow out of further recommendations in this thread. I was only responding based upon the brands/type mowers that the OP originally stated that he was looking at/interested in.

P.S.
"Hardly"......but indeed you do recommend the brands you own:0)

P.S.S.
I have been warned by the Admin Muhammad to "be nice" and not insult other users, so I will interpret the comment about "pushing pencils/keyboard" as a compliment regarding how I acquired my analytical skills(not all occupations/endeavors offer that skill as a side effect:0)

P.S.S.S
Can anyone answer my questions about propane-fueled ZTR's???? I'm just curious:0)

Jacobsen is a very high guality mowers and tractors I like there tractors over John Deere but I also like a cheap weedeater mower over a junk deere.

There are a lot of guys around here that use propane mowers. I have never used one but have only heard good things about them.

I must have missed you not being nice to people.
Must have been bad because I have never been warned.

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

 

[djdicetn]

Jacobsen is a very high guality mowers and tractors I like there tractors over John Deere but I also like a cheap weedeater mower over a junk deere.

There are a lot of guys around here that use propane mowers. I have never used one but have only heard good things about them.

I must have missed you not being nice to people.
Must have been bad because I have never been warned.

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Yeah, I know Jacobsen's are good machines, I was just ribbing user Parkmower about chastising me for recommending Gravely's. Actually, I wasn't "directly warned" by the Admin, I was referring to my thread about "Laws Governing Lawn Maintenance Businesses" that was removed by the Moderators and then added back by the Admin with a warning about insults or foul language. Looks like my controversial topic sparked a few unrestrained emotions(many "towards" me:0(
I wondered about the popularity/usage of the propanes with all the "Go Green" hoopla going on. To me there's just nothing quite as invigorating as the sound of a good ole fossil fuel Chevy SS 396 or gas-powered lawn mower. I wonder what the propane-fueled Kawas sound like???????

 

[Carscw]

A propane mower sounds just like a forklift

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

 

[djdicetn]

A propane mower sounds just like a forklift

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Duhhhhhhh...that makes sense!!! Now I HAVE heard one of those before:0)
Can't imagine that sound coming from my next-door-neighbor when he's mowing his lawn at 7:00AM on Saturday morning. That would make me jump right out of bed.....especially that beeping sound when he backs up:0)

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Duhhhhhhh...that makes sense!!! Now I HAVE heard one of those before:0)
Can't imagine that sound coming from my next-door-neighbor when he's mowing his lawn at 7:00AM on Saturday morning. That would make me jump right out of bed.....especially that beeping sound when he backs up:0)

I don't think propane zero-turns sound much different than gas-powered ones. Listen to the background noise in this video:

 

[tom-ky]

I have looked at several zero turn mowers and ran into one propane. Curious as to why someone needs one? Mainly propane has been use on forklifts indoors for the cleaner exhaust. The hassle of swapping tanks or refilling them in a lawn care settings seems like to much trouble.

Propane has less power than gas, the same engine running propane will not put out the same horsepower.