We have a 1 acre yard that is pretty flat. We are adding a bunch of crap in the yard to mow around though, fruit trees raised gardens beds chicken coop (next year) and god knows what else my wife wants. We currently have a really beat old John Deere L130 with 950 hours on it 23hp 48" cut. I have to replace or fix something every month. Takes me about 2 hours to mow everything and I haven't even started putting raised beds in or anything else.
Looking at getting a zero turn mower and the way I am I like to try and keep stuff for a long time and fix anything that breaks. Wife sat on a bad boy zt elite at tractor supply and absolutely loved it. But trying to get opinions on other brands as well. I'm assuming a 54" deck is probably larger than I actually need but I was thinking it'd cut my mowing time down considerably and if it's something that maybe I can get to last it'll be good for the next home we buy which I hope is 5 or more acres. We are in that 6k or less range which includes bad boy, gravely, scag, hustler, bobcat etc.
If I understand the interwebs correctly some of the entry level zero turn hydrostatic transmissions are not user serviceable. You just throw it out... Let me know if I'm crazy. I appreciate yalls time.
Looking at getting a zero turn mower and the way I am I like to try and keep stuff for a long time and fix anything that breaks. Wife sat on a bad boy zt elite at tractor supply and absolutely loved it. But trying to get opinions on other brands as well. I'm assuming a 54" deck is probably larger than I actually need but I was thinking it'd cut my mowing time down considerably and if it's something that maybe I can get to last it'll be good for the next home we buy which I hope is 5 or more acres. We are in that 6k or less range which includes bad boy, gravely, scag, hustler, bobcat etc.
If I understand the interwebs correctly some of the entry level zero turn hydrostatic transmissions are not user serviceable. You just throw it out... Let me know if I'm crazy. I appreciate yalls time.