New tractor styler rider or a zero turn?

[wjjones]

Yep I mow with both, and the zero runs circles around the tractor but I have a few customers that will not under any circumstances let me in their yard with the zero. They say they like the cut of the ractor style better myself it doesnt look any different but you know its their yard so I use which ever mower they prefer.

 

[metz12]

Yep I mow with both, and the zero runs circles around the tractor but I have a few customers that will not under any circumstances let me in their yard with the zero. They say they like the cut of the ractor style better myself it doesnt look any different but you know its their yard so I use which ever mower they prefer.

i like the cut of a tractor too. just my opinion.

 

[djdicetn]

i like the cut of a tractor too. just my opinion.

When I was shopping ZTR's and looked at the John Deere's I was a bit surprised that the JD Zero Turns that were comparable to the $6K-$7K ZTR's of other brands I had looked at had 10gauge "stamped" decks(on the JD's). The JD salesman told me that JD research had determined that the "rounded shape" of a stamped deck had been proven to give a better cut that the "squared/boxed corners" shape of the fabricated decks. I thought he was blowing smoke(because the real expensive line of John Deere ZTR's.......yep.....had fabricated decks). I wonder, though, if some of the comments about preferring the cut of a lawn tractor is related to them having the stamped decks???? Anyone's thoughts on that?

 

[wjjones]

When I was shopping ZTR's and looked at the John Deere's I was a bit surprised that the JD Zero Turns that were comparable to the $6K-$7K ZTR's of other brands I had looked at had 10gauge "stamped" decks(on the JD's). The JD salesman told me that JD research had determined that the "rounded shape" of a stamped deck had been proven to give a better cut that the "squared/boxed corners" shape of the fabricated decks. I thought he was blowing smoke(because the real expensive line of John Deere ZTR's.......yep.....had fabricated decks). I wonder, though, if some of the comments about preferring the cut of a lawn tractor is related to them having the stamped decks???? Anyone's thoughts on that?

They may, or may not cut better? But they will sure hold more clippings under the deck which requires more cleaning under the deck. I say its a way for them to charge more but spend less making the mower because the fab deck cost more for them to make.

 

[djdicetn]

They may, or may not cut better? But they will sure hold more clippings under the deck which requires more cleaning under the deck. I say its a way for them to charge more but spend less making the mower because the fab deck cost more for them to make.

wjjones,
You are spot on about the grass clippings!! I hated having to clean underneath the deck of my two previous lawn tractors(if I didn't, they would throw a belt the next time I mowed). I've only mowed about a half dozen times with my Gravely and so far the only thing I've seen on the underside of the deck is a "green stain"....no grass clippings and no dirt clods.....that's one of the nicest features I've seen yet:0)