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Mower for buisness

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C

Cdy291

I really don't know for sure yet that I am going to, but I plan to go into the lawn care buisness next year. I've got a lot of nice stuff already, just not the mower. That will be the most exspensive, and hardest for me to get. I am thinking of a 36 inch walk behind, and the lower price the better. I have never had any luck with used equipment, but if I got something used for a low price right now I will have all winter to get it running. What kind of stuff should I look for?


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D2hornets58

D2hornets58

I use a 36 inch walkbehind mower made by wright. It's the wright velke. A also have a sulky to stand on. It works great for me.


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If you don't want to spend the extra money to get a zero-turn mower, get a 36 in. walk-behind. I would suggest Exmark. They are heavy-duty. You could get a sulky like this LMF user, Ducke, has on his. Look at the picture here: http://www.lawnmowerforum.com/membe...picture7976-exmark-metro-48-bagger-sulky.html It also might be a good idea to get a normal 21 in. mower also. What size yards will you be mowing?


#4

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Cdy291

lawn mower fanatic said:
What size yards will you be mowing?
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No telling. What ever size they have.


What do you think about this one? I was going to look at it tomorrow.


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Cdy291 said:
No telling. What ever size they have.


What do you think about this one? I was going to look at it tomorrow.
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It looks pretty good!!


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Cdy291 said:
No telling. What ever size they have.


What do you think about this one? I was going to look at it tomorrow.
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Nice mower looks like the Ferris I have.


#7

Ric

Ric

Cdy291 said:
No telling. What ever size they have.


What do you think about this one? I was going to look at it tomorrow.
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I'd be real careful. If you've never used a belt drive WB they can be tricky especially with a sulky. I went that route and personally wouldn't go that route again.


#8

D2hornets58

D2hornets58

Ric said:
I'd be real careful. If you've never used a belt drive WB they can be tricky especially with a sulky. I went that route and personally wouldn't go that route again.
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What do you think is tricky about them?


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Ric said:
I'd be real careful. If you've never used a belt drive WB they can be tricky especially with a sulky. I went that route and personally wouldn't go that route again.
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The first time I used one was a pain:eek: but after that I like them:thumbsup:.


#10

Ric

Ric

D2hornets58 said:
What do you think is tricky about them?
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I don't no maybe tricky isn't the right word, maybe just a PITA with all the shifting and braking you have to do and not being able to get into those tight spots, there just to time consuming and to much work involved in using a belt drive and the peerless drive on some models absolutely sucks.
If you're using the Hydro model that maybe alright but then the price goes up a lot and for the price they want for the Hydro model you can buy a stander or a ztr. Like I said I went that way and the thing was a PITA. But hey that's just me, if you like the things have at it, I'll stay with my GS.


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Ric said:
I don't no maybe tricky isn't the right word, maybe just a PITA with all the shifting and braking you have to do and not being able to get into those tight spots, there just to time consuming and to much work involved in using a belt drive and the peerless drive on some models absolutely sucks.
If you're using the Hydro model that maybe alright but then the price goes up a lot and for the price they want for the Hydro model you can buy a stander or a ztr. Like I said I went that way and the thing was a PITA. But hey that's just me, if you like the things have at it, I'll stay with my GS.
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The one I have works really well not time consuming and you can get it in to some real tight places.


#12

D2hornets58

D2hornets58

Ric said:
I don't no maybe tricky isn't the right word, maybe just a PITA with all the shifting and braking you have to do and not being able to get into those tight spots, there just to time consuming and to much work involved in using a belt drive and the peerless drive on some models absolutely sucks.
If you're using the Hydro model that maybe alright but then the price goes up a lot and for the price they want for the Hydro model you can buy a stander or a ztr. Like I said I went that way and the thing was a PITA. But hey that's just me, if you like the things have at it, I'll stay with my GS.
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Yes it can be annoying not being able to get into tight spots. For the most part I like mine but sometimes It would be easier with a different mower.


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D2hornets58 said:
Yes it can be annoying not being able to get into tight spots. For the most part I like mine but sometimes It would be easier with a different mower.
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If you would get a "different mower", what do you think it would be??


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D2hornets58

D2hornets58

lawn mower fanatic said:
If you would get a "different mower", what do you think it would be??
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Defianatly a zt stander. My brother has a couple 52 inch great dane standers and i like those a lot. Once you get used to it, its very easy to use and can save a lot of time. The mower I have now is not bad though. I can do lawns very quick and it everything works good. There are just some spots that i cant get into beacause its so long that i would have to go in forward then put it in reverse and back out. Also I use a sulky so to back up with that you usually have to put it up or it just turns so you cant back up. overall the mower I have now works out good and in any tight spots i just use a push mower.


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D2hornets58 said:
Defianatly a zt stander. My brother has a couple 52 inch great dane standers and i like those a lot. Once you get used to it, its very easy to use and can save a lot of time. The mower I have now is not bad though. I can do lawns very quick and it everything works good. There are just some spots that i cant get into beacause its so long that i would have to go in forward then put it in reverse and back out. Also I use a sulky so to back up with that you usually have to put it up or it just turns so you cant back up. overall the mower I have now works out good and in any tight spots i just use a push mower.
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Yeah, I would probably get a stander if I got another one (which I hope to). What I like about the Toro Grandstand (and probably all the other standers) is that you can stand on it OR put the thing up and use it as a walk-behind mower! :thumbsup:


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D2hornets58

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Yeah, I would probably get a stander if I got another one (which I hope to). What I like about the Toro Grandstand (and probably all the other standers) is that you can stand on it OR put the thing up and use it as a walk-behind mower! :thumbsup:
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Ya on the ones that my brother uses you cannot do that. It does seem like a good feature and i have heard good things about those mowers. Also a lot of companies around here are using Wright standers. I have never used one but i see them everywhere. They look like good mowers.


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D2hornets58 said:
Ya on the ones that my brother uses you cannot do that. It does seem like a good feature and i have heard good things about those mowers. Also a lot of companies around here are using Wright standers. I have never used one but i see them everywhere. They look like good mowers.
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I see a lot of the Wright standers around here and they look good. I looked in a brochure I have and the Exmark Vantage (stander) also has the foldable stand-on platform. I looked at the Scag website at their V-Ride and it says the platform folds up for transport, so I am assuming it means you can use it was a walk-behind, just like the Toro and Exmark.


#18

Ric

Ric

lawn mower fanatic said:
I see a lot of the Wright standers around here and they look good. I looked in a brochure I have and the Exmark Vantage (stander) also has the foldable stand-on platform. I looked at the Scag website at their V-Ride and it says the platform folds up for transport, so I am assuming it means you can use it was a walk-behind, just like the Toro and Exmark.
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With the Scag V-Ride the operator rides on a coil spring suspension platform with 3.5 inch springs and I don't believe it can be used as a walk behind. The Toro and Exmark use a rubber suspension along with the rubber comfort pad on the platform itself for comfort. With the Wright the platform is more or less fixed for its operator, there's no movement available for your feet and from what I understand very little suspension in the platform and it also uses I believe duel controls where the others do not.
There are advantages and disadvantages to all the standers, it all comes down to what the operator likes or dislikes. As far as what mower is the best goes, I think a person should look at warranty when buying any mower and the Toro GS with a 5 year or 1200 hour warranty will be hard to beat.


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Ric said:
With the Scag V-Ride the operator rides on a coil spring suspension platform with 3.5 inch springs and I don't believe it can be used as a walk behind. The Toro and Exmark use a rubber suspension along with the rubber comfort pad on the platform itself for comfort. With the Wright the platform is more or less fixed for its operator, there's no movement available for your feet and from what I understand very little suspension in the platform and it also uses I believe duel controls where the others do not.
There are advantages and disadvantages to all the standers, it all comes down to what the operator likes or dislikes. As far as what mower is the best goes, I think a person should look at warranty when buying any mower and the Toro GS with a 5 year or 1200 hour warranty will be hard to beat.
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Yeah, if I would get a stander (which I want to) I would get the Toro GS.


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Ric said:
With the Scag V-Ride the operator rides on a coil spring suspension platform with 3.5 inch springs and I don't believe it can be used as a walk behind. The Toro and Exmark use a rubber suspension along with the rubber comfort pad on the platform itself for comfort. With the Wright the platform is more or less fixed for its operator, there's no movement available for your feet and from what I understand very little suspension in the platform and it also uses I believe duel controls where the others do not.
There are advantages and disadvantages to all the standers, it all comes down to what the operator likes or dislikes. As far as what mower is the best goes, I think a person should look at warranty when buying any mower and the Toro GS with a 5 year or 1200 hour warranty will be hard to beat.
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Those are good:thumbsup:


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