[RKDinOKC]

When mowing yards my Dad took over a lawn he wanted to do. Took 2 hours on our riding mower for $35. In 2 hours did 5 of regular lawns with push mower for $10 a piece. Still did our yard which was also 2 hours on our rider. It was one of those big 12 hp tractors that did more than just mowing. The mower deck had 3 blades. Later I sold it and got a riding mower instead of tractor. It had a 39" single blade deck. My lawn that took two hours went down to just 45 minutes because the single blade cut so much better I could mow as fast as it would go. With the tractor you had to go a lot slower or it looked like you used a brush hog even with freshly sharpened blades.