I’ve never owned a rider. Never had enough yard to justify one. My mother-in-law has a Cub Cadet zero turn with a steering wheel. She’s had it about 5 years with no issues. My wife loves it. As DTP mentioned, gotta take them to a dealer for service which is common for any brand.
Hold off until winter or fall at least, if possible. Used equipment sells for pennies on the dollar in the off season
So far, I've done all the service on mine except when the PTO clutch went bad and my brother in law did it while I was at work. Last year I had to rebuild the deck as is was chewing up belts because someone hit a very large log and bent the spindles.
“Someone” needs some driving lessons.
I never recommend them unless you have a huge yard. The turning radius on non zero turn mowers is pretty bad and if you have a smaller yard or lots of trees/landscaping, it may take longer to cut. I used to have a rider at my old house. Mostly I used it to pull my boat trailer around the yard but I would occasionally use it to mow the back yard. Between crashing into the picnic table and trying not to hit tree roots, it was faster to use my 21” walk behind. Obviously if you live on an acre or some huge plot, there’s no real other option besides paying someone.
If I'm being generous, I can say the grass was tall and it was close to a stump. But this is the same person who claims she doesn't need to use the weedeater because she can get so close to the trees.
That is a critical fact regarding both UF and FSU. Being an alum doesn't mean that you are a fan of their football programs. I have friends who graduated from FSU, now a CPA, diehard UM fan and season ticket holder. Same with UF. If you're a state resident it is a heck of a deal on a quality education for $7500 a year.
Agree ... do not buy a zero turn or any major mower from a Big Box store. No service from them and generally the BIG BOX models are special models and not as well built as the models sold in the tractor / landscape supply outlets. I have a Hustler Raptor, 42" (only have 1.5 acres) that is going on 9 years old. Bought it at a Landscape Supply company that sells mowers to landscape companies and has a full time maintenance staff of 4 mechanics that service all of the equipment they sell. Take a mower in for service and frequently it's ready the same day.
Or $0 if you get Bright Futures.
Top 5!
Like a kid picking a school cause the stadium doesn't have cheer leaders or it's a far walk. It's a cope excuse the copium is real. The better college town bs excuse. If this were true no one would go to Bama. Kids pick cause of the HC and the relationship between them and the HC and bread. That's it.
**** I turn 42 the day before can't wait to destroy them
Most of the people I tailgate with went to UCF. I have friends that went to UF and FSU that are Miami season ticket holders. I would have loved to have gone to private school in Coral Gables but my family doesn’t have it like that so I went to public school in Orlando. The thing these gators don’t get is that when you’re a Miami fan from birth, you don’t just change your allegiances because you took some classes. They’re fans because they went to school there. I was a college football fan way before I ever went to college
