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05-08-2016, 12:48 PM
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Don't call me a traitor.
With Dad's passing, it's now up to me to mow. I have 4-5 acres of grass to mow for mom a hours drive away from my house. Mom and dad would mow the grass with two 42" Poulans. It would take them roughly 12 hours combined time. The wife and I mowed with the 2 Cub 1811's a 44c and 50c. It took 6-8 hours. The next weekend I mowed with the 1811 50c. Everybody fished and rode four-wheelers and I mowed. Not any fun for me, something had to change.
Found me a 2001 61" 25hp Scag turf tiger. First time out I mowed the yard in 2.4 hours. The next time out my son-in-law mowed with the 1811 44c and me on the Scag knocked it out in 2 hours. I can live with that. I hope to mow during the week after work and leave the weekend for other things. Don't worry no Cub's are being sold to pay for the Scag. 
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05-08-2016, 01:12 PM
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Congrats on the new machine
 Ive used a JD front mower to do 3 acres for awhile now... and would never go back to using a garden tractor to cut grass, the differance in time is alot more than I ever expected.
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Lance / Alberta Can IH 127 w/deck, snowblade IH 154 Loboy(x2) w/creeper 3pt and 3160 deck CCC 12.5 w/deck Plus 35 or so non IH tractors
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05-08-2016, 01:58 PM
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That is a LOT of grass you are cutting. Dad and I had the discussion about taking forever to mow grass a few years back. He mows everything around the farm and my house. Problem was every mower he had, which was several was old and slow, real slow. It was nothing to come home from work to find 3 broke lawnmowers in the shop. One of his customers brought in a 2072 for us to get running so he could sell it--it never left. He wasn't happy about me buying it but nothing he could really say. I went through the deck and driveline replacing anything that looked worn. Now he loves that machine. I've pretty much laid the law down to stop mowing at my house as I have a teenager that needs the experience. I also picked up a 982. Now 2 of us can get out there with a pair of 60" decks and knock out our yards in short order. Glad to see you realized time is more important than grass and bought something to give you more time
 I've often wondered how good a Cadet Tank zero turn is? 
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2072 w/60" Haban 982 with 3 pt and 60" Haban 1811 with ags and 50C 124 w/hydraulic lift 782 w/mounted sprayer 2284 w/54" mowing deck
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05-08-2016, 03:57 PM
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Congrates on the new mower. The turf tiger is hard to beat. I work with a man and his wife runs 3 mowing crews. There best mower is the Turf tiger.
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1572, 1864 x2, 1810 x2, 1863 & GT1554(Dad's Ole Mowers), 1811,782D, 1872 x2, 782DT(Sold), 3235, 1860, 1772 with 3-point and Turbo.
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#5
05-08-2016, 04:05 PM
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Glad no Cubs were harmed in your change of mowers.
That's too much grass for a tractor. You are not a traitor since you kept yours. 
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Terry O,100,72,102,123,104,124,105 125,129,149,1200,982 (2)2182s w/60in Habans 3225
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05-08-2016, 04:53 PM
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I'm not about to call you a traitor, I just spent 2 hours on my BX with the Grassanator compared to 6 hours on the 1641 mowing 16" tall grass. 12' at a pass compared to 4' now I'm enjoying a cocktail.
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2264 with 54 GT deck 1641 AKA Black Jack with a 402-E Haban Sickle bar mower JD317 dump truck BX2670 with FEL
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05-08-2016, 07:12 PM
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Your no traitor, with that much grass to mow! Mans gotta do what he has to in order to get the job done! It takes me a couple hrs or so to mow what we have. I've used a zero turn and they are faster.
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Brian April 1979 1200 Quietline 44A deck 1988 1211 customized into a 1288 with a K301AQS 38C deck and a 1864 54” deck . Snow blades 42" and 54" . Brinly disk, brinly plow a cultivator and a $5 brinly yard rake! 
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05-08-2016, 09:19 PM
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I love the seat time on my Cub cadets, but love time fishing and watching the wild life with the grand kids more.
Clay Sorry I'm the worst speller. Trader traitor glad you folks figured it out. Edit: Fixed your header (Sam Mac)
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05-09-2016, 08:04 AM
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Yep been there too...Always said I wouldn't own a ZT since I had a Super and a 60 Haban...Fixed a buddies Kaw engine in a JD 60" ZT and tried it out and never looked back... Have 4 plus acres and can do it all in 2 hrs....Bobcat 61"... But still have a Cub for pulling the Carts...
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