[Ironhorse]

I mow two acres with a Poulon Pro 48'' ZTR with 22 HP Briggs engine. The 48'' cut for me is ideal as a larger mower would not allow me to get into the tighter places. Moving from a 42'' tractor style to the ZTR cut my mowing time in half. Don't ever plan to go back to the tractor style altho still have it as a backup plan if need be. My Poulon was about $4K. Have had it since May of '06 and has just under 600 hours. Replaced two drive belts as they do stretch, a few batteries and one blade on/off switch. Try to change oil and grease about every 50 hours of cutting. Have three sets of blades so can change and mow instead of remove blades, sharpen, clean the under the deck, install and then mow.