re: OT Opinion on Riding Lawn Mowers

Get the snapper if your going to get a riding one for a yard that small.

The things have a really good history of being super dependable.

If you’re okay with buying a mower that’s never run and has been sitting out in the elements for more than a year go ahead and buy it.

John Deere X590. Or a Scag or ExMark if you want a zero turn.

Skip the big box crap. But be prepared for a wait.

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I have a 100x100 residential lot

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weedeater should be fine.

Is this a child's toy?

I almost purchased one of these cub cadet electrics a month ago but decided against it. after reading a lot of reviews, it’s an older design and there’s very little weatherproofing on a lot of the electronics. For example you can’t hose off the lawnmower after a cut and you’re not supposed to mow if the grass is wet at all. Also I don’t believe there is a reverse.

The price is attractive but overall I decided That if I was going to buy an electric lawnmower I was going to give it a couple more years. If you look at the new stuff Ryobi is coming out with: modular replaceable batteries that you can also use on other lawn equipment, I’d rather wait for that sort of technology to become more common place.

The industry initially focused on push lawnmowers and handheld trimmers etc., but now they are slowly starting to pivot to riding lawnmowers and technology that can support commercial users. Once all of that gets spun up enough for prices to be reasonable , it’s going to be difficult to justify buying an ICE given the maintenance profile

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OT Opinion on Riding Lawn Mowers

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My personal opinion is not do this:

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I was looking at my local Home Depot and saw their selection of riding mowers.

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Don't buy a riding mower at a big box store. I discovered on the last one I purchased that the big box stores (In my case Lowe's) deal in and sell shittier, low quality versions of mowers that they generally charge more for when compared to more specialized dealers.

I ended up buying a Husqvarna 54" with a 24 horse Kawasaki with a welded deck. When I compared what was presented as the same mower at Lowe's, the only thing that was the same was the deck width and motor.

Otherwise it was a completely different mower. It had no welded deck. The front tires were smaller, the rear end was smaller, the back tires were smaller, the shoot was sized down, it was completely different. However, it was presented and sold as the same damn mower.....and for a considerably higher price.

The mower I bought and the mower Lowe's sold had to have been made by two different places for two completely different markets. You could say "You bought a better mower with better options", but both mowers had the same model number with the same motor and deck width, but the more cheaply built of the two was more expensive.

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Once all of that gets spun up enough for prices to be reasonable , it’s going to be difficult to justify buying an ICE given the maintenance profile

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True.

They’re lit

In all seriousness, on a yard that small, have you considered where will you be parking the mower? If you have a grass catcher, that thing can take up 3-4 feet by 6-8 feet. It's not a stretch to say it will take up almost as much space in a garage as a small car.

There are some areas of our yard where I wished I had kept a push mower and end up using a weed eater, particularly on slopes and odd shaped areas. Most of the yard is long stretches, and having a riding mower knocked my mowing time down by a factor 4 or more.