Thread: Ride on Mowers.

Originally Posted by Bob38S

Have had 2 Cox ride on mowers. We live on 1acre.

Have now had a Husqvarna for 2 years and 56 hours on the clock, AWD, power steer, Kawasaki powered front deck mulching. The belt only drives the triple blades all of the rest is hydraulic. Absolutely magic machine, you sit between the axles rather than over the back axle and it turns like a forklift as it is articulated in the middle. It virtually turns in its own length. Certainly not a cheap machine but the ride and the job it does is worth it. Have also added a Husqvarna trailer for general yard/garden work. Still on the original blades, which is unreal as we live on an ironstone ridge and plenty of gum tree branches get the chop as well - I only usually pick up the branches if they are thicker than my middle finger.

Here is the new version but it doesn't offer the Kawasaki engine which in my opinion is a mistake.

i have one of these as well and agree that it is an excellent machine and very reliable ... the front deck lifts reasonably easily (actually it lifts very easily but getting it back can catch your fingers if you're not a bit careful) and you can sharpen the blades easily ... i keep a spare set of blades on hand because, as it is a fairly expensive machine and not many of them locally, they don't hold spares in stock ... whilst it only takes a couple of days to get anything, it makes it easier for me just to change the blades and order a new set ... it is slower across the ground than many mowers but its because it turns on sixpence it gets my 2.5 acres done very quickly .. the zero turns would be no good for me as i have a couple of small hills ... this one feels very safe on it

... had a yardman before which was good for the first three or four years but deteriorated pretty quickly after that and went through belts like nothing

regards david