Posted by PJH on June 09, 2009 at 06:06:11 from (71.186.100.251):
In Reply to: O.T. Zero turn mower posted by just another old geezer on June 08, 2009 at 21:24:33:
A friend has a Swisher, about two years old, been busted most of the time. It was trouble from the git-go. Bought it at Rural King, and they are helpless at fixing anything. Sits in his shop now, un-used. He bought an Ex-Mark cause the grass was still growing. He likes the Ex-Mark.
I've had a Grasshopper for about five years, and it's been trouble free.
My son has had a Kabota for about three years and it's been trouble free.
If you have a good local dealer, they will bring a mower out to your place and demonstrate it for you. If the dealer won't do that, I wouldn't mess with him.
If your yard is hilly, you need to realize the difference in mower configurations. On a steep downhill slope, my Grasshopper will nose right up to a ditch and back away. My son's Kabota will slide forward in the same situation. He can go straight up a hill however, that my Grasshopper will spin out on. We can both mow pretty well the same areas, but we have to choose our battles to fit each particular mower.
A zero turn mower that slips forward on a downhill slope needs MORE wheel speed for steering control, sometimes at a time when you'd really like to be slowing down.
If your yard is not hilly, this shouldn't matter to you.
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