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Dual hydro, ECS style controls, 725cc engine, electric start, fully baffled mulch kit, fat 6.5 tires and even has a fuel gauge and a built in spot for a Velke
This was the pinnacle of 32’s. Unfortunately people are cheap and snap up the garbage 30” cumbersome push mowers so great mowers like this and the old 32” Viking don’t sell well.
 

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#25 ·
Wright basically took the old 32" Viking and made it better. Unfortunately Toro started pumping out their crappy 30" push mowers for 1/7th the price and the unwashed masses jumped on them
 

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#26 ·
Exmark & Wright both offer 32" standers. I'd take a stander any day over walk behind with a sulky, granted you can justify the additional cost. Exmark asking $9500 for a 32" Staris (discontinued in larger sizes) is crazy :ROFLMAO: though. I'd take the Wright 32" over the Exmark for $6900. Gotta believe Exmark will discontinue the 32" & 36" Staris soon. Sounds like Exmark pretty much copied Wright in it's design of the new Vantage Stander. :(
 
#28 · (Edited)
Once you put operator weight over the narrow drive tires of a small frame stander like a 32 you going to rut in most types of turf/soil conditions. The high centre of gravity also suck azz on slopes.

we walk behind the Walks as they are basically trim mowers but if you want to run a sulky at least you can jump off on slopes and flip up in soft turf.
 
#29 ·
Turf Tracer said:
Once you put operator weight over the narrow drive tires of a small frame stander like a 32 you going to rut in most types of turf/soil conditions. The high centre of gravity also suck azz on slopes.
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Absolutely something for OP to consider. Obviously a reason folks in his area are using the small walk behinds (push). I'm thinking the sulky may be a problem too.

How about a larger walk behind (would require bigger trailer which is pretty common)? OP seems to be able to walk it...
48" walk behind on those open lots would absolutely smoke a 21", granted the soil conditions can handle it.
 
#30 ·
I’ve got the softest soil conditions here south of marshmallow land and my 48 walk has zero problems. My 36” Deere stander was about the lightest with the widest tires and was a constant hassle to not damage turf. The drive tires being so close together also put a lot of stress when turning with the low leverage.
 
#31 ·
I run the 32 stander that TT hates. It was one of the most productive things I did for my route.

Before i got the wright stander I ran a 36" toro wb, then tried a timemaster, then got the 32 stander and havent looked back. Its soley a gate buster. Anything else gets the 52 stander.

If i was to pick only one mower for my route I would probably go with a walk behind 32 with no sulky and i would make sure its hydro.
 
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