Posted by ChrisB on April 03, 2008 at 15:54:06 from (71.88.106.1):
In Reply to: Mower for big yard posted by scpurgatory on April 02, 2008 at 16:45:28:
I am in a similar boat with mowing three acres.
It is easy to see through the two recommendations give here. Those who have mowed such a size for years and those who have not.
If you want to try a Home Depot or TSC unit good luck. They are at most 50" or lucky some will be 60" and with a top speed of 8mph or so. Most of the ones in the box stores that you do find with 60" will be way underpowered, resulting in low blade speed as you try to keep going at 7 or 8 mph, thus damaging the grass.
I even did one better then the box stores and went with a 52" Bobcat zero turn which was an advanced homeowner unit, or semi-commercial unit.
Over time you will find it is way to slow and not wide enough and wish you could go faster. 12mph or more
The key is width and speed combined with power to keep the blade speed up to make it a quick and easy job. That 12 extra inches of width or 4 mph of additional speed do not add up to much, but over time it will make it a lot easier job.
Solution ? If you cannot afford a newer commercial unit keep an eye out for some used ones. Scags or Dixie come to mind due to the numbers they sell and the parts availability are a good choice.
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