See what @Mad_mat222 said above.? If you don’t have a lot of obstacles, a lawn tractor would be a good choice. There may be a little extra work with the weed whacker. John Deere or Husqvarna would be solid choices.
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I already have a riding mower was looking to upgrade because wife gave me the green light which is rare lol! 95% of my lawn is flat and if I have to I’ll use a push mower of current riding mower just for the lower part of lawn and small hill. I went to look at a scag dealer today, but they stopped selling scag and was trying to say there Encore Fusion 34 inch was better. Lots of good info from you guys so much appreciated!!
I don’t think Encore or World-lawn are better than Scag. I would think that they are of much lower quality than the Scag. That dealer just wants to sell you a mower.
@rpowell7223 Where are you located?
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I no longer will repair World Lawn push mowers due to the bad design, poor construction & limiyed parts avaiability.
I will do a service on World Lawn ZTR;s but not any mower repairs due to very bad construction
Down here they are 1/2 the price of everything else for good reason, they are 1/3 the quality
I had 2 in my service run and told both of the owners to go some where else.
Sharp edges that I cut my hands on because they were not deburred , welds that are forever cracking and frames that twist in use so throw belts .
They are the only blades that consistently shatter in use .
And the same story goes for all of the rebranded World Lawn products sold under local brand names .
What really killed me was when I went to the importer to get spindle bearings and he told me to pop the seals out wash out the junk grease in there and replace it with quality grease .
An old engineering friend used to call stuff like this mudguards , Shinny on the top and S**T underneath .
I will do a service on World Lawn ZTR;s but not any mower repairs due to very bad construction
Down here they are 1/2 the price of everything else for good reason, they are 1/3 the quality
I had 2 in my service run and told both of the owners to go some where else.
Sharp edges that I cut my hands on because they were not deburred , welds that are forever cracking and frames that twist in use so throw belts .
They are the only blades that consistently shatter in use .
And the same story goes for all of the rebranded World Lawn products sold under local brand names .
What really killed me was when I went to the importer to get spindle bearings and he told me to pop the seals out wash out the junk grease in there and replace it with quality grease .
An old engineering friend used to call stuff like this mudguards , Shinny on the top and S**T underneath .
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I am in Kerrville Texas, about an hour from San Antonio tx.. wasn’t impressed with the dealer at all. Trying to make a quick sell
Yeah, you don’t have a big selection close by. Ferris are nice mowers but, they are probably more than you are willing to pay. Secor is the local Ferris dealer. Ferris does make a 36” mower with ZT3100 hydros. Then there’s the local John Deere dealer. Then there’s your Bobcat dealer. So basically, you have three local options. About all you can do is stop by each, take notes, compare features and get some prices.
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They just BS'd you, Scag's are hard to get as well as many other brands since the new socialist (puppet) leader is there.
Bert- you said: An old engineering friend used to call stuff like this mudguards , Shinny on the top and S**T underneath .
Around here we call that "Lipstick on a pig"..
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Dealers here have nothing that will work in stock and all pretty much say it will be late December to February at the earliest. Traveling to San Antonio this weekend to see if I get lucky. I may need to wait or just widen the gate and go bigger. Dealer in San Antonio has one scag liberty z I’m going to look at.
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The reason most 42 inch zero turn mowers have EZT 2100 or 2200 is they are all you need for an acre or less and will last the life of the mower. Fact! most residential owners don’t need a commercial mower they just want one.
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That might have some thing to do with the pathetic quality of residential mowers.
IT is not that they need a commercial, is they want one that will run for longer than the warranty period and when it does stop running it can be repaired .
The only residential ZTR's I would buy are either JD EZ or Toro Time Cutters .
Not sure about the Ariens, not seen one yet but if they are as well engineered as the old Zoom series they replaced then they would grt a nod as well.
Nothing residential out of the Husqvarna or MTD factories are worth spitting on and he rebadged stuff from China is disgusting.
Now I don't really blame the factories.
If no one bought junk then there would be no money in making junk but the sad fact is junk outsells quality 20 : 1
The they come running to me when the dealer gives them a repair quote that is 1/2 the new price or better on a 3 year old machine.