Texas Transplant
Well-Known Member
This is a follow up to my 'mowing' question(s) last week.
First off, I haven't bought a new ZTR or lawn tractor. Maybe this fall, but right now, no.
What I have bought, is maybe the absolute best lawn mower that I have ever had. I purchased the Toro 22" Self-paced walk behind mower, with electric start. Here's the scoop.
Mower comes setup for mulching, but easily converts to bagging (included) or side discharge.
Mulching - absolutely does the best job I've ever seen a mulching mower do. Period. Even with the grass high and thick, it chopped it up into a fine size, that simply disappeared into the lawn. The only problem I had was when we tried to mow 'extremely heavy/damp' grass, and it would occasionally 'load up'. More of an operator problem.
Side discharage - only took about 30 seconds to convert to side discharge on the lower 40. Very, very thick and damp, since it had not been mowed in about 4 weeks. Most of the lower 40 I could have done in mulching mode, but one section was particularly heavy, so I switched it out. Like a breeze.
Self-paced walk behind. This is virtually the only walk behind mower that I've ever owned/used whereby that is all you have to do - walk behind it. It has a 'pressure' actuator that slides back and forth on the handle. The faster you walk, the faster it goes (up to 4.8 mph - if you are up to it). It will also go super-slow if needed. I NEVER had to 'push' it, even coming back up the big hill to the house. It will adjust up to 4" deep mowing height, which is nice. Nothing special, but works well.
Electric start - after fighting/cussing lawn mowers all my life with the pull start, I opted for the $40.00 electric start option. Simply, elegant.
And now for the best part. Been married for 32 years. My wife took over the mower almost immediately on Saturday, mowing all of the upper yard by herself. Only needed assistance once, when the mower lugged down in very heavy grass (she wasn't sure why it stopped).
If you are needing a new mower, you have to look at this one. It is great. I mowed a 'large' part of our lower 40 on Saturday afternoon in about 90 minutes. Wonderful.
Tex
First off, I haven't bought a new ZTR or lawn tractor. Maybe this fall, but right now, no.
What I have bought, is maybe the absolute best lawn mower that I have ever had. I purchased the Toro 22" Self-paced walk behind mower, with electric start. Here's the scoop.
Mower comes setup for mulching, but easily converts to bagging (included) or side discharge.
Mulching - absolutely does the best job I've ever seen a mulching mower do. Period. Even with the grass high and thick, it chopped it up into a fine size, that simply disappeared into the lawn. The only problem I had was when we tried to mow 'extremely heavy/damp' grass, and it would occasionally 'load up'. More of an operator problem.
Side discharage - only took about 30 seconds to convert to side discharge on the lower 40. Very, very thick and damp, since it had not been mowed in about 4 weeks. Most of the lower 40 I could have done in mulching mode, but one section was particularly heavy, so I switched it out. Like a breeze.
Self-paced walk behind. This is virtually the only walk behind mower that I've ever owned/used whereby that is all you have to do - walk behind it. It has a 'pressure' actuator that slides back and forth on the handle. The faster you walk, the faster it goes (up to 4.8 mph - if you are up to it). It will also go super-slow if needed. I NEVER had to 'push' it, even coming back up the big hill to the house. It will adjust up to 4" deep mowing height, which is nice. Nothing special, but works well.
Electric start - after fighting/cussing lawn mowers all my life with the pull start, I opted for the $40.00 electric start option. Simply, elegant.
And now for the best part. Been married for 32 years. My wife took over the mower almost immediately on Saturday, mowing all of the upper yard by herself. Only needed assistance once, when the mower lugged down in very heavy grass (she wasn't sure why it stopped).
If you are needing a new mower, you have to look at this one. It is great. I mowed a 'large' part of our lower 40 on Saturday afternoon in about 90 minutes. Wonderful.
Tex
