We have a 17 year old son who has been doing the mowing for me the past few years. He joined the Army and has been off at boot camp for two months now. I was joking with him before he left that I'd have to get a new mower now that those duties are going to fall back on me. It first started off as a joke, but I talked myself into it over time.
Brought home a new Cub Cadet Pro Z 154S yesterday. MSRP is $7k and I paid $6,300.00 out the door. That includes 6% tax.
It's a zero turn with a steering wheel. It has pedals for forward and reverse and as you turn the wheel it slows the appropriate transaxle (right or left) to compensate for the turn. It's pretty slick and works very well. It will do a 180 in place like a normal zero turn.
Because the front wheels are not casters like a lap bar zero turn, it is much more stable on hills (which we have). Before, we had a 54" Husqvarna riding mower and it took 4 hours to mow the lawn (a few acres - I don't know exactly how much). I'm hoping to cut that in half with this new machine.
It is powered by a Kohler Confidant 27hp fuel injected engine. I think it's a new line for Kohler, so I hope it proves reliable. The EFI should help save some fuel, and no choke makes it easier for my wife to operate.
I'm 34 and I'm hoping this is the last mower we ever buy. It will be stored inside and very well maintained. It's pretty heavy duty. Cub markets these mowers as commercial units, and I'd say they're close, but maybe not something a pro would use to mow 8 hours a day with. Cub has 100, 500, 700, and 900 series units under this Pro Z line. Looking at them at the dealer, I'd definitely call the 500+ commercial quality. Very heavy duty. The 100s are no lightweights, but not quite as heavy duty as the bigger machines.
Brought home a new Cub Cadet Pro Z 154S yesterday. MSRP is $7k and I paid $6,300.00 out the door. That includes 6% tax.
It's a zero turn with a steering wheel. It has pedals for forward and reverse and as you turn the wheel it slows the appropriate transaxle (right or left) to compensate for the turn. It's pretty slick and works very well. It will do a 180 in place like a normal zero turn.
Because the front wheels are not casters like a lap bar zero turn, it is much more stable on hills (which we have). Before, we had a 54" Husqvarna riding mower and it took 4 hours to mow the lawn (a few acres - I don't know exactly how much). I'm hoping to cut that in half with this new machine.
It is powered by a Kohler Confidant 27hp fuel injected engine. I think it's a new line for Kohler, so I hope it proves reliable. The EFI should help save some fuel, and no choke makes it easier for my wife to operate.
I'm 34 and I'm hoping this is the last mower we ever buy. It will be stored inside and very well maintained. It's pretty heavy duty. Cub markets these mowers as commercial units, and I'd say they're close, but maybe not something a pro would use to mow 8 hours a day with. Cub has 100, 500, 700, and 900 series units under this Pro Z line. Looking at them at the dealer, I'd definitely call the 500+ commercial quality. Very heavy duty. The 100s are no lightweights, but not quite as heavy duty as the bigger machines.
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