Zero turn mower advice please

[Dr.Green]

I looking to buy a zero turn mower 48/50 min cut. Are the toro units any good for banksides, nothing to steep. Cutting maybe 4acres a week. Cheers

 

Also any for sale on here, based in durham

[Mitch]

I have a mate who works for council and they use one I'll drop him a text

But coming from a green keeping back ground , parts are expensive

 

Have you looked at ferris zero turns

[harrythecat178]

Scag and Ferris are king of the zero turns and easy enough for parts, blades belts and bearings all cheap to buy. Petrol ones should have a Kawasaki twin, diesel a 3 cylinder Kubota or Cat, I dont like the Yanmar twins. The build quality on these brands is excellent and a 48 inch should manage 2 acres per hour

[TIMON]

We've just bought a ferris zero turn mower. It's a good solid machine.

We also have a couple of Toro machines. A small ride on and a walk behind. We haven't had any problems with them.

Hydrostatic drive (zero turn) mowers are definitely the best for mowing banks IMO.

[Dr.Green]

Ok cool. I could have got a ferris with a cat diesel 1340hrs for just under 3k but it seemed 'to cheap' plus when I viewed it had a chunk missing from the front tyre , which started me thinking, is this a donkey because I was told it would be 'ok' and had no issues over the phone. No bother mate but I'm a bit sketchy sonetimes when I get 'the vibe' . Plus it's was 6" to wide for my trailer

 

This is local to me. Jcb. It's a yanmar motor 800hrs. 3.6k inc vat. And it fits on current trailer

JCB 20ZD DIESEL ZERO TURN RIDE ON MULCH MOWER,LAWN GARDEN TRACTOR,SIT ON | eBay

[harrythecat178]

I wouldnt worry about Ferris with a chunk out of solid tyre, quite common, I wouldnt buy in a JCB to resell. would be a bit dubious about engine , always sounds very noisy and rough. Fairly sure it is not in current production

[biggarlogs]

The JCB will be a rebadged piece of Chinese junk.like a lot of the cheap JCB branded stuff.good diggers etc but avoid the small tools

[peatff]

There's vat to add on the JCB mower as well which I'm sure is against ebay rules.

[harrythecat178]

There's vat to add on the JCB mower as well which I'm sure is against ebay rules.

On an auction , yes On a classified your'e okay

Edited May 15, 2015 by harrythecat178

[Dr.Green]

Cool. Cheers. I'm thinking of a scag or ferris then. I have another look and report back. Il ditch the jcb idea.