Re: Which Zero Turn Mower??Which Engine??

Posted by davpal on June 26, 2006 at 22:36:15 from (216.93.117.14):

In Reply to: Which Zero Turn Mower??Which Engine?? posted by Earl-IL on June 25, 2006 at 07:55:34:

Don't get duped into buying a diesel mower if you are going to mow two acres once or twice a week. You will never make up the difference in price in your lifetime with it. I bought my 52 inch Toro with a kohler 23 hp gas motor for $6200 out the door. It I had bought a diesel it would have been about $10,000 bucks! $3800 dollars difference will buy a lot of gas and oil for a lot of years! Even most of the guys around here that do custom lawn mowing will always have gas powered outfits. You hardly every see a diesel. If I was mowing an entire school grounds and football field I might consider it with a school budget but never for a homeowner. It only takes me 1 hour to mow my 2 plus acre place and if I mowed once a week it would be 52 hours on the tractor if I mowed every week of the year which in Michigan I surely dont. We only mow about 7-8 months out of a year. So if my gas motor will last 3000 hrs I have about 60 years of mowing to look forward too with the old Toro. So if you buy a new motor in 60 years I guess you are doing ok. So don't waste any money on a diesel. There are so many good gas outfits out there it is a total waste. Plus a diesel stinks all the time you are using it like you have your face in a salamander while it it running. Go gas, 20-25 hp, toro, scagg, simplicity, dixie chopper, lexmark, bobcat, cub cadet, john deere, etc, and wear safety glasses and earplugs, (they are all loud). All these commercial models will last more than a lifetime and will be left to your kids like a family heirloom. Good luck and have fun!

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