Zero Turn Mowers

I've always cut grass on the side with my neighbor and a good friend when he needs help, he has ran scags for over 20 years, I've only been on a few gravelys and they were nice built machines but more expensive to work on, I've put them scags in some tough situations at times and they've always held up, I have one now that I did some trading with my friend that has no telling how many hours on it, I know it's around 10 years old and looks like a bent up orange rust bucket but still runs good, my advice is whatever brand you go with to make sure it has a floating deck that you can manually move with your foot, they have a peddle you push, I bought a diesel bad boy mower that had an electric deal on that you had stop make your adjustments and them proceed cutting and it was a pain in the ass and stayed tore up, my dad has a hustler brand that's works good but has the same problem with the deck, even though it's a manual lever that you adjust, it just makes life easier if you got roots or bumpy terrain, you can pick your deck up on the move and immediately lower it back down, it's not a major issue but for what one of the machines cost might as well get one that easy to use and like anything else, PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE, is the key to making these things last, another useful piece of advice, talk to your dealer about it, I can't remember the name but it's a type of silicone based spray that you can coat your undercarriage with that doesn't allow grass and dirt to stick to and build up on your deck...