Has any one had the opportunity to run different brands of zero turn mowers? I'm considering getting one and don't know enough about them to know what features are good and what are just fluff. John Deere has a mulch on demand feature on it's Z900 series, is that worth anything or just a kind of a gimmick? Also, I bought a couple of John Deere X-320 tractors this year and on one of them the transmission started to go bad after only about 200 Hrs. on it, and yes we do a lot of hilly lawns. I never knew about the X-300 series weakness as far as hills are concerned until the tranny went. That's why I want to know if there are quirks like that with any other mowers in general and zero turns in particular. I'm thinking zero turn because we do a few large lawns and I keep hearing about how fast they are. I figure for the most part the hills on these lawns aren't bad enough to be a problem on a zero turn.
A local Scag dealer has a loaner for a day program so customers can try the mowers out on the lawns they'll be used on so that will be the first brand I'll be looking at. What should I be looking for or looking out for?
How do JD , Ferris, Scag, X-Mark, and any others compare, strong points and weak points?
Anyway, I'd appreciate any input on these that anybody might have. Thanks.
A local Scag dealer has a loaner for a day program so customers can try the mowers out on the lawns they'll be used on so that will be the first brand I'll be looking at. What should I be looking for or looking out for?
How do JD , Ferris, Scag, X-Mark, and any others compare, strong points and weak points?
Anyway, I'd appreciate any input on these that anybody might have. Thanks.