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<blockquote data-quote="SLE" data-source="post: 369445" data-attributes="member: 3889">Homeowner = 200-400 hours life expectancy Commercial = 2,500-5,000 hours life expectancy for gas (not diesel) machines.New homeowner 0 hours = $4000Used commercial w/ +-250 hours = $4000-$8000 (yes you can go stupid and spend $20k but your not talking about 54” or 60” deck machines.Homeowner machine w/500 hours is worth about -$20 when you haul it to the landfill. Commercial machine with a 1,000 hours still worth half its value.I’ll take the commercial one that’s just hardly broke in every time. I’m also mowing 6 acres a week at our house don’t want to spend 6 hours doing it. An hour and half, and I can get on with my week. I’ll put 500 hours on it over approx 10 years and upgrade for a few grand and own a more reliable and much higher production machine. To each their own, if you live in town and have a 1/4 acre, knock yourself out with a homeowner grade machine but don’t assume that works for people with larger properties.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SLE, post: 369445, member: 3889"] Homeowner = 200-400 hours life expectancy Commercial = 2,500-5,000 hours life expectancy for gas (not diesel) machines. New homeowner 0 hours = $4000 Used commercial w/ +-250 hours = $4000-$8000 (yes you can go stupid and spend $20k but your not talking about 54” or 60” deck machines. Homeowner machine w/500 hours is worth about -$20 when you haul it to the landfill. Commercial machine with a 1,000 hours still worth half its value. I’ll take the commercial one that’s just hardly broke in every time. I’m also mowing 6 acres a week at our house don’t want to spend 6 hours doing it. An hour and half, and I can get on with my week. I’ll put 500 hours on it over approx 10 years and upgrade for a few grand and own a more reliable and much higher production machine. To each their own, if you live in town and have a 1/4 acre, knock yourself out with a homeowner grade machine but don’t assume that works for people with larger properties. [/QUOTE]

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