I think you know...without me saying so....but, most of the folks going and buying those souped up lawnmowers are weekend warriors involved in the lawn wars of suburbia.
Back during the Ice Age, when I was a boy, dad finally bought a riding lawnmower. It was a Simplicity 5 horsepower with a 28" cut. It did a fine job mowing those 2 acres of grass the old man had and was light years ahead of the push mower I had labored behind every Saturday since I was 9 years old. It didn't seem underpowered....it plowed right through and if the grass got a bit tall...I put it in low gear and went on...it had all of 2 forward speeds.
The man across the way, had an 8 horsepower mower and he was faster and so.........we see how the weekend lawn wars, began. That was 40 years ago. Today..in order to impress Joe the Plumber and Frank the pharmacist.....you need 25-30 horsepower liquid cooled diesel, either zero-turn (the current rage) or a 4 wheel drive mini tractor. But, when you boil all the fat out of it....they're still........lawnmowers......riding grass whackers. The thing is....they are high profit machines for the makers and the market is maybe 500X (or more) what the ag market is.
So, some slick tongued salesman is ready to pounce on the green eyed lawn warriors when they come through the door. And...they sell lots of machines. For Norville......lawn king of 263rd Street...it's a giant step up from the Toro Turfmaster...which lies deserted out back, next to alley. NOW...he can show Johnson across the street what a REAL lawn TRACTOR is!
Now...us hayseeds get a grin from watching this BS play out, but boys will be boys....regardless of their toys.
I don't suppose it's any different when the man who spends his day in the seat of a 300 horse articulated snickers at the feller on his 80 horse utility.........to him..that's nothing more than a manure scraper.
Kubota builds a decent machine and I doubt a letter stating that Massey's are real tractors would get more than a chuckle from them.....more like a yawn.
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