Our New Baby

[Goober McTuber]

Who are you fooling, Gimper? That kid in the pic could prolly pound your wimpy ass down even when your knee is healthy.

I knew that as soon as you saw his picture, you'd think about pounding ass. Die, you fat drunken pedophile.

[Mikey]

Nice mower, Mikey. And since we're talking mowers, I just bought one of these with bagger. I found out early on in the lawn care business that a top of the line mower will save you time and provide a superior cut. I bought a Dixon ZTR with a 22 HP Briggs that just wasn't up to the task for commercial mowing. The Gravely mower should do the trick. For the cost, it had better.

Nice rig there Mace. I guess you can spin fast tight circles on that thing and get all dizzy and stuff.

[Dinsdale]

The Gravely mower should do the trick.

Considering how long Gravely has been making them, they've probably got it down by now.

Used to know a guy who collected the old walk-behind tractors.

[indyfrisco]

Love my rig. I have a Craftsman 42" deck rider. When I bought my current home about a year and a half ago, I did my first mow with the craftsman rider. Took 3 hours. I said no fucking way. Went to the lawn and garden place and they had these commercial Grasshopper mowers. He let me borrow one for a couple weeks. Took less than an hour to mow the 3 acres. I was sold. I got the front-mount mower. Really good for getting under trees. I also bought the scoop attachment to plow snow. Worked awesome this past winter. Next I'm going to get a blade and a grass clipping catcher. They make a snow blower attachment, but it is kinda pricey at $1300 for just an attachment.

Grasshopper 727K2 61" Deck

[Ana Ng]

Ya. Neat.

[Mikey]

Unfortunately for Zy I enforce a 36" height requirement.

[Mace]

I like my Dixon mower (54" deck/22 hp Briggs) but it's not quite up to the task of commercial mowing of some of my mowing accounts. A friend of mine in the lawn care business highly recommended buying a Gravely mower (he has five of them, plus an ExMark) and says that the Gravely and ExMarks are the very top of the line in ZTR mowers. My Gravely has a 60" deck and a 29 hp Kohler engine. I pick it up tomorrow and am anxious to take it out on the job. The bagger is actually a hopper that I can unload from the seat of the mower and will save a lot of time, which translates to getting to the next job quicker and providing a better looking lawn for my customers. It also means that I can probably take on twice as many customers. My newest account is a rich couple from West Des Moines who purchased 40 acres in southern Iowa for their personal campground. They built a large pond with a big dock, have a lot of timber on the 40 acres, but I only have to mow about 2 acres around their camping area.

[Goober McTuber]

I like my Dixon mower (54" deck/22 hp Briggs) but it's not quite up to the task of commercial mowing of some of my mowing accounts.

My bad, Mace. I should have made it clearer that I meant as far as commercial cutting. We sold a ton of Dixons to residential accounts and heard very few complaints.

But riding any Dixon after showing the other brands to customers was a comedown.

Wait just a minute. You SOLD riding mowers? Really? I hope to God you didn’t include any personal training.

[Ana Ng]

Wake me when we're talkin' "fork hoists".


Regards,