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What is the best time of the year to buy a riding lawn mower? ›

Summer has three prominent sales holidays that will often net you the best deal on a new mower. Memorial Day, Father's Day and Independence Day are all major shopping holidays in the U.S. that happen during the growing season.

Riding Lawn Mowers and Lawn Tractors

Standard riding mowers and lawn tractors are recommended for property of 1/2 to 3 or more acres. They have a cutting deck size of 38 to 54-inches. Multiple speeds allow you to adjust for different terrain in the yard.

How Many Hours Should A Riding Mower Last? Most riding mowers last between 500-700 hours, although some can run for as much as 1,000 hours if cared for and maintained properly.

Kubota is the only brand to earn top scores across the board in Consumer Reports' new riding-mower predicted reliability and owner satisfaction ratings for 2024. The brand receives stellar marks in those key attributes for both its gas lawn tractors and zero-turn-radius mowers in CR's survey-based ratings.

A Consumer Reports survey of almost 20,000 subscribers found some brands to be more reliable than others. When it comes to gas-powered push mowers, the survey found Murray and Troy-Bilt push mowers are more reliable than Toros. For bigger jobs, gas-powered self-propelled mowers will do some of the work for you.

Push or Self-Propelled: Which Runs Longer? Battery push mowers typically last about 10 minutes longer than comparable self-propelled mowers using the same battery type. That's because push mowers don't need to use their battery power for their propulsion as self-propelled mowers do.

The lifespan of a well-maintained riding lawn mower typically falls in the range of 10 to 15 years.

A larger single cylinder and twin cylinder for consumer use is also tested to 500 hours with some going on to 1000 ho... As a rough rule of thumb, a single-cylinder mower with 500-750 hours would be considered a high miler, but that's not to say it's all worn out.

For a yard measuring 1 to 2 acres, an engine with 14 to 16 HP is best for your riding mower. For a yard that's 3 acres or larger, you'll need a riding mower with an 18 to 24 HP engine.

The quality of cut due to the slicing 'scissor' type action of the cylinder lawn mower, if maintained correctly, is superior to that of the 'chopping' or 'smashing' action of a rotary mower.

What is the best height to cut grass with a mower? ›

The top setting for most mowers gives a cutting height between 3.25 and 4 inches. This is best for your lawn, but at a setting of 4 inches you may sometimes see some “laying-over” of turf blades that some people find undesirable. For this reason, some people prefer to mow at 3 or 3.5 inches.

The cost of a new lawn mower ranges from $160 to $3,000. Lawn mower tune-ups and repair costs, on the other hand, go anywhere from $10 to $250. In other words, your model will play a large role in whether it's worth hanging on to an old clunker.

A “properly” ( and that's a word we're going to discuss in detail later) GAS powered tractor should make about 1,000 hours. A Diesel powered one, about 3,000 hours.

In our most recent survey of 9,570 lawn tractor owners, John Deere is hands down the most reliable brand: 22 percent of John Deere models are estimated to break by the fourth year of ownership, compared with 37 percent for Cub Cadet. Keep in mind that even though riding tractors are pricey, repair costs can be modest.

Exmark Radius E-Series Zero-Turn Rider

Another rider mower that professionals frequently tout is this zero-turn wide deck model from Exmark. It doesn't have all the technology of the Cub Cadet reviewed above, but it comes in at a much lower price tag below $8,000.