riding mowers: help a nigga out

[Caliga]

So I'm getting sick of having to deal with slackjaw lawn boys and am seriously considering getting a riding mower.  At this point I do pretty much all the rest of my own yardwork (trimming hedges, some edging, spraying herbicide/fungicide, pruning) and if I clean some shit out of my garage I should have enough room in there to park a riding mower.

I started off by asking my dad about this because a) we used to own a campground in upstate Pa. and he had lawn tractors to mow it (there was something like 15 acres of lawn, so they were a necessity), and b) his semi-retirement job before real retirement was director of physical plant at Delaware Valley College, and for some reason the groundskeeping fell under him too.

So, given all of the above, I guess I should have predicted that he tells me to get one of these:


This is a ~$7K commercial-grade ZTR (Exmark Lazer Z).  I definitely don't need one that badass and expensive, despite his insistence on it.  I don't know how much acreage I need to mow, exactly, since a lot of my property is woods.  I would guess that I have 1 1/2 acres of lawn, tops, to mow... somewhere between 1 and 1 1/2.

I was thinking more along the lines of something like this:



Not as fast or maneuverable as a ZTR, but supposedly they have a tight turn radius, too, and are almost as fast.  Also, this is definitely John Deere country and there are like 3-4 tractor dealers and repair guys in my county alone... most of the acreage here is devoted to tobacco and soybean production.

Anyway, who here has a riding mower and what do you use?

[Admiral Yi]

Get whatever the waterboy drove.  His scored him some nice trim.

[katmai]

As a wetback, not allowed to buy riding mower


But my Uncle back in Media has a John Deer for their big ass yard.

[Razgovory]

Get one of those self-propelled ones and some roller skates.

[garbon]

A riding mower?

[Caliga]

But my Uncle back in Media has a John Deer for their big ass yard.

You still have family in Media?  Cool.  My brother lives in Brookhaven now.

[Caliga]

A riding mower?

Yes, yes, I know, gays are allergic to manual labor.

[Ed Anger]

A riding mower?

Yes, yes, I know, gays are allergic to manual labor.

Untrue.

[garbon]

A riding mower?

Yes, yes, I know, gays are allergic to manual labor.

Yeah nothing more laborious than a fat lordling rolling about his property in a mobility scooter.

[katmai]

But my Uncle back in Media has a John Deer for their big ass yard.

You still have family in Media?  Cool.  My brother lives in Brookhaven now.

Yeah My aunt and uncle and their three kids, in fact going back in July for cousin's wedding.

[Eddie Teach]

A riding mower?

Yes, yes, I know, gays are allergic to manual labor.

Yeah nothing more laborious than a fat lordling rolling about his property in a mobility scooter.

If you had to mow regularly, you'd understand why he wants a riding mower, especially for a big yard like that.

[KRonn]

Of the two you show, I'd go with the John Deere. You don't need the commercial grade one, and there are many JD dealers near you so that'll be very handy if you want add on parts, or if you need repairs. Besides, I think the John Deere name is pretty cool to have.        I have an Ariens snowblower, which is over 30 years old, still going strong. Ariens makes a good product, and I'm betting the JD will give similar service.   

[Admiral Yi]

As a wetback, not allowed to buy riding mower

Why not? 

It's not like lawns have passing lanes.

[katmai]

Sigh

[Capetan Mihali]

But my Uncle back in Media has a John Deer for their big ass yard.

You still have family in Media?  Cool.  My brother lives in Brookhaven now.

Does he eat at: Tom Jones?