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Mower for hilly land recommendation please! - AKpilot - 10-18-2015
Hey Guys!
Quick question, I asked something like the a while back, but this one is more specific. I need a riding mower for about 2.5 acres of lawn, much of it pretty hilly. Anyone had any bad/good experiences with zero turn vs riding. HP recommendations, I know tires often spin on some mowers. This is a steep and very often wet 2.5 acres.
Fire at will!
AKpilot
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RE: Mower for hilly land recommendation please! - leilanidude - 10-18-2015
Zero turn, absolutely. In any event, the wider the better and you may even want to look for a model that will let you put weights on the rear drive wheels.
RE: Mower for hilly land recommendation please! - shockwave rider - 10-18-2015
Sheep, a smart dog and movable electric fencing.
RE: Mower for hilly land recommendation please! - pahoated - 10-18-2015
Having had 3 riding lawn mowers, they have terrible traction on hills with wet grass. The zero turn might be better but both will be defeated if the growth is a couple feet high. The saying is, as exciting as watching grass grow. If you have more than a couple acres, that is very exciting because if you don't mow every week, lawn mowers will struggle or clog. This is more but it seems like the way to go for steep acreage with thick growth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT0jX7rLvB4
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RE: Mower for hilly land recommendation please! - David M - 10-18-2015
We have a Scag zero turn in addition to the more traditional type craftsman mower.
The Scag is "steered" via the rear wheels, no direct control of the two independent front wheels. This is what I know: the Scag hates downhill and if one of the front wheels wants to go down, most likely the rest follows. It also hates wet, less traction than the regular mower. It absolutely hates wet hills
I won't use it on a wet hill, YMMV.David
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RE: Mower for hilly land recommendation please! - dmbwest - 10-18-2015
I know, no help but just for fun ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPWO_C1rT34
aloha,
pog
RE: Mower for hilly land recommendation please! - TomK - 10-18-2015
Never understood why farmers use those things, they only ever cut half the grass they're supposed to...
AK, if you buy a lawn mower, just don't drink and drive.
https://youtu.be/95qZtwJNjxk
(Acknowledgements to Steve Jessup).
RE: Mower for hilly land recommendation please! - AKpilot - 10-18-2015
This would be more my cuppa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvIXJBrclLY
...yes it's real.
AKpilot
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RE: Mower for hilly land recommendation please! - dmbwest - 10-18-2015
Hey,
You guys totally forgetting the fun you can have AFTER grass is cut ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=to8wh7LScXI
aloha,
pog
RE: Mower for hilly land recommendation please! - pahoated - 10-19-2015
quote:You will wish that if you are only now realizing you have to maintain 2.5 acres, volcano slope. Heard about one place up past Pepeekeo mauka and there was no way to sit on a lawn chair outside, the lot was that sloped. The most economical that works is a weedwhacker but that is at the price of your lower back. There are also goat renters around.
Originally posted by AKpilot
This would be more my cuppa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvIXJBrclLY
http://www.goatdozers.com/
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