Neither of your mowing apparatus have those small hydraulic pumps that seen to burn out more often than they should on zero turns.
Buy a better machine with bigger and better pumps. I know a guy if you need one Did I mention I am good at spending other peoples money?
My company sells pumps and anything hydraulic related. I've got it covered if I were to ever get a zero turn. I don't see that happening as I've got a great garden tractor. That and those zero turns have a design flaw that requires both hands on the controls at all times. That makes drinking beer while mowing difficult.
Beer helmet. But drinking beer from a straw it's wrong. Zero turns are good at what they do, but are single use tools. IE, they only mow. The tractor can mow, blow snow, run pto implements, haul firewood, etc.
The 3 wheel Scag I rode back in the early 90’s was useful for all but snow blowing....heck, we used it to pull out small (3-5” diameter) pines!
I cut with zero turn... when I walk behind my mower and get to the end of the row, I spin the mower around and walk it back from where I came. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
This is quite true. I used to be on the sub-compact only team...then I got a ZT. I did however keep the tractor when I got the ZT. The tractor has been indispensable for a multitude of chores, and still is. The zero turn hands the tractor it's azz when it comes to mowing in terms of speed and quality of cut. I think I got it right. Bought a ten year old, one owner machine of the industrial variety with 800 hours. Fixed a few small things and now I have a beast of a mower that should last me a long time...that was the plan at the time of purchase anyways...we'll see.
At first, yes. This is my first ZT, so there was a learning curve. My buddy who runs turfs tells me that he does some damage with his Exmark sometimes. I think it is inevitable with the ZTs. I don't mind a little damage. The benefits of the AG tires for sure outweighs the negatives. I just almost got sucked into a ditch on Tuesday while mowing. A generous amount of stick kept me moving and the tires pulled me right up out of it. I will have to take a picture or video of one of the hills I mow with it. Holds very well on side sloping as well. It will try to wheelie usually before spinning out. I do have to credit the machine a little...it's just a heavy beast and weight is great for traction. Honestly, my front casters tear up just as much turf as the rear tires do if the ground is moist. I can only compare to the deck on the JD2305. It's a 62" "Edge" deck. Stamped, about 4" of depth. It does pretty good, but the ZT has higher blade speeds which in my case anyways, gives a better cut via more lift. The deck on my ZT is 6" deep and handles the thick stuff much better. Much less clumping of clippings also. Not trying to say that any ZT will outcut any riding mower, but in my case it holds true.
