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Hello Community,

Just signed on to the site, however, I've checked in on occasion when looking for knowledge.

I am replacing my Toro 36" walk behind mowers with stand on mowers. I'm staying with 36" decks. My 3 options are WRIGHT, TORO, & EXMARK. I have rode all three in the parking lots of the dealers.

If you have knowledge or useful experience with any of these three brands, I'd like your option. If you are using another brand or have an option concerning anything else, I don't need to know about it.

I'm really interested in the ride quality of the WRIGHT. It does not have the suspension platform. I was told they do not offer it on the 36."

Thanks in advance for your help and GOOD advice.
 
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Just a heads up, a 36" stander will not be half the machine on a hill that you knew you're walk behind was. They are more top heavy, and since they aren't wide at all stability is minimal.

In my area with all of the hills that we have, I would stick with a 36" hydro WB or get a bigger stander.

As for brand recommendation, Toro. They have the same quality on the grand stand throughout all the their sizes, but I would only buy from them if you have a good dealer nearby.
 
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I have a 36'' wright RH, it's a pretty rough ride, but not unbearable. it is fine going up and down hills but side ways or turning on them just doesn't work very well. that'll be an issue with any 36'' stander. the wright probably has a bit more hillside stability due to the operator being lower and directly between the wheels. it's definitely no walk behind but it's great for large flat backyards with small gates or places with tons of obstacles
 
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I have a 36' Vantage. I like it but I'm wishing I had a 36' TT. All my yards are flat. My issue is that with the combination of my weight and the mower it's just to heavy for the 36' foot print. We are well into the Summer so it's not so bad , but in the Spring or when the ground was a bit saturated it rutted bad. I think It comes in close to 790lbs. Add my 250ibs on top and you can see my point. This isn't a jab at Exmark, I'm sure if I was 80lb lighter the handling would be different.

The striping on the TT IMO is also tons better than the Vantage. I even had the dealer check the rake with me standing on my 36'. Don't get me wrong it stripes well, but not like a WB.

The Vantage on the other hand is like a race car compared to the TT with plenty of power to spare. You will fly though the yards much quicker than the TT. So if timing and efficiency is your thing maybe the StandOn?

LOL...I'm actually talking to my dealer about some options on how I can get into a TT without taking a bath on my Vantage. Anyone near Indianapolis looking for a 36' Vantage? It's got 26.2 hours on it and was purchased new in the Spring?

BTW...I also have a 52' Vantage and love it.

Mike
 
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Mikeyd said:
I have a 36' Vantage. I like it but I'm wishing I had a 36' TT. All my yards are flat. My issue is that with the combination of my weight and the mower it's just to heavy for the 36' foot print. We are well into the Summer so it's not so bad , but in the Spring or when the ground was a bit saturated it rutted bad. I think It comes in close to 790lbs. Add my 250ibs on top and you can see my point. This isn't a jab at Exmark, I'm sure if I was 80lb lighter the handling would be different.

The striping on the TT IMO is also tons better than the Vantage. I even had the dealer check the rake with me standing on my 36'. Don't get me wrong it stripes well, but not like a WB.

The Vantage on the other hand is like a race car compared to the TT with plenty of power to spare. You will fly though the yards much quicker than the TT. So if timing and efficiency is your thing maybe the StandOn?

LOL...I'm actually talking to my dealer about some options on how I can get into a TT without taking a bath on my Vantage. Anyone near Indianapolis looking for a 36' Vantage? It's got 26.2 hours on it and was purchased new in the Spring?

BTW...I also have a 52' Vantage and love it.

Mike
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What is a TT? Is that a Toro?
 
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Leland Lawn said:
Just a heads up, a 36" stander will not be half the machine on a hill that you knew you're walk behind was. They are more top heavy, and since they aren't wide at all stability is minimal.

In my area with all of the hills that we have, I would stick with a 36" hydro WB or get a bigger stander.

As for brand recommendation, Toro. They have the same quality on the grand stand throughout all the their sizes, but I would only buy from them if you have a good dealer nearby.
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Great argument for models that have a fold up platform.
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Leland Lawn said:
Just a heads up, a 36" stander will not be half the machine on a hill that you knew you're walk behind was. They are more top heavy, and since they aren't wide at all stability is minimal.

In my area with all of the hills that we have, I would stick with a 36" hydro WB or get a bigger stander.

As for brand recommendation, Toro. They have the same quality on the grand stand throughout all the their sizes, but I would only buy from them if you have a good dealer nearby.
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No doubt, but he's from the south. We don't have many hills in the South, especially like ya'll have in the North. Besides, Oklahoma is known as "Land of flat, fertile plains and low hills. "

As for the options, owning 4 different brand standers, two being listed as options, I prefer the Grandstand out of your options. Why? It handles great and cuts better than the Wright. Knowing your location, I doubt your cutting all weeklies, indeed some bi-weeklies. If your cutting Bi-weeklies in your route, the Grandstand, if your cutting all weeklies, the tightly baffled Ex Mark. Anything other than weekly the Grandstand will cut better. I know you said your not interested in any other options, but I have to mention there are a lot of Gravely dealers in Oklahoma, and out of owning (4) different brand standers, the Gravely 36 Pro Stance is the best in my opinion biased on experience, not opinion. 48" and bigger the V-Ride owns the Standers.
 
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Patriot Services said:
Any specific complaints? Ride? Cut? Color yellow rub you the wrong way? Outside of being a bit hard to learn how to drive for a new guy and a bloated price I loved my Wrights for years.
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What? Bloated price? They are $6100 here. Something about the fleet discount Brickman gets is for all now. That's what usually happens when they aren't selling well.

I do want to here why they are garbage though! Tell that to my stripes!
 
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PicturePerfectLawns said:
No doubt, but he's from the south. We don't have many hills in the South, especially like ya'll have in the North. Besides, Oklahoma is known as "Land of flat, fertile plains and low hills. "

As for the options, owning 4 different brand standers, two being listed as options, I prefer the Grandstand out of your options. Why? It handles great and cuts better than the Wright. Knowing your location, I doubt your cutting all weeklies, indeed some bi-weeklies. If your cutting Bi-weeklies in your route, the Grandstand, if your cutting all weeklies, the tightly baffled Ex Mark. Anything other than weekly the Grandstand will cut better. I know you said your not interested in any other options, but I have to mention there are a lot of Gravely dealers in Oklahoma, and out of owning (4) different brand standers, the Gravely 36 Pro Stance is the best in my opinion biased on experience, not opinion. 48" and bigger the V-Ride owns the Standers.
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Why does it matter about weekly or biweekly for the Toro? I'm also looking to buy a new mower this coming spring.
 
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Matt Shannon said:
Why does it matter about weekly or biweekly for the Toro? I'm also looking to buy a new mower this coming spring.
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He is basically saying only the Grandstand can handle biweekly growth which is completely false. Having run Wrights for years we did some serious brush hogging with them. As Ive stated many times, cut quality with any mower is 90% deck set up and 10% operator. What were you looking at to buy? Whatever you choose if the dealer wont let you demo, move on.
 
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Thank you for the reply. I've been in business just over 5 years, I started with a push mower from the trash and a weed eater from the trash. Now I have a brand new enclosed trailer, Stihl backpack blower, two Stihl trimmers, and I'm currently using Hustler Raptor 36in zero turn(model 933383). I bought it at the beginning a 2015. It's not a commercial mower but it has lasted 4 summer seasons and 4 leaf seasons. The past few weeks every time I start to cut leaves or grass it loses power. I don't know much about small engines at all. So I'm not going to put the money in it to fix it. I took the case off top of the mower and when I put it back on it's pinched a wire the wire was connected to the voltage regulator) now it doesn't start at all. I have welded and repaired so much stuff that it's a Frankenstein lawn mower. So this spring I'm going to be buying a stand on mower. I currently do about 30 Residential Properties a week. I want something that can cut without having to go over it twice, the quality of the cut is extremely poor, but I've manage to deal with it. So I'm looking to buy something that has a very good quality cut and preferably with a good amount of speed as well, he also needs to be powerful enough to cut grass that's higher than 7 in without passing to go extremely slow. I'm also hoping to get into the commercial world this year so I need it to be reliable.
 
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The Hustler that I have now is a sit-down one, it's 36in and it fits through all of my customers Gates. What I want to get is a stand on 36, but I'm not sure if I want to go with the Toro or the Wright, cuz I don't know which one's going to be the best quality for my customers
 
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Gotcha. I ran Wright RH 36s for several years with great success. Wright was the innovator of the stander. There really isnt any bad points to either. Like I said cut quality is largely dependant on set up and blade selection. Dealer support, price and demo availability would be my deciding factors. They both have engines and hydros more powerful than your Raptor so either will work in that respect. I fact I am sure of is the Wright will fit through a 36" gate. I dont know about the Toro. Some manufacturers wheels were spaced out a little farther.
 
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Patriot Services said:
Gotcha. I ran Wright RH 36s for several years with great success. Wright was the innovator of the stander. There really isnt any bad points to either. Like I said cut quality is largely dependant on set up and blade selection. Dealer support, price and demo availability would be my deciding factors. They both have engines and hydros more powerful than your Raptor so either will work in that respect. I fact I am sure of is the Wright will fit through a 36" gate. I dont know about the Toro. Some manufacturers wheels were spaced out a little farther.
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So I think I need to check to see if they will fit through a 36 in before I buy one. The dealer I have nearby sells Toro Hustler and and Wright. They are willing to let me ride around the parking lot a few times. I spoke to them about an hour ago and they said that whether I get to Toro or the Wright I'm going to see a major difference from my residential grade Hustler. They also said that Toro is a little slower but you just the highest quality cut. They said that the Wright mower is a little more of a rough ride. Any insight on what they have told me?
 
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