Jump to content

Yard Machine Options

Zag

By Zag,
in General Chit Chat

 Share

Recommended Posts

Robhuntandfish Grand Master

Robhuntandfish

Posted
Posted
  On 11/13/2020 at 7:34 PM, Otto said:

Well, it followed me home. To be honest, my wife could care less. I do like to tease her about it though and I can see her driving this to me when I shoot my next deer. emoji457.png
afbb6718f2f4b9755ef587c8a52ee8eb.jpg

Sent from my SM-G950U using Tapatalk
 

Expand  

I bought one without the former wife's permission. And no this did not cause her to be former.  Lol.  As a matter of fact she kept it!  

She used it more than I did after I got it and still does.  

Congrats on the new machine.  Let's see a deer in it next! 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
mowin Veteran

mowin

Posted
Posted (edited)
  On 11/13/2020 at 9:53 PM, Robhuntandfish said:

I bought one without the former wife's permission. And no this did not cause her to be former.  Lol.  As a matter of fact she kept it!  

She used it more than I did after I got it and still does.  

Congrats on the new machine.  Let's see a deer in it next! 

Expand  

Congrats.  I'm sure you'll both get lots of use out of it. 

Oops quoted the wrong post. Congrats Otto. 

Edited by mowin
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 4 weeks later...
Zag Rising Star

Zag

Posted
  • Author
Posted

I stopped by my local Kubota dealer the other day, their 850 sidekick goes 40mph, not to shabby, has everything I could ask for plus I’d want a plow and they have the traditional manual plow with winch and a hydraulic setup. @moogs mentioned size being an issue for him, I fit ok, little tight getting in and out with the door. Biggest thing was my legs/feet being so long that I could barely bend my foot for the gas petal. I feel like my lower legs would get sore after a short while. I’ll have to go when I have some time to test driver her. Next up is the Honda Pioneer 700 or 1000. A lot of places are extremely thin on inventory which is challenging.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
mlammerhirt Mentor

mlammerhirt

Posted
Posted
  On 12/7/2020 at 2:57 AM, Zag said:
I stopped by my local Kubota dealer the other day, their 850 sidekick goes 40mph, not to shabby, has everything I could ask for plus I’d want a plow and they have the traditional manual plow with winch and a hydraulic setup. @moogs mentioned size being an issue for him, I fit ok, little tight getting in and out with the door. Biggest thing was my legs/feet being so long that I could barely bend my foot for the gas petal. I feel like my lower legs would get sore after a short while. I’ll have to go when I have some time to test driver her. Next up is the Honda Pioneer 700 or 1000. A lot of places are extremely thin on inventory which is challenging.
The Honda Pioneer 700 is real nice.....love the jump seat option to make it a 4 passenger. A few more years with my Rzr and I plan on moving to the Honda Pioneer.

Sent from my moto z3 using Tapatalk

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 4 weeks later...
Zag Rising Star

Zag

Posted
  • Author
Posted

So I had a little time and took a drive down to Arkport Cycle. They have 1 pioneer 1000 which is on hold but I just wanted to see, touch and sit in one. It was hands down easy to get in and out of and had tons of leg room and the gas petal is far enough away it’s no issue. Now I just have to look at the differences between to 700 and 1000 as there is a fairly big jump I think between them. Getting closer!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • 3 months later...
Zag Rising Star

Zag

Posted
  • Author
Posted

Well after much debate and really wanting a sxs Honda pioneer but I decided to go with a new Ferris Zero turn for the yard. With my current JD garden tractor its gonna take me 2hr to mow the new yard. Id rather sit in a chair drinking a beer admiring the yard than spend hrs at a time mowing it. Im gonna keep the garden tractor for other yard projects and maybe in a yr or two ill swing back and do it. 

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Bionic Rising Star

Bionic

Posted
Posted
  On 4/9/2021 at 9:19 PM, Zag said:

Well after much debate and really wanting a sxs Honda pioneer but I decided to go with a new Ferris Zero turn for the yard. With my current JD garden tractor its gonna take me 2hr to mow the new yard. Id rather sit in a chair drinking a beer admiring the yard than spend hrs at a time mowing it. Im gonna keep the garden tractor for other yard projects and maybe in a yr or two ill swing back and do it. 

Expand  

Was it difficult locating a mower? Been a real nuisance finding a trailer, SXS, etc, curious if mowers were difficult too.  Everything is selling prior to the dealers taking delivery.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Zag Rising Star

Zag

Posted
  • Author
Posted
  On 4/9/2021 at 10:18 PM, Bionic said:

Was it difficult locating a mower? Been a real nuisance finding a trailer, SXS, etc, curious if mowers were difficult too.  Everything is selling prior to the dealers taking delivery.

Expand  

Easy, my dealer in Lima had 2 in stock!!

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
mowin Veteran

mowin

Posted
Posted

Congratulations on the new Z.  My nephew bought a house with 4 acres of lawn. He wanted a UTV bad.  I told him how happy is his wife going to be taking care of two young kids when your mowin your lawn every Saturday for 4 hrs plus with a riding mower?  Scrap the UTV, and buy a Z turn. 

He listened.   

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Zag Rising Star

Zag

Posted
  • Author
Posted
  On 4/10/2021 at 12:22 AM, mowin said:

Congratulations on the new Z.  My nephew bought a house with 4 acres of lawn. He wanted a UTV bad.  I told him how happy is his wife going to be taking care of two young kids when your mowin your lawn every Saturday for 4 hrs plus with a riding mower?  Scrap the UTV, and buy a Z turn. 

He listened.   

 

Expand  

Yeah you’re right on. I did a little test timing run on the mower and it took me almost 1 min to go one direction x1000 was all I needed to change my mind!

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
sbuff Experienced

sbuff

Posted
Posted
  On 4/9/2021 at 9:19 PM, Zag said:

Well after much debate and really wanting a sxs Honda pioneer but I decided to go with a new Ferris Zero turn for the yard. With my current JD garden tractor its gonna take me 2hr to mow the new yard. Id rather sit in a chair drinking a beer admiring the yard than spend hrs at a time mowing it. Im gonna keep the garden tractor for other yard projects and maybe in a yr or two ill swing back and do it. 

Expand  

I bought a new ferris in October, can't wait to fire it up this weekend for first cut. 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
mowin Veteran

mowin

Posted
Posted
  On 4/10/2021 at 12:47 AM, Zag said:

Did u get any accessories? Im getting the striping kit, Im debating the light kit.

Expand  

As a lawn guy... I hate striper kits. No lawn is the same. Humps, dips, valleys all effect the effectiveness of the kit.  

Set it to your lawn,  your fine.  

  • Like 2
  • Thanks 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites
Zag Rising Star

Zag

Posted
  • Author
Posted
  On 4/10/2021 at 12:48 PM, sbuff said:

Just the mulching kit and blades ... I opted for the kawasaki engine over the Briggs 

Expand  

Im gonna give the briggs efi a shot. I looked at the bagger system but based on price im gonna wait and see how this year goes first as its my first year with this yard. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    No registered users viewing this page.

×
×
  • Create New...