CoosaLiving
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Hello Turfpros, new poster here, but have lurked on the forum for awhile. Last summer the wife and I, bought a home on the river. The total acreage is about 0.8, with most of the yard being a flat non obstacled front yard. The problem is the back yard is on a tremendous slope that leads directly to the rivers edge. Last season I bought a Honda HRX217 push mower and muscled through and kept the yard looking decent. The main problem I ran into was the back wheels being self propelled, slipped "spun" frequently on the hillside and essentially became useless, and the mower weighing in at 100lbs wasn't exactly easy to push up the hill or side to side.
So as the mowing season here approaches I was wanting some opinions on my options, as I really do not want to go through that struggle again. What are your suggestions? Have really considered a Husky or Cub Cadet AWD push mower, but not sure those wheels wouldn't spin, or a locking diff rider....I am new to all this and really don't know what the best options are at this point. I know they make special hillside mowers, but I am not wanting to much of overkill as I would just go back to pushing, and I have a budget of about $1-1.5K max, hopefully much less. Just let me know. All ears.
Also I have attached a pic standing at the water's edge looking up my hill. Thanks again! View attachment 36281
So as the mowing season here approaches I was wanting some opinions on my options, as I really do not want to go through that struggle again. What are your suggestions? Have really considered a Husky or Cub Cadet AWD push mower, but not sure those wheels wouldn't spin, or a locking diff rider....I am new to all this and really don't know what the best options are at this point. I know they make special hillside mowers, but I am not wanting to much of overkill as I would just go back to pushing, and I have a budget of about $1-1.5K max, hopefully much less. Just let me know. All ears.
Also I have attached a pic standing at the water's edge looking up my hill. Thanks again! View attachment 36281