[Shop-talk] john deere lawn tractors?

[Pat]

I mow about 5 acres of lawn, meadow and orchard with a John Deere STX46. 
It takes me about 5 hours, including trimming around the trees, so about 
4 hours on the rider. If I let the grass get too tall it can take all day.

I also have an old International Harvester Super C tractor with a 5' 
shreader. It takes me more than 8 hours to shread the 10 acre hay field. 
Seems like it would take longer on the JD, but the hay is usually 3-4' 
tall, which the JD couldn't handle at any speed!

The rest of the place I just let the cattle and goats keep it mowed!

Peace,
Pat


Thusly spake Steve Shipley:
> At 03:37 PM 5/4/2008 -0400, Paul Parkanzky wrote:
>   
>> 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
>>     
>
> I'm on my way out to mow a couple of urban lawns.  In my world,
> they're building an additional 4 units in the back yards of 1000sqft
> houses and it's feeling a bit crowded around here. The city isn't
> as attractive as it used to be.
>
> How much time does it take to mow 2 or 3 acres?
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