Toro Zero Turn ?

Tim (NY)

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Does anyone here have any experience with Toro Zero Turn mowers? Are they generally good or cheap like Cub Cadets?
 
have the first generation.. engine was undersized, otherwise a great mower... does not do well in higher grass as the 22 hp was NOT enough. rides better and smoother than the big 28 hp cub cadet zeroturn. Not as bouncy. Much better looking yard. Later toro's had more hp. Only replaced blades, oil changes, and air filter so far in 10 plus years.. maybe 15, but I have crs now days.. oh yeah,, replaced the drive belt tension spring as the end finally wore off. Its held by a sharp thin metal hook that eventually will cut though the spring end.
 
They will not cut wet grass as well as a Bobcat. I had a Bobcat with 23HP and 60" deck. I have a Big Dog now that has 32HP with 60" deck that goes.
 
No, but I'd say it depends on whether you're talking about their homeowner or commercial mowers. One of my neighbors has a landscaping business and owns two commercial grade Toros. He likes them. I checked out his mowers and they are very well built.
 
MarkB has the right idea here. Which Toro?
Something in the Z-Master series or the home owner TimeCutters?
They are vastly different machines.
I own an older Z-Master, bought it used from a landscaper.
He said it was about wore out then. I've used it for 4 years now.
Great machine with excellent cut quality. Heavy enough not to
be too bouncy except at full speed. I mow about 3 acres and it
has cut my mowing time in half if not better!
 
We have a Timecutter we use for the church grounds. Had it 3 years now, mowing about an acre. It's had an easy life with some less than professional drivers! LOL

Haven't had any mechanical issues other than having to straighten and weld the deck (see above, less than professional drivers)! Biggest problem has been continuous flats. I put flat free tires on the front, rears are an odd size, thin, don't get good traction.

It seems like a good mid grade mower, but the handling is not good. Seems front heavy, will not track on an incline. The front wheels are too far apart, the anti scalp wheels are on the front of the deck and stick out too far, always getting hung on whatever I'm trying to get close to. It has a high/low range selector. Low is too low, high is too high for mowing.
 
Like others have said, depends.....I just traded off a Timecutter that was about 6 years old, and it was done. Kohler engine on it had a crack in the block (common for those china Kohlers), and was leaking oil severely. After going through a few MTD"s and the Toro Timecutter, I spent some dollars and bought a Gravely. Time will tell how this holds up, but seems to be a real mower vs. the stamped steel and china junk that most homeowner or big box stores sell, however I paid about double what the Timecutter was when new, so I had better get double the use out of it, then some, as I was sadly disappointed in the Timecutter even though I got a very good price when I purchased it.
 
We have one, a 50" deck and 23hp Kawasaki engine.

It's in its second season. My wife keeps a couple of acres mowed, sometimes every other day in the peak growing season.

It's been flawless, so far. She did it before with a Poulan, 24hp and 54" deck. The zero turn cut her mowing time in half, and she hasn't even had it out of low range yet.
 

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