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I purchased the homeower Bushhog zero turn last year. At 52" cut, it is faster than 72" deck on a CUT with HST. The zero turn is not good on wet grass especially on a slope. It also cut down on trimming. Look carefully at the zero turns. There is some cheap built ones out there, but not necessarily with cheapest price. Look at spindles and deck strength. I like my Husky trimmer but not their homeowner z turn.
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In zero turns have seen but did not consider one with grass catcher so have not thought with them. But we use to cut a yard with about 50 pines and some very large oaks. We used a snapper high vac mower with grass catcher. Slow compare to some other mowers but the yard looked vacumned, which it was. It did not matter if leaves or needles, it picked them up. The high vac model had a couple of feactures that really helped, it had extra lifts that bolted onto the blade to create extra lift and a deck that was rolled under having the blade to run above the lower edge. It did a lot of mulching the leaves, cut pine straw some but was still very useable for flower beds.
Again, it cuts slow and the bagging capacity is low, well for the amount we cut it was. But very low maintance mowers for us. Yes we wore out one and bought another.
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In reading and telling what I have done it got me to thinking why past tense and not present. There is another solution to leaves, a chainsaw. You can use this option in either of two methods,slowly or all at once way.
Some of this is meant to be humorous but it does work. If you don't beleive it try it. However, you may find some thinning works wonders. We have a few trees in our yard but the wind now is able to remove our leaves for us. Something that helps that is having a good cut lawn so the leaves will blow and not get hung up in the grass. In cutting where there are leaves I always cut with them being thrown back into cut path and that helps a lot even without a mulching kit. My only experience with a mulching kit was not an option I cared for.
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I (and my wife) have used a 33 inch mower, CUT with a 72 inch RFM and zero turn to cut yard from 1 1/2 acres with few trees to 2 acres with oaks and pine trees.
If you are after grass cutting the zero turn is the way to go period. The z turn is hard or dangerous to use on wet hill sides that others handle okay. Your front wheels do no steering and will not prevent side slipping on a slope. You are steering and driving with the two rear wheels only. So, turning cuts down on pulling up a hill, add wet and you may not make it.
I have a 52 inch Z turn and can cut our two acre yard with about 50 trees or shrubs in it in 30 minutes or so less than the hyrdostat trans CUT with the 72 (20 inch bigger) RFM. Also cutting closer to tress and such. I found a lot of variance in quality of Z turns. Mine was $4400, not considered that comppany's professional model but has deck and spindles that matches many professional models.
Yes, z turns are the most fun in grass cutting out there. My only complaint, my wife has decided she can operate the z turn and does very well, putting me back on the CUT or trimmer. I have found changing the blade difficult on the z turn. You will need ramps or floor jack to get deck up enough.
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