OT- What do you mow your yard with? How large of area?

Big Trees

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Just curious what everybody else mows their yard with and how much of an area do you mow with it. You can include a picture if you'd like also.

I use my John Deere 285, not exactly sure on year, never cared enough to look it up but it's a late 80s early 90s model. I mow roughly 1-1.5 acres with it. That is size of our yard, most of our property is wooded.

 
early 70's Wheel Horse with a rear discharge mower to do the small parts and around stuff.
Farmall Super H dragging a big 3-point finish mower to mow the couple acre side yard. (homebrew attachment of the finish mower to the Super H, no lift, just drag it around.)
 
Kubota B1750HST FWA MMM. About one acre regularly. Perhaps another couple of acres occasionally.

Dean
 
Gravelys....3 of 'em. Depending on my mood
either the 432 w/50" mower, for speed the 818
w/50" mower, or the 430 w/front mount 40"
mower for blackberries and saplings....mow close
to two acres.
 
Used one of the 8N's with a 5 foot Caroni
finishing mower for the past 15 years to
cut about 2 acres. Been using the 740 this
year. I really like the live hydraulics and
power steering.
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I cut about 3-3 1/2 acres with a 2007 Toro Groundmaster 3280 with 72" deck, but this spring I traded it for 2011 John Deere 1435, 72" deck, cab with heater and five ft. snowblower.
 
Snapper Pro 200 zero turn, 61" cut, 27HP. Mowing 3Acres +or-. It will cut circles around your JD or any N with a finishing mower, I have tried both of them.
 
I have about 6 acres, mow about 5. I had several inadequate mowers before my JD317 which did grass and snowblower duty. I eventually got a Grasshopper 725 and it was the best mower I ever owned bar none. I lost both of those in a fire August 12 2008 (the pics may still be in the archives). I replaced those with a JD 279 and a JD X729. The 279 is seldom used and the X729 is the machine that does most all of the mowing and all the snow removal. It takes almost 2 hours more to mow with the JD 4 X 4 wheel steer versus the Grasshopper zero turn. I am looking at another zero turn with an articulated front end - either a front mount like the Grasshopper 729 or the mid-mount Country Clipper. I intend to ask the Country Clipper dealer for a test on my lawn... If the answer is no, I'll go 6 miles down the road and work a deal on a Grasshopper. Mind you the JD X729 is a very stout mower, but it is very much slower in my application than a zero turn. I had a mid-mount ZTR Bush Hog and sold it after 3 weeks - I really need an articulated front and damned few mid-mounts offer that.
 
(quoted from post at 18:44:22 08/31/15) Snapper Pro 200 zero turn, 61" cut, 27HP. Mowing 3Acres +or-. It will cut circles around your JD or any N with a finishing mower, I have tried both of them.

lol Easy there, big shot. We know you have the best of the best haha. This wasn't meant to brag or put others down, just a little different thread than the norm.

All very nice choices you all are mowing with.
It's nice hearing what others choose to mow with. I was told finishing mowers were a bigger pain than they were a benefit. I was told the belts are always breaking.

Me personally, I like old stuff. Cars, tractors, etc.. I'd rather mow with a old garden tractor/tractor than any new "zero turn" or whatever new mower any day.

Just all a matter of preference.
 
For over 20 years I've used a Woods RM 600 (72" cut finish mower) behind my '52 8N and currently it's attached my Jubilee. I had been mowing 3 acres around my house and barn and about another acre in back around my back 3 acres as a place to walk and for the grandkids to ride the golf cart.
Starting the first of July I hired a mowing service to do the 3 acres around the house and barn. We wanted to take a 16 day vacation and could not leave it to grow. Sons busy with their own families and lawns.
I've decided to continue with the lawn service and I only mow the back 3 acres path every other week.
 
Do the close trim work with a 22" snapper self propelled it cuts out most of the weed eat'N besides I like to walk behind it... 10 min of use...

Do the rest of the trim work with a 48" 1998 Cub Cadet 2185 its cuts nice on the slopes.. 30 min of use...

Hit the big part with a Gravely Z260 60" zero turn it beats me to death I am thinking about going back to a 60" lawn tractor...
1 hr. 15 min of use...

1 hr 55 min I have covered a tad over 3 acres if I drag out the weed eater and the golf cart add another 20 min...

About 4 times a year I mow around the kin folks pond ETC add a hour to that...

All the other chit I hit with my bota L4600 with a 6ft bush hog... I can kill a week end about 4 times a year cut"N weeds..

If I hit it rite I can do all this on COMPANY time :) I can tell you there is nuttin like cut'N grass and get'N paid for it...

Home ownership is not what its made out to be... I am thinking about get'N me a B-life's matter T-shirt and walk'N with them folks... My priority's may be wrong maybe I should find time to hang out with my bro's...
 
Craftsman 42 inch double bagger,mow everyday,if it's not too wet or too cold too start,need to feed my 9 sheep,,14 goats,4 miniature donkey and 2 llama, cheaper than buying hay,about 1 1/2 hours everyday
6 trips does it for me,neighbor let's me mow all I can take😀
 
Mow one acre with 38" Cub Cadet bought new in '91 and another acre as needed with a Kubota
L1500 with a First Choice 6 foot finish mower behind it..Amazing how the L1500 handles the
6 footer...
 

I've used this King Kutter 6' finish mower since 1994. It has had one new belt and one belt idler pulley. I mow about an acre and a half now around my pond and hedge row. For around the house close we have two John Deere riders. My wife has a LA155 and I still use an old 212. I guess I like old stuff because the combined age of my mowers and me is 186 years.

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Home: 1 1/2 acre with a 42" 20HP Craftsman.
Cottage: 1/2 acre with a 46" 22HP Troybilt.

If that seems a bit out of proportion, it's because the lawn at home is relatively flat and the lawn at the cottage is mountain goat territory. The extra HP and bigger tires of the Troybilt handles the steep and rugged terrain better. A 6' finish mower behind the 9N would handle it even better but feels like overkill for half an acre.
 
I mow with an Allis Chalmers C with a 6 foot Woods belly mower, have been mowing about 3 acres each time for over 30 years with it. I also occasionally use a 1948 Ford 8n with a 5 ft woods 3 point finish mower.
The Allis C has a narrow front and really works good to mow around different obstacles.
I bought a new zero turn to mow with after a lot of my neighbors said how great they worked, but after using it for a while, I ended up going back to that old Allis C, it just does a really nice job of mowing.
 
Wife has a 46 inch Cub Cadet. You know, one of
those Kohlers that blows at 400 hours. We just HAD
to have it. I mow most of the time using an early
80's Deines Marty J five foot zero turn. I have an old
Snapper 30 inch cut I use in the ditches and around
electric fences. You can't kill that thing. If I need to
go somewhere tight I get the old 1978 Lawnboy
push mower. She eats anything up. I'd guess we
mow about three acres.
 
Well I use 3 mowers. #1 is a free lawn mower with a baggier I picked up 4 or so years ago and use the clippings on my garden. The other 2 are my one horse self propelled mowers. Bella and Rocky. Also self fertilizing so the lawn gets mowed and fertilized at the same time
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That's what I use, only my finish mower looks like this. We call it Frankenmower.
Frankenmower 1 had a 17hp engine but did not work well. Frankenmower 2 has three separate motors and works pretty well. A zero turn or lawn tractor would just get high centered where I have to mow.

Doug in east TN
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I use a 42" Yardman on about 1 1/2 acre yard 2-3 times a month and SWMBO uses it on around 5 acres of the pasture a couple times a year. Too many trees and shrubs for a finish mower on back of tractor.
 
for the 2 acres around the house i use a farmall cub,with a woods mower, for the other 12 i have a finish mower on the ford jubilee, for the rest we let the critters eat it
 
I use a John Deere X585 with a 54" deck to mow about 1 1/2 acres and plow snow from about 150 feet of driveway. It works great and I wouldn't want anything less. It is about 12 years old and works like a new machine.
 
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I've used this King Kutter 6' finish mower since 1994. It has had one new belt and one belt idler pulley. I mow about an acre and a half now around my pond and hedge row. For around the house close we have two John Deere riders. My wife has a LA155 and I still use an old 212. I guess I like old stuff because the combined age of my mowers and me is 186 years.

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Scott, I have the exact same mower. Bought it off CL for $300, needed a new belt. Do you ever have problems with the belt slipping? Mine doesn't like much thick or wet grass.
 

I use an old 46" Huskee (MTD) for some areas where the Husqvarna LGT 2554 (54" deck) won't fit. Mow about 1 1/2 acres. For pastures I use a Mahindra eMax 22 with a 60" Maschio finish mower, or a 60" King Cutter "bush hog" style mower. Pastures area is about 6 acres total.

Used to use a 9N or 8N with the KK but the 8N is assigned to manure spreader duty and the 9N is a little too tired to run the mower for hours on end.
 
about 2 acres with a LT 190 JD lawn mower-- neighbor wanted me to come over and look at his 8n with finish mower. Out of concideration to him I went and looked-- dam thing wouldn't start when I got there so I bought the JD.
 
Interesting thread.
I use my Ford LT75 rider - 30" here at home
in the city.
Have 2 rentals up in central MN that I try
to keep knocked down too.
There I use my Ford 3000 with 7' King
Kutter finish mower on about 3 acres and a
6' Bush Hog rotary cutter a couple of times
a year on about 5 acres.
 
My wife mows about 1.5 acres with a John Deere LT155. Only has a 32 inch deck. Fish and Game club auctioned off a JD 265 Hydro with a 46inch deck. She liked that but it seems the Hydro is going bad. Slows down some on hills. Watched some u tubes regarding rebuilding the hydro. Ill get to it sooner or later
 
Dad was a Snapper dealer.I have seven used Snapper rear
engine riders. In town I have four lots 200x400. At the
farm I have two or three acres.
 
My favorite go-to right now is my 1955 950... I say 1955.. but it's made up of many tractors, but some of it came from 1955 :).

5' kk mower.

about 3 ac at home, though sometimes it mows 6 if I take it to the other property. It's easier to maneuver than the larger tractors, though takes longer.

trim up around the house via 38" huskee rider and weedeater.

I let the horses up front sometimes, but they must not be trained as good as OLD's horses. mine just make a mess.
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I see a power pole :) and a line that runs across your property that may not be used for your power... That will get you 50% off your property taxes were I live if you belch and moan to the tax man... :wink:

If you are hooked up to it I dunno how that would work.... Its worth a try nuttin to loose...
 
I use a Cub Cadet 147(48" mower) to mow the back yard and sometimes the side lot. The wife uses a Toro self propelled walk mower to cut the front yard. (she likes the exercise). The John Deere 855 (60" mower) to mow everything else the Cub doesn't do, and blow snow in the winter. The Golden Jubilee and Woods (50") brush hog to mow three of my neighbor's back fields. All in all about eleven acres gets done- six of which are mine- five are my neighbors.
 
yup, huge pole with an easement along the side of my property.. big volts. :)

We didn't get a 50% but we got a little off for it.

When I'm giving directions to people to get to my place I tell em to look for the large overhead lines and the big concrete obelisk in my front pasture. ;) good landmark!
 
I use a 721 Grasshopper at my house in town with a 52" deck on three big lots. Out at our farm in the country I have about 10 acres to mow and I use a 1959 971 with a 6' New Holland finish mower for the grass and a 1951 8N with an old 5' ford bush hog for the road ditches and the weeds around the place. Sometimes I use the Grasshopper around the house at the farm too if I feel like hauling it out there.
 
You guys with your NF RCs. I know they're pretty nimble - the original zero turns. You've got me motivated to hook the BH up behind my NF 4200.
After getting the spark working properly now I'm having fuel problems. Dirty, rusty tank. Big PIA to remove/fix it .
I found about a 4 gal fuel tank that I'm going to strap onto the side and have a small electric fuel pump that'll feed the carb. Hopefully yet his summer/fall.
Someday I'll tear it apart and fix it properly but for now 4 gals should let me get some work done before needing to refuel.
 
Was using a 2N with a King Kutter 6-foot finish mower to mow 3.5 acres. After 25 years of this, the 2N is wore out (needs bearings and/or oil pump). The KK is still usable -- did need to change the spindles once and a few belts/blades.

Bought an 8N to use with the KK, but need to fix the rear lift (started going up by itself).

Right now I'm using a Toro SS5000 Timecutter zero-turn mower with a 50-inch deck. Works nice, but about 2 acres is rough enough to make me slow down or get bounce around too much.

Think I'll eventually end up using the Toro on the smoother stuff near the house and the 8N down in the rough patch.
 
7 acres here.

Regularly mow 1-1/2 with a Lesco 60" zero turn, a Scott's 2046 (made by John Deere, NOT MTD) and a self propelled Lawn Boy.

I do the pastures with a 5' Farm Star rotary cutter behind the 2N about 3 times a season. If the horses weren't so picky I wouldn't have to mow them at all...

Used to mow the lawn with a 72" finish mower behind the N, but that zero turn is 3-4 times faster with all of the trees, buildings and fences.

I also have a 1948 Gravely model L run behind :D with a 30: mower and a sickle bar, but it's a dangerous beast that is hard to use.
 

Very interesting to see the large variety of options people chose to mow with. I like seeing the pictures, very nice everybody!
 
I mow about 5 acres at my house, including a runway. Use two Craftsman tractors (acquired a second one this summer to have one for each kid's butt) and the wife uses the 8N with an older 72" King Kutter finish mower on the runway.

I use a 60" Swisher trail mower behind a four wheeler or behind the Craftsman garden tractor when my 10 year old is on the push mower. We mow 5 acres in about an hour and a half with no ZTR. 😊
 
Lawn (about 1/2 acre): 1995 Craftsman garden tractor with Kohler engine. Small field and orchard (about 2 1/2 acres): Farmall Cub with Woods 42C-4. Everywhere else that gets mowed
occasionally (about 15 acres): Land Pride rotary cutter hitched to Jubilee or IH 454.
 
I use a Craftsman GT5000 54" for about 2 acres of finishing mowing around the house.
I use the 2N w/5' shreader for another 2-3 acres of brome, wire grass and swamp area.
 
I cut about 2 acres using a Toro Timecutter zero turn with a 38" deck. I have cut things Toro never thought about and the mower just keeps going. Bush hogging for hire is done with a 641 and a 6 foot rotary cutter of unknown brand.
 

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