Best commercial mower under 8500

[LoCo86]

As I said before, we have dealers up here who have demo models that they will deliver to a customers house to try them out. Had a dealer here who offered to bring a country clipper to my house for a demo. My wife vetoed it because she said our mower was paid for and even though it is only a 48" I still get the job done fast enough. lol I sure was interested in the 60" country clipper charger. Really like the single joystick and the flip forward deck. I don't know if they use late model mowers that are trade ins as demos, or just a new mower that they send out as a demo and sell it at a discount later, but it helps them get business. Dealers have been doing that here for years.

We use to have that luxury here but the only company now that will let you take one home to try out is grasshopper. I don't know why the dealers stopped letting you take one home and try it out. On a side note I did try to demo a Dixie Chopper at one time and when I asked to demo a machine the guy stood back and said are you just looking for a mower to use for today as if I was just needing to borrow one of his mowers to complete the day out. Kinda pissed me off so I never had any dealings with them anymore.

 

[Ric]

Haha okay. My schedule should slow down soon and then hopefully I can come test out your mower I have 3 jobs so it's hard to get a day off lol

Things here have slowed down now, now I can get some time to start some maintenance and cleaning on the mowers. It's going to be nice have a little break, at least until the phone starts ringing.

 

[Ric]

No I dont. My property, my elderly parents and inlaws. Total about 5.5 acres weekly.
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[zmister11]

Things here have slowed down now, now I can get some time to start some maintenance and cleaning on the mowers. It's going to be nice have a little break, at least until the phone starts ringing.

Yeah that's good. I'm about to start mowing every other week soon.

 

[Ric]

Yeah that's good. I'm about to start mowing every other week soon.

I'll pretty much close down at the end of these cuts next cuts. I'll keep check on thing but I'll also put a notation in the next bill and let them know if they need something done they can call the number on the bill.

 

[Ric]

We use to have that luxury here but the only company now that will let you take one home to try out is grasshopper. I don't know why the dealers stopped letting you take one home and try it out. On a side note I did try to demo a Dixie Chopper at one time and when I asked to demo a machine the guy stood back and said are you just looking for a mower to use for today as if I was just needing to borrow one of his mowers to complete the day out. Kinda pissed me off so I never had any dealings with them anymore.

That Luxury is something the dealers can't afford. With everyone wanting something different they would have to carry one of everything in the dealership used. They would go out of business.

 

[zmister11]

I'll pretty much close down at the end of these cuts next cuts. I'll keep check on thing but I'll also put a notation in the next bill and let them know if they need something done they can call the number on the bill.

Yeah i wish all my accounts were monthly but I have about 10 that aren't so it's sucks having per cuts during the winter

 

[Ric]

Yeah i wish all my accounts were monthly but I have about 10 that aren't so it's sucks having per cuts during the winter

I'm not sure I understand you when you say I wish all my accounts were monthly? How does your billing cycle work?

 

[zmister11]

I'm not sure I understand you when you say I wish all my accounts were monthly? How does your billing cycle work?

My monthly yards I bill once a month. But my per cut yards I only mow when it needs it. So they usually just leave the money by the door.

 

[Ric]

My monthly yards I bill once a month. But my per cut yards I only mow when it needs it. So they usually just leave the money by the door.

Don't you find those per cut yards end up costing you more money than your billing yards cause I find that most of the time when people want to have them mowed there three times longer and it takes more time to mow and trim etc. I bill by the month but I charge by the cut. I try to stay away from those when it needs it or Biweekly cuts. I've got to a point of staying away from anything more than Half acre.