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My name is Perry and I just joined this forum.
I recently moved to a rural home in Texas and the house sits on 3/4 acre and the side lot is 1/2 acre.
Time to cut the grass and weeds for the first time, so I did that using a self propelled walk behind lawn mower that I used in the big city where I came from.
It took me 2 days to do the mowing! I told my wife there has to be a better way.
What I wound up deciding to buy was a new Cub Cadet RZT S46.
Speaking with my brother-in-law who works at a lawn mower and snowmobile service center in Green Bay WI about what to purchase, he warned me against buying anything with control bars.
I asked him why and he replied 50% of the buyers do not like the bars because they can be difficult to control the mower.
OK, then I will look for one with a steering wheel, and it turned out to be the Cub Cadet.
With regard to choosing a size I picked one that I thought was in the middle. I did not want a large one, nor one that was too small.
As it turned out the 46" was just perfect!
I have over 100 live oak and juniper trees in the front yard of both lots and they are collected in groups of 3 or 4 trees.
The 46" Cub goes nicely between these trees and making a left turn I can lightly rub the bark giving me a mowed area right up to the tree.
I realized I had made the perfect choice (no forethought from me) for getting between the trees.
The steering wheel is very nice and I can guide the mower around using a single hand, or at times...Look Ma, no hands!
So I contacted my brother-in-law Jim to let him know what I had bought and found he had since bought himself a zero turn mower too.
His is a 50 inch and he has 5 acres to mow.
But his machine has the control bars. I asked him about giving me advice not to buy a control bar machine, but yet he bought one himself?
A bit sheepishly he replied that control bar use inside his shop was a problem, but out on the lawn they were easy to use.
Ha-Ha, so much for personal professional advice!
That is my tale of what I bought and I am very pleased with the Cub Cadet.
The only complaint I find is I wish it were a bit quieter. I think a better muffler would be a great improvement.
Perry
I recently moved to a rural home in Texas and the house sits on 3/4 acre and the side lot is 1/2 acre.
Time to cut the grass and weeds for the first time, so I did that using a self propelled walk behind lawn mower that I used in the big city where I came from.
It took me 2 days to do the mowing! I told my wife there has to be a better way.
What I wound up deciding to buy was a new Cub Cadet RZT S46.
Speaking with my brother-in-law who works at a lawn mower and snowmobile service center in Green Bay WI about what to purchase, he warned me against buying anything with control bars.
I asked him why and he replied 50% of the buyers do not like the bars because they can be difficult to control the mower.
OK, then I will look for one with a steering wheel, and it turned out to be the Cub Cadet.
With regard to choosing a size I picked one that I thought was in the middle. I did not want a large one, nor one that was too small.
As it turned out the 46" was just perfect!
I have over 100 live oak and juniper trees in the front yard of both lots and they are collected in groups of 3 or 4 trees.
The 46" Cub goes nicely between these trees and making a left turn I can lightly rub the bark giving me a mowed area right up to the tree.
I realized I had made the perfect choice (no forethought from me) for getting between the trees.
The steering wheel is very nice and I can guide the mower around using a single hand, or at times...Look Ma, no hands!
So I contacted my brother-in-law Jim to let him know what I had bought and found he had since bought himself a zero turn mower too.
His is a 50 inch and he has 5 acres to mow.
But his machine has the control bars. I asked him about giving me advice not to buy a control bar machine, but yet he bought one himself?
A bit sheepishly he replied that control bar use inside his shop was a problem, but out on the lawn they were easy to use.
Ha-Ha, so much for personal professional advice!
That is my tale of what I bought and I am very pleased with the Cub Cadet.
The only complaint I find is I wish it were a bit quieter. I think a better muffler would be a great improvement.
Perry