Mr.Ziffel
LawnSite Senior Member
- Location
- North of Seattle
If anyone's reading my posts they know I'm in the hunt for a new mower, moving from a 72" JDF935 probably to a ZTR. So far Toro is in the lead because of its wet cutting capabilities, but I have real doubts about the dealer. Exmark seems to have a slight edge as the favorite on this forum but only slightly ahead of Dixie Chopper. I need to evaluate all comparable mowers and luckily I've found a good dealer for Scag nearby, but I'm concerned about its shaft-drive and some of the comments on this board. That leaves the JD M665 which in the brochures seems to be the spitting image of the Lazer/Toro ZTRs. From the pictures and specs it seems that they did like the Japanese and reverse-engineered it, but made it slightly less beefy. I have heard very good things about the 7Iron deck which seems to be available on it. Can any of you help me with info and/or impressions? The two Commercial/turf JD dealers I deal with are clueless--they say they're checking it out for me but they've never even seen one. I'm sure one of you fine folks can enlighten me. Thanks, Will M.