Stander Info please

[scottb]

For you stander user's out there no matter which brand are they all Wright and Great Dane say they are. For some reason they have caught my eye and they look like they will work and if so I have got too have one. So please give me your honest opinons.
I have been looking at both brands (forgot about JD) 52"cut. I feel like if I stay under 60" go with a stander if I need more I will buy a lazer or chariot or etc. If you have a stander any of the three please advise.
Thanks in advance.

[AL Inc]

Scott- I have the 52 " Stander with 17 Kawi. Love the machine, haven't had a single problem in over a year. My men are happier, too. There is a Stander dealer nearby, so most LCO's around here use them. I don't see many Danes or John Deeres. Mike

[EHesseyLawns]

i have a great dane...it sucks, to say the least, it's ALWAYS in the shop, that's it's most consistant feature...u name it, it goes...personally, i would save your money and buy a ztr, a dixie chopper....hang on to your money and invest in a z

[scottb]

Thank's for the replies I was hoping to get a few more and I know that not all of them are junk. Evey company builds a lemon from time to time. Dane's dont scare me as much now that they are owned by JD. I have a dealer that will stand by me. What I want to know is for one's that do run good do they cut good do they really perform on hillsides as everyone claims. Im not just looking at Danes also have a Wright dealer within 40 minutes but dont know how well they treat there customers.

[sheppard]

Dear Scott, love my 52". The WS does everything I want it to do. If you are shorted than 6' tall you may want to look at the Sentar. I would have investigated them but I'm 6'4" and 200 lbs. The seat design is for shorter men than me. It has a fully adjustable deck and goes pretty fast- about 12 mph I think. It is billed as the safest thing for slopes.


Back to the Stander- I threw 4 drive belts in the past month and the dealership took care of all of them for me. Seems Wright Mnf had an upgrade and did not put it on the one shipped to my primary dealer. They made the change and it moves over pine cones and suger balls fine now.

The only draw back to the mower might be if you have larges areas of both short cut (1.5" - 2.0) and tall cuts (3.5 - 4.0) then your in trouble. You will need another mower to handle either on of the cut lenghts. I use my WS for cetipede and my Snapper for St. Augustine.

No complaints on my WS and I've had it for 3 months now.

Cordially,
Sheppard

[heygrassman]

All:

What advanatages did you see in the stander vs sit down?

Thanks

jf

[sheppard]

Standing give these advantages (IMHO): Youu can see better! No surprizes laying in the grass to screw up your mower; legs are stronger than backs- at the end of the day I have more energy and can do the trimmer work because my legs stay warmed up; The WS is significantly less than an equal sized seated Z ( about 2 to 3 thousand); Scalping and digout are very uncommon with the WS; it is safer on SLOPES!!! You can lean into the machine while you are cutting across a slope; lastly- more space available on the trailer. You can accually do a complete zero turn on the trailer to ride off the trailer.

Cordially,
Sheppard

[mlc]

I have a 2000 48", 17 Kawasaki powered Wright Stander. I find it to be a very versatile machine. It is super manuverable(sp?) machine on small lawns. Does a good job on slopes, but does take a little bit of practice first. Always start at the bottom of the embankment going across the slope and work your way up. In larger properties in sure beats walking. For years I only used walk behinds and looking back I wish that had gotten the Stander sooner. My unit has been very reliable and I allows me to enjoy mowing again. Good luck with your decision. Steve.

[LawnLad]

We have a 52" GD Surfer. Before the super surfer and floating deck. Not a bad mower - nice because it leaves room on the trailer. A good in between machine (WB to ZTR).

My complaint is the spindle assemblies (at least the older version) - no grease fittings. Eventually you're replacing the spindles, for us, about every year.

[scottb]

Thanks this is what Im looking for.

[AielLandscaping]

i'm going to be purchasing a 17hp 36" WS as soon as i can, but what hieght settings does it have.. when i demoed one the rep didn't know the hieghts by memory and didn't want to give me a wrong answer.. i'm cutting almost everything at 2.5" but will probably raise to 3" (once i get my customers used to it being at 2.5" first)

[Grasshog]

Ive been looking and learning about these standers.
I think sheppard read my mind. The ztr"s do make your leggs lazy. For 1/3 acr lawns are smaller. I'd say stander.

WS or GD. Doesnt really matter. You allready said the key words here. 40 mins one way too WS dealer. Around the block to GD
dealer. Do you put a value on your time.

[carlriv]

I have 2 - 52" Danes and 2 - 61" Standers. Love them all. The danes are the old surfers not the super surfers. I would buy more Standers in a minute.. I also have a Hustler 260K that sits on the trailer until we need to pick up grass. Never again will I walk or sit (unless I need a great catcher).

[scottb]

Again thanks for the info I think I have my mind madeup and with most of my lawns being under a acre that the 52" is probaly my best bet. I was using a Z on lawn on Lake Norman and got a ride that I haven't had since my motorcycle day's at uwharrie. I would really like to try one of these stander's on this lawn may have to demo.

[Tony Harrell]

Demo one first. I've never used one but I saw a guy the other day using one next to a road and he was bouncing so much I thought it was doing to pitch him into the street in front of me. Of course it could have been operator error by going too fast, but the shorter wheelbase has got to be a factor. btw-Don't mean to dis anybody using one, just mentioning what I saw the other day.

[sheppard]

I recommend slopes especially! Try one that is not too risky (considering it's someone else's machine). And lean into the thing- once you try it you'll be hooked.

I remember trying all those seated z's and feeling unnerved on those steep slopes. Got on the WS and all the apprehension went away. To repeat, the Sentar is billed as the safest thing made for slopes but my 52" WS is definately reassuring.

Cordially,
Sheppard

[scottb]

Again thanks for all the help. Will be sure too let you know what and when I purchase.