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We just finished our first full day of mowing with our recently acquired Bad Boy AOS Diesel. We bouhgt the 35hp CAT with 60" deck for 9999.00 and got a set of blades with it. First thing we did was set the deck up like we have on our Lighting Z, we level them first and then put a 1.5 degree forward tilt on the deck using a digital level. We primarily mow fescue and bermuda lawns in this area. We service some commercial accounts with four up to ten acres, with some having very rough lawns. The mower does an extremely good job, excellent cut quality when the deck is set up this way. We have had Deere's, Gravely Commercial's and Kubota, the quality of cut on the type of turf we are cutting is as just as good as any of the others. The torque of the diesel is fantasic as well as the low fuel consumption. The Michigan suspension seats used on the BB's are fantastic. The noise level is very acceptable
for the diesel. The extra weight of the diesel makes for an exceptional smooth ride even at near wide open speed.
We are not a dealer and have no affiliation with BB, just extrmely pleased user's. We have run our Lightning Z (26hp Kaw LC} for a little over two seasons and have had zero issues. I have read all the BB hate threads and don't get why people bash them that haven't owned them. Spec for spec they either meet or exceed the "blue blood" ztr's. You just need to set the deck right to get the same quality of cut as the others. My neighbor has a SCAG and we've cut head to head with him, he wishes he would have saved a couple of thousand after using the BB. There are many excellent mowers out there, when you break them down component by component theirs only miniscule differeneces in many of the brands, color of paint and status of owning x brand seems to be the biggest difference in many of them.
After using the diesel option at the BB price point I believe any future mower's will have the diesel option. Up until yesterday we had just used it on little thirty minute to hour jobs, after a 10 hour day in the seat yesterday, the xtra money spent of the diesel was well worth the money.
for the diesel. The extra weight of the diesel makes for an exceptional smooth ride even at near wide open speed.
We are not a dealer and have no affiliation with BB, just extrmely pleased user's. We have run our Lightning Z (26hp Kaw LC} for a little over two seasons and have had zero issues. I have read all the BB hate threads and don't get why people bash them that haven't owned them. Spec for spec they either meet or exceed the "blue blood" ztr's. You just need to set the deck right to get the same quality of cut as the others. My neighbor has a SCAG and we've cut head to head with him, he wishes he would have saved a couple of thousand after using the BB. There are many excellent mowers out there, when you break them down component by component theirs only miniscule differeneces in many of the brands, color of paint and status of owning x brand seems to be the biggest difference in many of them.
After using the diesel option at the BB price point I believe any future mower's will have the diesel option. Up until yesterday we had just used it on little thirty minute to hour jobs, after a 10 hour day in the seat yesterday, the xtra money spent of the diesel was well worth the money.
