Any suggestions for a lawn mower(s) for 3-4 acres to mow?

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nc1kcfan

My husband and I are looking into buying a lawn mower/tractor to mow about 3 - 4 acres. We are thinking about either a JD 2210 or JD 4115. Does anyone have a suggestion of any others, especially of lesser cost, but the same quality for the amount of mowing to be done? Also, suggestions on which size of deck and the amount of time it would take to mow this amount would be great. We have a Torro with a 54" deck now, but we are sharing it with my father-in-law and it is becoming a hassle to take back and worth every week or so. Plus, we have to get the bushhog to use too. We use the Torro for yard (about 1.5 acres) and the bushhog for the other acres. That's why we need one that would be great to do it all! ~thanks

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I'd Look at exmark or grasshopper's..., any 42 inch with a hydro riding mower will do 1.5 acres easy though... I'd also think about simplicity/snapper mowers as well. Simplicity owns snapper.

Brilliant beautiful gardeners, owners would be cool, riding lawn tractors other than JD for maint of 3 acres?

reynwater

SC, 8 acres total, 3 mowed weekly. Best advice on model that can handle weekly mowing of 3+ acres, flat, sandy. Present Deere can't take the strain, poor dear.

Thank you.

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Forget about buying a lawn tractor. Buy yourself a small diesel powered tractor with a belly mower (Kabota 2300, 7800) would be good sizes. You will pay more to start, but it will last considerably longer. You can also buy implements like tillers, blades, backhoe, etc for the tractor.

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