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Originally Posted by dad911

I'd buy it. No direct experience, but the price seems right. Low hours, and it will steer like a skid steer, cut down on mowing time.

As I look at it, $1500 would be cheaper than a season of having 6 acres done by a service.......

Next step up IMHO would be a small tractor with a bucket or plow, and cost quite a bit more.

My parents had a small JD tractor that looked like a riding mower but had a PTO. When my mom's dad passed away, my parents inherited his JD 770 tractor that had a bunch of attachments. THe current owners have a bigger tractor that including several attachments, auger, shredder, etc.... I don't (yet) see the need for anything like that.

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

I think you should buy it. I'm not a big fan of zero turns - I've got Zoysia in the front yard that is well manicured so I bought a regular 4 wheel JD from my local dealer. I've got about 2 acres to mow myself.

At worst -you use it one season and you can sell it for $1500 next fall and buy something different if you end up not liking it. I'm told the zero-turns do take some getting used to - otherwise the rear wheels will dig in.

Good to know. It'll be fun getting used to it, I think. I like new driving experiences. The "yard" is, I think about 2 acres, but then there's another 1.5-2.5 acres that probably shouldn't be allowed to go wild. So I could at times end up mowing 4-ish acres.

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

I'd look at it like this.
It's already on the property, it runs and isn't that old either.
You don't have to go out looking for a mower for at least a season.
Like everyone says, if you don't like it, sell it next year or whenever, but in the mean time you'll be able to mow your yard with very little effort.

Exactly. Our Outback has a tow capacity of 2700#. We'll have a hitch on it after Tue. But I don't want to have to buy a trailer yet if I don't have to, and I'll need to be able to mow, maybe not right away, but certainly in a few months. We'll have enough other stuff to worry about between now and then to not have to worry about that.