I remember a time when we used to mow 6 acres of lawn with push mowers. They were cheaper and there were lots of youngin's to push them around. Then it was just Mom and Dad and they still mowed with push mowers. Those folks with riding mowers "had more money than sense and they were missing out on all the good exercise". Now, with Dad gone, we have a riding mower and couldn't imagine being without one, though could still go back to it without too much difficulty, and only have 3 acres to mow now. We pull carts with it, skin deer with it, give grandbabies rides on it, and even run over to the back of the property on it. Can't imagine being without it now.
I could see a riding vacuum.....I could sweep up grass clippings, leaves, twigs, bugs, you name it....then shoot it all into the coop. Sign me up!
If I may be so bold as to inquire, what kind of riding mower do you have? We have one but I don't like it much. Hydrostatic drive doesn't do much for me, it's too low to be much use in a pasture type situation. Although it's supposed to cut up to 6" it actually tops out at about 2 + it doesn't seem to have much power. Regards, Woody
Hydrostatic is inherently better in the long run then many of the common gear trannys used lawn tractors nowadays, they have cheapened up the gears so much in modern riding lawn mowers that they simply wear out or strip if put under too much load... One thing people miss or overlook with lawn tractors is the size of the mower deck to the horsepower of the engine, or even the size of the mower deck overall this is a huge factor in it's ability to cut taller and weedy grass... Also worth noting is that most lawn tractors use the same components from brand to brand and many are even made by the same manufactures just rebranned...
With that said on the HP to mower deck size, I have a 12HP rider with a 34" deck that I use for the grunt work, and it will eat up pretty much anything I toss at it, all the while I have see my neighbor constantly struggle to no end and resort to driving like a turtle in molasses to cut with his 24HP 54" deck rider... This is in regards to weedy farm grass that doesn't get mowed all that regular, if you have nice grass and it gets mowed regularly I doubt you would see the issues...
