What kind of riding mower are you using right now.... yes RIGHT NOW!!!

**drone** · 11-11-2010, 19:30

I'm getting ready to close on a house that sits on some acreage, and I'm guessing it would take about 3 hours to mow it all with my walk-behind Honda. So I'm in the market for a riding mower/lawn tractor. I'm guessing I need to mow around 2.5+ acres, it would be nice if I could also have a tow-behind cart and maybe a small plow for the driveway. Any recommendations or tales of warning?

**gaelic cowboy** · 11-11-2010, 20:36

Bah ride on mowers how urban, real men use as big a conditioner mower as humanely possible along with as big a tractor as you can get in the farmyard

**Rhyfelwyr** · 11-11-2010, 21:47

Heh, I hadn't seen King of the Hill in years till they started showing it on Channel 4 recently.

My garden is much too small for such fancy contraptions, you could cut it with scissors in not too long.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 11-11-2010, 23:35

Is it all landscaped? If so, a John Deere X300 with a 42 inch mulching deck should do nicely. If you have a lot of leaves you might want to opt for the rear discharge deck with the bagger instead. I've had the 42 inch mulch deck with a ultility cart for two years now and am happy with it. Paid around $3,000. I mow 2.3 acres myself.

**drone** · 11-11-2010, 23:58

The front yard is mainly wooded, with a small section of grass at the front of the house. The back yard is an big open grass area, surrounded by trees, with a couple of garden beds here and there. Most of the grass is not under tree cover, but a fair amount of leaves will blow onto the yard when they start to drop. For spring/summer mowing, I'm guessing a mulching deck will be the thing, for the fall I can either bag it, or blow the leaves to the edges and run it through the chipper/shredder. The beds could use the leaf mulch anyway.

That X300 looks nice, plenty of attachment options. Does it come with a cup-holder for my beer?

**Veho Nex** · 11-12-2010, 00:43

Originally Posted by drone

Does it come with a cup-holder for my beer?

It should also come with a tv mount in case the game happens to be on.

**Crazed Rabbit** · 11-12-2010, 03:22

My dad got a Honda. It had problems, and they stopped making riding mowers after that.

So...don't get a used Honda. I get a general sort of good vibe from John Deere, though.

CR

**Hosakawa Tito** · 11-12-2010, 03:24

Originally Posted by drone

The front yard is mainly wooded, with a small section of grass at the front of the house. The back yard is an big open grass area, surrounded by trees, with a couple of garden beds here and there. Most of the grass is not under tree cover, but a fair amount of leaves will blow onto the yard when they start to drop. For spring/summer mowing, I'm guessing a mulching deck will be the thing, for the fall I can either bag it, or blow the leaves to the edges and run it through the chipper/shredder. The beds could use the leaf mulch anyway.

That X300 looks nice, plenty of attachment options. Does it come with a cup-holder for my beer?

That it does. I get about 4 laps per beer with mine.

**PanzerJaeger** · 11-13-2010, 09:18

Kubota makes excellent compact tractors for the type of work you'll be doing. My father owns three of varying sizes to maintain a piece of land we have in the country and loves them - Japanese reliability and efficiency . He is of the opinion that Deeres are overpriced and the company has bad customer service, but I wouldn't know.

**gaelic cowboy** · 11-13-2010, 15:17

Originally Posted by PanzerJaeger

Kubota makes excellent compact tractors for the type of work you'll be doing. My father owns three of varying sizes to maintain a piece of land we have in the country and loves them - Japanese reliability and efficiency . He is of the opinion that Deeres are overpriced and the company has bad customer service, but I wouldn't know.

The best tractor you can buy is a Deutz Fahr

technically the company is Same-Deutz Fahr with a smattering of the Lamborghini tractors