re: ZTR Mowers best choices

I used to cut right at 8 acres on a scag turf tiger 60" and I've done 7 acres on a John Deere diesel that was probably 72" or something. It was huge.

Out of those two I'd take the scag. That John Deere was ignorantly powerful but also ignorantly huge and heavy. It would sink through blacktop. I think I could go just as fast on the skag because with zero turns, the yard determines max speed more than the machine. If it has any semblance of roughness to it, you can only go so fast before you just can't hold on anymore.