My BIL and my neighbor have Simplicity’s with 60” decks and Kawasaki engines. The independent suspension makes a huge difference. They are very heavy duty and when my John Deere wears out that will be my next. Not a bad price at all either compared to the compatible Ferris


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Well if you need to drink a beer and mow on a ztr then get you a walker super b.
You can mow with one hand and drink with the other...

Or just get you a nice camelback...

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I bought the Ferris is2100z with four wheel suspension and it is great. Not sure how much Simplicity mowers are but I paid $8k on sale.

As I posted in Shiloh’s thread, it generally comes down to transaxle, air intake and suspension that separates commercial mowers from residential mowers.

Get a commercial not home owners model if you have a lot of grass to cut. I prefer exmark laser mowers

I mainly bought my eXmark for the free baseball cap.

I narrowed it down to exmark and husler leaning toward the exmark
but I was looking at them the other day and they make their own engines now. I’m kinda sold on the Kawa engine so now I giving Hustler another look and I have had good luck dealing with Maynard’s in the past.

I have a Gravely zt hd 60”. It is a residential mower with commercial features. The deck and transmission are the same as what’s on the commercial mowers. I’m on my fourth mowing season mowing 4 acres and never had any trouble out of it. I highly recommend Gravely.

You can't go wrong with the exmark. They are amazing machines.

My Dad has had a Husqvarna for about 6 years or so, too, and has the same troubles with the deck. The engine is solid, on it, but it seems like he replaces a mandrel at least once a week...I mean it's a CONSTANT and ongoing thing! Damn thing uses more mandrels than it does gas.

I just purchased the Exmark Radius for $5000. I upgraded the seat to air ride and it was worth it. This is the entry level commercial zero turn and I love it. Mine is a 48" cut. It has the Exmark motor. No problems so far.

personally have had more problems out of kawasaki than kohler. but there both good engines. kohler also makes alot of cheap motors found on budget lawnmowers while I mostly see kawasaki on commercial. toros z turn if you want a smooth cut, hustlers one of the most rugged, and exmark has the best reputation, there also some with bad reputations that are worth considering just because they are alot cheaper such as cub cadet and bad boy. I hate cub cadets but they do have the most mower for the money. personnaly I looked all over the south for a used hustler 2500. The 2500 is an old model that was way ahead of its time. it has a 72" deck, hydraulic deck lift, steel gas tank and a single joystick to steer. when it came out hustler used real heavy duty hydraulic components, instead of just stamped pumps and motors that are just barely made to last, anyways I like to brag on my mower, I would suggest buying something your excited about because a fancy mower can make the job a little funner.

I have one also and it's a solid mower, can't beat a 7 year warranty either. They are made by Hustler and every part is interchangeable with the comparable Hustler machine.

Unless you have a pool table (read almost perfectly flat) for a yard get the 60. Every time. The 72 will trim under bushes and split rail fence like a champ because the left side of the deck sticks almost a foot outside the tire. Trouble is, it'll scalp like an Apache if the ground rolls very much or if you make a super sharp turn to the right, it'll dip down a little and cut deeper.

If you're cutting tall grass you can run faster in the same conditions with the 60" deck so you're acres per hour won't be a whole lot different.

Several places down here around dothan has demo models. Try different ones until you find one that suits you

Actually 25 hp is the cutoff. Kubota sells a 24.8 without the DPF and a 31 with it. Note that neither uses DEF (diesel exhaust fluid). A mower is about the best application to have a regen filter on. It spends 99% of its time at full throttle, operating temp and a decent load on it. Very little PM (particulate matter, the soot that the filter catches) is produced like that. Slow speed, cool engine temps and throttling up and down are what gives a DPF fits.

I've had a Hustler for over 10 years now and it's been an awesome machine. It's the HustlerZ 54" cut with 23 HP Kawasaki engine.

The eXmark zero turns come in three main configurations.

The Quest, which is their homeowners version of a Zero turn

The Radius, that is like a light commercial grade

And the Lazer, that is a sure enough heavy duty commercial mower.

Of each of those categories there are three sub categories. The E series comes with a eXmark engine. The S series has a eXmark engine. And the X series has a Kawasaki engine. I believe with the Lazer series though, you can pretty much get whichever engine you prefer, including a diesel and maybe a propane. Don't quote me on the last part though.

Mine is the Radius X and so far it has been great.

I got my Hustler from Maynards and it has the Kawasaki engine. They are real good folks to deal with. I've sent a couple of friends over there and they concur with my take.

Another vote for the Hustler, Had mine 4 years and no issues, get the Kawasaki motor. Also I don't live in subdivision, I have 40 acres and use the mower to cut 4 acres around the house, the Kubota Tractor handles the rest.