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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SLE" data-source="post: 223251" data-attributes="member: 3889">Hate to say it, but your in the minority here which is usually the case from someone that doesn't need or hasn't used a commercial mower. and FYI, you have almost double into that deere than what I had into my 152Z. I'm about a 1/3 more for my 472Z. You also bought the top of the line residential ztrac, the next step is into their commercial series so it's not like your running the Z335E or one of their entry level residential units. At $6,500, you can be into a good commercial unit with a full manufactured and welded deck, not a lite gauge stamped deck. And just for clarification, the Deere 7-Iron stamped commercial deck is very good but that's not the deck you get on the residential ztracs. Food for thought, my inlaws have the exact same size property as we do with about an acre less grass to mow but certainly more shit to mow around. They have two cub cadet 54" riding mowers and a pull behind swisher. It takes them 4-5 hours to mow with two people and it's an all day job with just one machine. I'm cutting 6 full acres with my 472 in less than an hour and a half. With my previous 152Z it took 2.5 hours. I put 500 hours over ten years on my 152Z and I cost me $1k between what I paid and what I sold it for and nothing more than regular maintenance items. In the same time period, those $2,500ish riders aren't worth $500-$800 now best case. At the end of the day, they have way more invested into those three mowers (and they bought one used) than I did in my 152Z. If you really want to look at the economics, and factor what your time is worth, the less fuel burned because your mowing time is much shorter (this leads to less hours on the machine also), repair costs, resale, and longevity; if your mowing more than a couple acres, it's really a no brainier if you can afford the commercial machine purely from an economic standpoint.</blockquote>

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