First, hello to all, as this is my first post.
I need advice on which mower to buy. My situation... I have a place at the beach and only a single garage. I have a golf cart in there, along with all the tools and other misc stuff, so storage is severely limited. I do have a small storage shed, but it is fairly full as well. I've been debating a very small rider vs a self propelled. Space wise, I should go with the self propelled. But it gets so hot and humid during the summer, I dread mowing with the self propelled. However, not sure sitting on top of the engine with a small rider would help that situation any.
I have just a very small patch of St Augustine to mow, but also mow the two shoulders of the road (I'm on a corner lot) as the town does a terrible job of keeping that mowed. The shoulder is flat, but my St Augustine is on basically a sand dune. So I need something that will do a small bit of hilly terrain without scalping the grass.
I found a used JD GX85 here locally that I'm considering. It looks to be in EC. Thoughts on that rider? If not that one, which one? I would only be looking at used riders, not new. I'm only wanting t spend in the $300-450 price range. Also recc. on a self propelled? I probably would want new if I get a self propelled. The Toro SmartStow seems to be a great idea for my situation, but I've heard nothing (good or bad) about that system.
I need advice on which mower to buy. My situation... I have a place at the beach and only a single garage. I have a golf cart in there, along with all the tools and other misc stuff, so storage is severely limited. I do have a small storage shed, but it is fairly full as well. I've been debating a very small rider vs a self propelled. Space wise, I should go with the self propelled. But it gets so hot and humid during the summer, I dread mowing with the self propelled. However, not sure sitting on top of the engine with a small rider would help that situation any.
I have just a very small patch of St Augustine to mow, but also mow the two shoulders of the road (I'm on a corner lot) as the town does a terrible job of keeping that mowed. The shoulder is flat, but my St Augustine is on basically a sand dune. So I need something that will do a small bit of hilly terrain without scalping the grass.
I found a used JD GX85 here locally that I'm considering. It looks to be in EC. Thoughts on that rider? If not that one, which one? I would only be looking at used riders, not new. I'm only wanting t spend in the $300-450 price range. Also recc. on a self propelled? I probably would want new if I get a self propelled. The Toro SmartStow seems to be a great idea for my situation, but I've heard nothing (good or bad) about that system.