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Paul, there is a third option, one which I often recomend to homeowners in your situtation.
For the $3000 you would be looking at for a decent 'homeowner' class machine, you could get a very nice (albeit used) full-on commercial 3 wheel FMM (Front Mount Mower) like the pros run. ZTR mowers are absolutely not necessary for a homeowner, they are designed for cutting as fast as possible, period, and in the hands of the average user they often do more damage than anything else.
The industry standards, Ferris (Pro Cut 60) and the ExMark equivalent will turn a circle as tight as any tree you need to cut around.
They will probably also out live you in a residential application, bear in mind, these things are designed to run 40++++ hours a week for many, many years trouble-free. One month of commercial service is more hours than a couple of years of cutting your lawn.
Best of luck.
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When it comes to shortening grass, nothing cuts faster than a dedicated commercial machine, period.
Kenneth is on the right track with chewing up grass on a ZTR, that's what I was referring to when I mentioned about making a mess.
In most cases you can usually buy a good used commercial FMM for about the same money as a decent finish mower for a CUT would cost you.
The difference in speed and quality though is remarkable.
Best of luck.
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Actually Kenneth, no apology necessary, you really did get it right.
The 'wrong' spelling of my nickname started years back, when I was very young we had a neighbour, a really good friend of the family, who had an Irish accent as thick as can be, most people could hardly understand him. Mostly he just spoke Gaelic. Anyway, his accent being so thick, he called me "young Moif". I was helping him one morning on a run into town for something or another, and when he told the new man at the mill that part of the load was for "Moif" the man wrote it down on the bill just like that. Old Archie corrected him "No ya dunder-head, it's spelled with a 'R' not a 'I'!!!" so he 'corrected' it to "Murf" and I've been called that to this day.
I sure miss ole Archie, he was the neatest old feller to listen to. With any luck I'll meet up with him again one day. Go dtaga do ríocht (May thy kingdom come).
Best of luck.
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