I would have loved to get a lawn service instead of the mower, but we
were quoted $1200-1250/season for a service. That was above our
tipping point for buying the zero turn.
-Paul
On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 2:26 PM, <scott.hall@comcast.net> wrote:
> that's exactly where I'm at--yes, my wife bought a tool. but it's a tool I'd
>rather never use ($2800 will buy a lot of lawn service) and now that we have
>it it's going to be that much harder to avoid mowing. I want it to make
>mowing as painless as possible and have low costs of ownership. that's it.
>
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Paul Parkanzky <parkanzky@gmail.com>
> > I just bought a new Zero Turn at Home Depot yesterday. I didn't see a
> > 48" green option for $2800. I did see that for $3600. I bought the
> > 50" Cub Cadet for $3k. I had a really hard time trying to decide if
> > the Deere was worth another $600. The Cub also has a three year
> > warranty instead of two. The Deere is nicer, with solid connections
> > between the levers and hydrostatic transmissions and a rear engine
> > shroud thing. But I am sick enough over spending $3k on a tool I'd
> > rather not use, so I decided not to spend 20% more.
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