Do you use a push mower, garden tractor, or ZTR mower as your primary mower?
#2
Parkmower
Home- ztr
Work- mainly ztr but Atleast a day a week on a 4wd front mount.
#3
Ric
My main or primary mower would be the Grandstand zero turn.:thumbsup:
#4
MSlandscaping
SCAG Cheetah
#5
metz12
Depends on the lawn! I like the look of the garden tractors cut but if its a small to average sized lawn i usually push it. The only time I use the garden tractor is if i am doing a big lawn or im bagging leafs.
#6
A_tank96
Ztr for my business:thumbsup:, and large heavy duty rider for the house.
We run a ZD326 Kubota zero turn primarily most of the time. On some yards we run ZG222. If a property is large enough we run both. We also have a 21" walk behind that we run occasionally on some property.
#18
X-man
I use my cheap-*** Weed Eater push mower as my primary mower. Does a good job, just can't use for mulching. It's really hard to start, too. Not sure why.
I only use my Bolens push mower now when I have to, lot of hours on the motor, kinda want it to last as long as possible.
I primarily use it in the fall since it does a really good job at picking up leaves.
#19
exotion
Toro proline 21" with atomic blade. Does everything
#20
Buckeye10
Toro ExMark 60 in deck. I can't believe some of you professionals use other mowers. Toro makes the best zero turn mowers.
#21
ztrjim
I love my Zero Turn Mower because it cuts fast and can spend more time with my family!
#22
Vanousb
Exmark Pioneer s-series 60" zero turn for my 3 acres plus some for in laws. Absolutely love it. Older mtd with honda gcv160 for small stuff.
Exmark Turf Tracer 60" for work and an Exmark/Toro Timemaster 30" for the house.
#25
bt3
I used a Montgomery Ward (Yardman) Lawn Tractor for a decade. Then decided I wanted the exercise so my Snapper 21" Commercial model was put back into service and my Lawn Tractor was sold. I use the Snapper and the LawnBoy (2 stroke) alternately during the season, but I use the Snapper solely in the fall because of the HIVAC efficiency to mulch and pick up the leaves.
I've been walking now for 20 years and it may be time to start thinking about getting another tractor for my 1 acre heavily wooded property. The problem is there is so much trim, a walk behind makes more sense.
#26
poulin landscaping
Wright 52 stand on ( going to trade for a bob cat pro cat this spring ) and a Bob cat 48 inch walk behind and all stihl handhelds
I use a farmall super A with a 60" cut for my 4 acres. around the house I use a 149 cubcadet. the super A is a 1951 and the 149 is a 1973. I have a plow and a snow blade for the super A and a tiller and snowblower for the 149. have had both these units for many many years. my neighbor keeps telling me I need a zero turn but I keep tellin him that their useless for what I need cause you cant plow or till with one and besides that he is on his fourth on in the last 15 years where as my two tractors will never have to be replaced
I have a Country Clipper Boss "O" turn with 26HP & 60" cut. I put a cheap battery maintainer on it and add gas stabilizer in the fall and it starts right up in the spring - at least it has since 2010. Love the tilt deck. I sit on a low shop stool and change the blades. No more crawling on the ground to remove them. It gets freshly sharpened blades about 4 times a summer. I set the blades at 12:00 2:00 and 4:00 o'clock. Although the blades will shift in time it cuts like a dream. Wish I would have gotten the 72" cut as I cut up to 6 acres.
Bill---
#29
Alison_Di
I prefer garden tractor:thumbsup:
#30
mikehouse
I use my Craftsman 22" walk-behind.It sure helps that it's self-propelled too.
We run a ZD326 Kubota zero turn primarily most of the time. On some yards we run ZG222. If a property is large enough we run both. We also have a 21" walk behind that we run occasionally on some property.
I traded the ZD 326 and now I have two Scag Tiger Cats that we run as primaries. Also have a Toro Time Master 30" walk behind.
#32
KrashnKraka
Hustler Sports 42" - with a deckless 28yr old B&S sidevalve Greenfield rigged
for pumping water and towing various attachments around the block.
Trying to figure a way to rig the GF as an elevated platform rig to do pruning, etc.
KK
#33
clpolcar
I run. Ferris is600 and a lesco 36 walk be hind. Both are my work horses. Recently picked up a used exmark navigator for a steal and put a few hundred in it and runs like a champ. Maybe 1850 total into it and about 1600 hours on it
#34
173abn
928D Grasshopper.cheap MENARDS push mower to trim.Sthil FS 90 weedeater...russ
I still prefer garden tractors for their style, ride quality and utility. But, last year I picked up a 1993 John Deere F725 with the infamous plastic cam gear failure for $600 from the original onwer. He even had every receipt for every belt, oil change, tires and even a new seat on it. Now the plastic was shot, so it looked rough, but only had about 850 hours on it. I pulled the oil pan off and spent the next two days picking plastic teeth out of the engine. They were everywhere!! Cost me right at $400 in parts, including new oil and water pumps. Mowed with it all summer and have to admit I love it. Doesn't ride as nice as the 335 though. Just finished putting all new plastic back on it as well as rebuilding the driveshaft and installing an oil pressure and water temperature gauges. Only two things I would change, put larger tires on it to make it ride better and have the deck stay up when raised.
Must have missed this thread.
Main mowers are the two Rover Rancher II's.
1966 & 1969 models probably got 5000 hours on each.
Replaced the old SV 8 & 10 Hp B & S engines with 12 Hp Inteks I got as a job lot of new mower pull engines.
Customers get the Cox's as loan mowers because you can not break them.
#38
willys55
your poll didnt list what I have...1984 Toro Groundsmaster 72
My main mower is my 2002 48 inch Exmark Turf Tracer HP walk behind with a stand-on velke/sulky. I only have a couple of lawns that I don't use it on at all. Most lawns I at least cut in around the edges and obstacles and mow the steep slopes with it and I mow the entire lawn for smaller lawns, say under 1/2 acre. I reserve the Z turns for large area mowing and when I have to bag.
#42
FrankInNC
Craftsman z550 zero turn. I'm new to zero turns, so it's been an interesting learning experience.
I use a Kubota BX2230 for most of my lawn (1 acres), then with a Honda HR215 Masters mower or Lawn-Boy 2 stroke to trim around the house and in areas the Kubota can't go.
You'r doctor will tell you to sell the riding mower and use a walk behind,,,LOL.
im 13..........so...................push mower
honda gcc 160 pull start
( bought it my self )
Edit:
Oh idk why i forgot
but i just got a used riding mower
Troy-Built 18.0 OHV 5 speed
but my main mower would prob be the push
Hi.I always notice people say how many hrs they've gotten on their machines,and in so-and-so time.So do these riders have like a timer or counter or clock on them?
Hi.I always notice people say how many hrs they've gotten on their machines,and in so-and-so time.So do these riders have like a timer or counter or clock on them?
Hello and thank you for asking your question. Many riding mowers now and even years and years ago have hour meters that allow you to track the time spent running and using the piece of equipment. Also for tracking and performing PMCS. Now sometimes you can get inaccurate hour readings if the key of the equipment is left in the on position thus powering the hour meter by closing or opening its circuit to give it the needed power or either the proper avenue to ground.
I have a Troybuilt ZTR 24hp 50 inch , Woods 52 inch out front 18hp , Toro GM72 72inch out front 28hp Renault engine propane and a 1964 Cub Lo Boy 60 inch belly with C60 cubic inch propane . My yard is 4.5 acres with gophers, so ruff seat time. The tires on the cub LoBoy are 50 inch tall and step over the holes where the others three mowers with small tires can beat me up after a hour. The Cub is a threat of a broken leg with ever mount and dismount and is low Horsepower , much better power on propane than gasoline , about 3 gallon x 98 cents to mow the yard, But for it being a gutless leg breaker it is my favorite to mow with but of course I pick the Troy Bilt to trim with because it is short and fast, the out fronts have there place like under bushes and inside corners but are long tailed , but will trim around a pop can.
