If you can't have a wheel Horse?

[Marv 924]

About 1/4 acre lot to mow. What rider would you buy. Walking mower is not a good alternative?

Marv

[rjg854 11,362]

Don't take this the wrong way, but a quarter acre isn't a lot to mow with a push mower.  Matter of fact it's probably good exercise   If you're looking for a rider, then a short frame  would most likely be your best choice because it's quite manuverable in tight areas.

[D_Mac 8,619]

Why not a Wheel Horse ? I have bought and sold just about all makes. It is all really going to depend on whats comfortable for you. If you are just looking to mow the lawn and nothing else, you can get yourself a rear engine rider for 1/4 acre lot. I had some nice little SNAPPERS in the past. I also had a few HONDA rear engine riders that I thought were very well engineered.

[ebinmaine 67,502]

Why can't you have a wheelhorse????

 

I'd be hunting for a short frame like stated above....

[Ed Kennell 38,177]

Go big and get done quick.

 

[Stepney 2,325]

Simple ... if you cant have a Wheel Horse .. get a Work Horse!

[bc.gold 3,403]

33 minutes ago, Stepney said:

Simple ... if you cant have a Wheel Horse .. get a Work Horse!

 

That seat looks like it may have come out of an early 60's Corvair.

[Stepney 2,325]

3 minutes ago, bcgold said:

 

That seat looks like it may have come out of an early 60's Corvair.

That seat was the cheapest comfy-looking seat Walmart offered

[RandyLittrell 3,877]

I mowed a one acre yard when I was a kid in the mid 70's. Did it with a pushmower one summer till I bought a rider the next year. I think I got about 30 bucks for mowing it. 

 

I have a small yard now and use a zero turn with no guilt whatsoever!!!

 

 

 

 

Randy

[Ed Kennell 38,177]

Or the seats on my Carolina Skiff.

 

 

[Stepney 2,325]

Mm.. I mowed a 3/4" acre hilly lot with a Ransomes 30" walking mower for quite a few years.. fellow simply wouldn't let me run anything else. He liked the finish the Ransomes left. 

 

..Looked like a hay mower just came through. 

[D_Mac 8,619]

I picked up this little SNAPPER a couple of years ago. Came with all the attachments. 

[tom2p 2,394]

sounds like a reason to get a nice round hood (short frame) 

 

if I had 1/10 acre I would still have a Wheel Horse 

 

[AMC RULES 37,130]

How much more do you need?

 

Edited August 8, 2020 by AMC RULES

[Tuneup 1,433]

C'mon, it's about boys and toys. We never grow up - the toys just become more expensive and the piles of dirt get higher. I have a 21" 80s Snapper push mower that is still alive and on its second engine (found in the neighbor's trash). It ran a 1/4 acre so I could get exercise BUT I had a C-125 and a Snapper rider anyway. Now, I have two more Wheel Horses because...toys. Toys that move and toys that shoot. Other than occasional adult beverages and adult responsibilities, I'm still under 10...

[ebinmaine 67,502]

1 hour ago, Tuneup said:

I'm still under 10

 

I tried being a grown up for a couple decades and it wasn't any fun. 

 

I tell folks I pay a bill or two once in a while but otherwise My Honey and I are both 5. 

 

[953 nut 55,230]

If you can't have a wheel Horse? 

            If I couldn't have a Wheel Horse then I guess you may as well give me a shovel so I can begin digging my grave!                  

[Retired Wrencher 5,458]

I used this for years . Sorry guys best mower I ever used and easy dump. Could not find a tranny for it so it had to go.

Edited August 8, 2020 by Retierd Wrencher

[johnnymag3 2,520]

I would have a Wheel Horse even if I didnt have grass !!!!

[12Horse Paladin 1,038]

5 hours ago, Tuneup said:

C'mon, it's about boys and toys. We never grow up - the toys just become more expensive and the piles of dirt get higher. I have a 21" 80s Snapper push mower that is still alive and on its second engine (found in the neighbor's trash). It ran a 1/4 acre so I could get exercise BUT I had a C-125 and a Snapper rider anyway. Now, I have two more Wheel Horses because...toys. Toys that move and toys that shoot. Other than occasional adult beverages and adult responsibilities, I'm still under 10...

Dad....!

😁😉🤣

[JoeM 7,874]

211-5 maybe, my brother cuts about 1/3 acre with one. easy to maneuver, maintain, and can pick them up cheep.

[D_Mac 8,619]

I dont know how many of you have ever seen one of these. Craftsman LUV... Lawn Utility Vehicle. Worst piece of junk ever built. Sold it to a fool who wanted to use it to haul fire wood. Told him many times that this isnt going to work for that.  .... he bought it anyways. 3 days later he wanted his money back. I asked him how many times I told him it wasnt going to work. He said he thought it would. I told him to think of another use for it then, not my problem. He wanted to fight me over it. On the plus side.... It did have a cup holder !! The grass catcher came off and you use the back to haul. Problem was it barely would move the rider. You sit on it and the metal would flex. Was like sitting on a self propelled mower. Did I mention it had a cup holder !!!

Edited August 8, 2020 by D_Mac

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Why you can‘t have a Wheelhorse?

 

 

 

i picked mine over the Big Pond..

 

 

It‘s not a question of can have, more a question of „will have“....

 

 

few thousands of miles far from You..

 

😉

[JCM 9,167]

Look at that smile, a man and his Wheelhorse, PRICELESS.

[Marv 924]

Love the replies. Asked this to see what the response would be. I have Wheel Horses and I mow more than that.

Marv