Zero Turn Mowers

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Originally Posted by nod 130

A friend of mine has a Dixon. It's had lots of bits fall off it, and it's because he does what you intend to do, and mow a paddock. Fast yes, but with those tiny wheels it will shake itself and your liver to bits unless your paddock is billiard table smooth. They have a cutout switch under the seat to stop the engine in the event of a rollover, and at speed on a bumpy horse paddock it'll be cutting in and out as you bump up and down. You'll have to go slow with one or do what Dave has already suggested. Tractors have big wheels for a good reason. Or you could disc up your paddock, resow, then harrow it smooth.
Don.

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There's a few Dixon's around here, but whether they are any good or not, I can't say.

All I know is that a contractor had a brand new one go up in flames last week mowing outside one of the studs here.
I missed the call out as I leave the pager in the Defender :angel:

Toro's are popular with the studs, as are Kubota.

We had a front deck, 3cyl diesel, 4wd (with diff lock) Kubota on a place SWMBO managed twelve years ago and it was brilliant.
I think it was also a mid $20,000 mower too :o

err?

that should have been a link to a 2wd 15hp yellow number with a 1.5m mini deck for $7k.

give me a minute.

do the studs around your way have billiard table smooth paddocks?

how did you go using a front deck mower rick any issues with mowing a paddock in a reasonable time? I appreciate we are in a slightly different price bracket to each other.

As for the dixons are they the cheaper version of the husky?

any link other than EBAY dave I need a shop front where I can take the mower close to home in the event of something going wrong...

Ok, cant find the original link buuut

cub cadet tractor 4wd | eBay

think of one like that but without the underslung deck, front loader setup

I found the biggest killers for the ride on for the golf club where the smaller pot holes that hid in the grass trashing the front ends and people hanging the things up on the deck on obstacles.

try these guys

http://www.australiantractorbrokers.com.au/

and kubota, Ive never had problems getting parts for kubota gear in general.
http://kubota.com.au/products/detail...4&mo_id=BX1860

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

Ok, cant find the original link buuut

cub cadet tractor 4wd | eBay

think of one like that but without the underslung deck, front loader setup

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I found the biggest killers for the ride on for the golf club where the smaller pot holes that hid in the grass trashing the front ends and people hanging the things up on the deck on obstacles

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yeah thats what we have basically been using this little mover for over time we have found and filled the holes that are around clear any rocks etc so although our place is not a dead flat block (I personally think you would be hard pushed to find one that has not been redone and levelled because to look at ours it looks dead flat but its not) we can now zoom the little mower round flat chat as long as the grass is not to long without having to stop except for one or two known places that we are still yet to fill.

and as I have stated I can't buy second hand I can not spend that sort of money not knowning that the following week we could be having to spend all day working on it...we actually dont have that much time. we dont even have enough time to work on the cars the disco has been laid up since the last off road trip which was months ago..so no second hand is out of the question.

until we actually get some head way with the fencing and other things around the place I dont want to be worrying about a second hand mower as well.

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Originally Posted by dullbird

yeah thats what we have basically been using this little mover for over time we have found and filled the holes that are around clear any rocks etc so although our place is not a dead flat block (I personally think you would be hard pushed to find one that has not been redone and levelled because to look at ours it looks dead flat but its not) we can now zoom the little mower round flat chat as long as the grass is not to long without having to stop except for one or two known places that we are still yet to fill.

and as I have stated I can't buy second hand I can not spend that sort of money not knowning that the following week we could be having to spend all day working on it...we actually dont have that much time. we dont even have enough time to work on the cars the disco has been laid up since the last off road trip which was months ago..so no second hand is out of the question.

until we actually get some head way with the fencing and other things around the place I dont want to be worrying about a second hand mower as well.

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The fencing was why I was suggesting one of the smaller mowers, I tracked in the kubota site for Aus for you.

I have a Hustler mini Fastrack. Many of the local garden care mobs use them. They are light industrial, and mine has copped heaps of abuse. I can mow my bottom paddock in much less time than the ride on mower type that my neighbors have. Maybe not twice as fast, but faster. The price was about 2k more for the zero radius than the standard ride on, but it is great for weaving in and around the trees on my block. I purchased the smaller deck, (48") because I need to get through several gates on the properties I mow.

I think the big thing to consider is what brand can be serviced near you.
My father has had bad experiences with the green and yellow brand, and would not purchase one after all the troubles he has had. So far no issues with mine, and 2 years old.

Cheers,

Ken

the tractors are out of our price range we have 10grand MAX...and thats really pushing it as some of it will have to be financed.

and Kubotas we have already looked at and established they are out of our price range.:(

BTW, if you go with anything Kubota, this is where to go in your area

Kubota Australia

Don.