While a riding lawn mower is quite a bit more expensive than a regular power mower, there can be many advantages to buying one instead. You have just as many choices when it comes to riding lawn mowers for starters, and then you also have zero turning radius mowers as well. With a zero turning radius mower, you can cut around trees and shrubs on the first pass and get right up on the edge between the grass and the tree area.
There are really two different types of riding lawn mowers. One is the zero turning radius, the other the tractor style. Riding mowers are ideal for people who have a large area they have to mow, and these have attachments for bagging grass clippings, mulching capabilities, and some models have a combination of both. You can buy a multitude of accessories, especially for the tractor models. You can buy plows for clearing snow in the winter, trailers for hauling feed to your livestock or carrying supplies to your garden area, and some even have attachments to help plow your garden. There are also attachments that turn your lawn tractor into a leaf collector with grinding abilities to turn leaves into compost.
Riding lawnmowers have a larger fuel capacity than regular mowers, and have an electric start. They have fully adjustable cutting decks, so you can cut taller and heavier grass and undeveloped areas of your property, which would bog down and cut out a smaller regular mower. They are much easier to take care of, and you can often find replacement mower parts easier than a power mower.
There are many different brands of riding lawnmowers. There are John Deer lawn mowers, in both tractor style, as well as the zero turn model. Toro riding mowers are extremely popular, because Toro lawn mower parts are widely available. There are a variety of different covers, and repair parts. Some you can even maintain yourself; taking off the cutting blade isn't that hard to do with the right tools.
One thing to note is that most riding lawn mowers have the motor in the rear of the mower, lawn tractors in the front. All operations are controlled by the driver, and cutting heights can be adjusted on the go if you need to. A riding lawn mower has less power than a lawn tractor, but can get around flat surfaces quicker than most lawn tractors can. Riding mower models usually have fewer accessories, and are not that great for use in the winter time. They need to be put away during the winter.
You can find riding lawn mowers at many lawn and garden retailer in your area, as well as online. As far as price, well many of these mowers can cost five hundred dollars or more, but in the long run, since they save you so much time, they are worth the price. There are many product review websites available, so if you still aren't sure if one is right for you, then you can read reviews from other riding lawn mower customers, including product specifications, features, pros and cons, and just about anything else you want to know.
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