Front Mount ZTR recomendations???

Recently my old John Deere garden tractor died. They are telling me $2900 for a short block, plus labor...I'm looking at $3500 to get it back up and running. In the mean time, they gave me a JD 757 to use. Wow...this thing mows circles around my old mower. But it doesn't handle the hills very well at all. All of this got me thinking....a front mount should be more stable, and have better traction. I don't haul it anywhere, so the size is not a concern. So...this being said, I could sure use some advice on front mount commercial mowers. Who makes good ones. Grasshopper is the only one that I'm really familiar with. Woods and Walker are both at my local county fair, this week.

Any help/advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
Dan

ouch....thats some major JD burn!:laughing:....i dont know much about ztr JD's...but...can you tell us what the size and type of lawn your dealing with?.....there might be better options:thumbsup:

The JD 757 is a good mower. A front mount will climb a hill in reverse better than forward.

Grasshopper owns the out front mower market.

Have to also recommend Hustler... Hustler Turf - Zero Turn Mower, Lawn Tractor, Riding Mower
There are some models specifically built for slopes & hills, if you have extreme terrain ... :smile:KennyV

i hear good things about Walkers....but they are expensive....sometimes you can find a deal on a used one