Advice on what brand is most reliable these days

[kikikopa]

Husqvarna is a great brand, best new mower brand if you ask me, but If you have 2 acres, don't bother even thinking about getting a base model Husqvarna like the YTH18542. It won't have enough power for your property and was made with the bare minimum features, like a weak transmission and a single cylinder engine. If any mower you look at has a Kohler courage, AVOID IT LIKE THE PLAGUE. What size of deck do you want? What's your budget? For a property like that, I would absolutely get one of the Husqvarna garden tractors like the TS348XD or the TS354XD. Both have a Kawasaki V-Twin, which are highly regarded and definitely the best engine you could get in a riding mower. Both have a Tuff Torq K66 with a electronic locking differential, so you won't get stuck! Both have heavy duty fabricated decks, so the deck rusting out won't even come to mind. And these GTs are just straight up powerhouses. Heck, you could even put a sleeve hitch, front loader, or anything you could want on it.

Thanks for your recommendations but those models are not available here in Uruguay. The TS254G is the largest ride-on that Husqvarna sells here. I'm now leaning towards a zero turn. John Deere, Hustler Raptor, Husqvarna, and Toro are the brands they sell here and they all sell for about double what it costs in the states so I have to work up the courage to pull the trigger on a new one. I'm not 100% positive I can reach that point however.

What say you all about those four manufacturers of zero turn mowers? Anybody own any of them?

 

[Craftsman Garage]

Thanks for your recommendations but those models are not available here in Uruguay. The TS254G is the largest ride-on that Husqvarna sells here. I'm now leaning towards a zero turn. John Deere, Hustler Raptor, Husqvarna, and Toro are the brands they sell here and they all sell for about double what it costs in the states so I have to work up the courage to pull the trigger on a new one. I'm not 100% positive I can reach that point however.

What say you all about those four manufacturers of zero turn mowers? Anybody own any of them?

I would still say Husqvarna.

 

[Scrubcadet10]

Hustler or Toro are a tied for 1st IMO