Originally Posted by waybomb

I've had two Cubs and various other lawn tractors, Deere's included. All of them need blade bearings changed too often, along with other maladies.

I finally broke down and bought a commercial hydraulic zero-turn mower. Instead of wasting countless hours attempting to drive a multi-purpose tractor around trees and bushes and landscaping on 6 acres, it takes less than 3 hours with a commercial ZT Mower. No breakdowns either.

Do yourself a favor and buy a purpose-built grass cutting machine.

Or do what I did later - save money and have someone cut the grass for you. After 30 years of cutting grass every week every summer, I gave up. Now I enjoy summer. No more back and forth with gas cans, no chnaging blades, oil, bearings, belts, etc, etc. If you figure it all up, it is way cheaper to pay somebody. Let the pros do it.