what really defines commercial vs residential?

txzrider said:

So parkmower buy the stander if it fits your needs and suits your style of mowing. But I totally disagree with the comments from your dealer that a zt would not be comfortable!! I have scolisis, a 78 degree curve. My 1st zt (bought for almost identical reasons as yours)was a snapper I had for 15 years and it was by far the easiest to get on and most comfortable of any riding mower I have ever used. I bought the 33" deck version to be able to get into 36 inch back yard gates. I just replaced it due mostly to bad maintenance on my part. However the other comment I disagree with is the 5 year life span of the deck. My deck on the snapper is stamped and still useable as ever. The last thing I disagree with is the concept of buying one mower for the rest of your life. While anything can be repaired, mowers can get new engines, spindles, wiring... at some point it is no longer cost effective. My snapper only had one bearing failure in 15 years... the bearing the pto mounts to. I only replaced the belts while I was there replacing the bearing ... all this was after 12 years. I paid 2700 when I bought it... but another 600 in it at the 12 year point and then this year replaced it due to water intrusion in the cylinder during a storm. It could still be fixed, I had upgraded the seat, replaced the flat prone dolley wheels with flat-free wheels and it had been running like a champ. I ended up buying it's replacement off cl for $2300, it had the one killer feature I had learned from having the snapper all those years I really wanted. I easy to repair deck. I dont expect to have to repair it, it has grease fittings on everything and is a fabb'ed deck but the occassional object I run over mowing at the Boy Scouts haunted house my son's troop runs will be much easier to remove since this deck is so easy to work on. (pull a couple of levers and it slides right out from under the front of the mower) If I get 15 years out of it I will be more than satisfied!! By the way I am just a homeowner, I can only tell you about what works for me. These guys on this forum have huge amounts of experience that you should listen to, they either have learned it the hard way or have learned it from other peoples mistakes that they were asked to fix. By the way My Country Clipper with a 38 inch deck will do everything you want.

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Parkmower said:

Better check the posts I didn't say that stuff.

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Parkmower said:

Better check the posts I didn't say that stuff.

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txzrider said:

So parkmower buy the stander if it fits your needs and suits your style of mowing. But I totally disagree with the comments from your dealer that a zt would not be comfortable!! I have scolisis, a 78 degree curve. My 1st zt (bought for almost identical reasons as yours)was a snapper I had for 15 years and it was by far the easiest to get on and most comfortable of any riding mower I have ever used. I bought the 33" deck version to be able to get into 36 inch back yard gates. I just replaced it due mostly to bad maintenance on my part. However the other comment I disagree with is the 5 year life span of the deck. My deck on the snapper is stamped and still useable as ever. The last thing I disagree with is the concept of buying one mower for the rest of your life. While anything can be repaired, mowers can get new engines, spindles, wiring... at some point it is no longer cost effective. My snapper only had one bearing failure in 15 years... the bearing the pto mounts to. I only replaced the belts while I was there replacing the bearing ... all this was after 12 years. I paid 2700 when I bought it... but another 600 in it at the 12 year point and then this year replaced it due to water intrusion in the cylinder during a storm. It could still be fixed, I had upgraded the seat, replaced the flat prone dolley wheels with flat-free wheels and it had been running like a champ. I ended up buying it's replacement off cl for $2300, it had the one killer feature I had learned from having the snapper all those years I really wanted. I easy to repair deck. I dont expect to have to repair it, it has grease fittings on everything and is a fabb'ed deck but the occassional object I run over mowing at the Boy Scouts haunted house my son's troop runs will be much easier to remove since this deck is so easy to work on. (pull a couple of levers and it slides right out from under the front of the mower) If I get 15 years out of it I will be more than satisfied!! By the way I am just a homeowner, I can only tell you about what works for me. These guys on this forum have huge amounts of experience that you should listen to, they either have learned it the hard way or have learned it from other peoples mistakes that they were asked to fix. By the way My Country Clipper with a 38 inch deck will do everything you want.

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txzrider said:

So I will grant that the commercial features of ZT's inherently make them hopefully more comfortable... but we are not talking about 8 hours a day mowing in this context. I would bet most residential ZT's are comfortable enough for the normal 1-3 hours of use they get at a time, certainly as comfortable as any residential lt or gt!

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txzrider said:

Would I trade my ZT for a stand up version? Hell would freeze over 1st! Not to mention I have a couple of trees that I dont think you could mow close enough to with a stand up mower. Country Clipper offers an airride seat for my mower... I doubt it will make it as cushy as a ferris but it is still half the price.

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