scrubbedexpat097

I started a thread in July 2018 about my hard headed husband spending half of mowing season under our John Deere mower. He was about to turn 65 and his birthday present was going to be a Zero turn mower. Didn't happen. After all our research and input from friends and you guys here he decided he could keep the JD beast running for another year.

Forward to March 2019. I posted again on the same thread. I was tired of seeing him pushing the clapped out mower from one end of our acerage back to the garage because the temperamental piece of junk had quit yet again. More input from you guys. More nagging from me and daughter to give up on it and let us buy a new mower. All set to buy one for his 66th birthday/ retirement. Yet again he vetoed the idea. He was home now he said so he had more time to fix it.

July 2020 and the John Deere is still just limping along. Still temperamental, leaks oil, stalls out and dies. So he has a birthday coming up in the beginning of August and I jokingly said as I have said for the last two years " let me buy you a mower" He said yes! So before he could change his mind I ordered a 50inch Club Cadet Ultima ZT 1. It will be delivered on Monday. It will be an early 67th birthday .
Finally stress free mowing. About time too.

( I couldn't post on the original thread as it is locked but thanks to all you guys that gave input and opinions)

moneypenny20

Personally I think you should have just added blades to the back or underneath of the trike but what do I know.

scrubbedexpat097

You know what, you could be on to something! Why didn't I think of that?

We have had 3 people interested in buying the Trike after we put it on Auto Trader. First one was obviously a con wanting to send someone to pick it up immediately and no he didn't want to test drive or even look at it. He could see by the pictures that it was just what he wanted.He was going to put the money in our bank if I could just give him our bank details...The next one kept asking questions and then said they thought it was a Harley and really they only buy Harleys??! The third one said it was a bit too red!

At this rate we will keep it but not turn it into a mower, yet!

Guindalf

I have a Zero Turn 50" Cub Cadet, which I bought as a refurb a few years ago and I love it! Just be extra careful if there are any slopes, otherwise it's hard to beat.

I literally halved my mowing time over the previous 42" Poulan Pro tractor mower.

civilservant

Happy mowing to DH!

ddsrph

You will love the zero turn over the tractor type. Just get in a large uncluttered area to practice learning to drive it.

scrubbedexpat097

I will probably have to wait a few weeks before I get to try it out! M should have no problems as he has used them before at work before he retired.

When I eventually do get my turn I'll post a picture. It's only taken us 2 years to get to this point

ddsrph

So does buying a lawn mower mean you are staying in Texas for retirement?

Pulaski

Seems like a good idea to me, though not an entirely original one.

scrubbedexpat097

At least another year. It is greatly debated most days. Our daughter was going to move to Pennsylvania and we considered following them but our reccy in March was canceled due to the virus and then the job she had applied for no longer exists! So we may go somewhere that the tractor is still needed. Or not!

scrubbedexpat097

Turning this into a mower could be quite interesting. I guess we could start a mowing business and take it in turns to be the lazy back seat rider!

Pulaski

That motor would probably power a 72" deck.

scrubbedexpat097

It's a 2300cc engine. It would cut a lot lawns with a big deck fixed to it.

lizzyq

If her job move does ever get resurrected you would get plenty of use out of your mower in our PA summer months

scrubbedexpat097

I was going to contact you when we started talking about possibly heading your way! If we ever start travelling around again we might still take a PA roadtrip.