Zero Turn Mower

[confederatemule]

I think I'll be happy with it. I sat on a a bunch of ZTR's. The one I was most interested in, when I left the house, was the first we looked at, a grasshopper. No one came out to try to answer any questions, so that one was removed from the list of favorites. Apparently they did not want/need our money. But, ultimately, the same man got the money. One man owns every tractor dealership within a 60 mile radius of my area. With the exception of the John Deere Dealership.

Lowes (big box store) had a Hustler Raptor that was the second choice, below the Grasshopper. I did not really plan on a Kubota, at all. The fact that the Hustler would of had to be sent off to have warranty work done and no local parts available, shot it out of the race. After searching all of the box stores and the only local Grasshopper dealer, We went to the Kubota dealer, in Texarkana. The salesman spent near 2 hours with us and everything he had to offer, which included Dixie Chopper. He had almost every option available in Kubota or Dixie Chopper. What he did not have he offer to have one on the yard the next day, including my choice of Grasshopper.

The ZD331RP-60R won the race, hands down, in every entry.

djdicetn, it was NOT painless and we had to spend a VERY pretty penny. But, we will survive.

Mule

 

[djdicetn]

I think I'll be happy with it. I sat on a a bunch of ZTR's. The one I was most interested in, when I left the house, was the first we looked at, a grasshopper. No one came out to try to answer any questions, so that one was removed from the list of favorites. Apparently they did not want/need our money. But, ultimately, the same man got the money. One man owns every tractor dealership within a 60 mile radius of my area. With the exception of the John Deere Dealership.

Lowes (big box store) had a Hustler Raptor that was the second choice, below the Grasshopper. I did not really plan on a Kubota, at all. The fact that the Hustler would of had to be sent off to have warranty work done and no local parts available, shot it out of the race. After searching all of the box stores and the only local Grasshopper dealer, We went to the Kubota dealer, in Texarkana. The salesman spent near 2 hours with us and everything he had to offer, which included Dixie Chopper. He had almost every option available in Kubota or Dixie Chopper. What he did not have he offer to have one on the yard the next day, including my choice of Grasshopper.

The ZD331RP-60R won the race, hands down, in every entry.

djdicetn, it was NOT painless and we had to spend a VERY pretty penny. But, we will survive.

Mule

I hear ya...I was going to comment that you ended up getting what I consider one of the "pricier" ZTR's(my father-in-law has the same one in a 72" deck and even though it's a beast it set him back well over $12k). Of the three at that dealer I probably would have leaned towards the Dixie Chopper but that's because both the Grasshopper and Kubota are out of my price range. I hope you got one that will take care of all your mowing needs and I would think it most definitely will. Post a picture when you get a chance(we wanna see it:0)

 

[confederatemule]

Old & new.

 

[djdicetn]

Old & new.

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Again, congratulations......VERY nice looking machines(including the old one:0)
Looks like you are set for your lawn care needs!!!!!!