[GMLC]

Gravely Pro stance 52 with Kohler EFI has been ordered. Should be here in 3 weeks. Looking forward to it's arrival. Thanks for all the reviews which helped me decide which stander to buy!

Congrats!! Let is know what you think.
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[JDGlandscape]

going to look at a prostance tomorrow, really cant make up my mind between a 48 or 52.. i already have a 460, so this will be for my smaller properties.

did you find you would have benefitted with a 48 instead of the 52 very often?

 

[ProStreetCamaro]

going to look at a prostance tomorrow, really cant make up my mind between a 48 or 52.. i already have a 460, so this will be for my smaller properties.

did you find you would have benefitted with a 48 instead of the 52 very often?

I would honestly say 48 if it is for smaller properties. We have a couple gates our 48" lazer will just fit through. Then again the 52 probably has more trim side to get under stuff further. I guess only you can really make that decision because you know your lawns.

 

[GMLC]

going to look at a prostance tomorrow, really cant make up my mind between a 48 or 52.. i already have a 460, so this will be for my smaller properties.

did you find you would have benefitted with a 48 instead of the 52 very often?

You will love it!!! Tough call on 52 vs 48. Guess it really depends on your properties.
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[GrassIsGreenerLawnCare]

Has anyone here gone with the 48 and wished they had gotten the 52 instead?? still juggling this decision....

Spoke to my areas Gravely Rep today (nice guy!), as the 2 dealers near me didn't have ANY prostances. Will have to travel over an hour to go physically check one out/demo it in the lot this week. Really excited about this mower though, and enjoyed the reviews!

 

[ProStreetCamaro]

Has anyone here gone with the 48 and wished they had gotten the 52 instead?? still juggling this decision....

Spoke to my areas Gravely Rep today (nice guy!), as the 2 dealers near me didn't have ANY prostances. Will have to travel over an hour to go physically check one out/demo it in the lot this week. Really excited about this mower though, and enjoyed the reviews!

How far from Maryland are you? My dealer has a 52 demo unit with only 9 hours on it he is willing to sell at a pretty good price. He told me $6183 if I wanted it. I could grab it and bring it to my house and we can demo it on my 2 acre lawn.

 

[Dr. Cornwallis]

I would go 48 if it's for smaller properties. I was debating between a 252 and a 148 and I ended up with the 148 and I'm really glad I did, it fits through a lot of gates that a 52 wouldn't.
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[GrassIsGreenerLawnCare]

How far from Maryland are you? My dealer has a 52 demo unit with only 9 hours on it he is willing to sell at a pretty good price. He told me $6183 if I wanted it. I could grab it and bring it to my house and we can demo it on my 2 acre lawn.

Wow man, that's VERY nice of you to offer! Much appreciated. Im a hike away, although I normally wouldn't mind the drive for such a great deal. Unfortunately my truck has turned into the new taxicab temporarily, since my fiancés car crapped out on us last week, so on a tight schedule. (head gasket )
Good thing is Im going to check out the 52 (only 1 in stock) tomorrow a.m. if it ends up being okay with the dealer. He ended up only being 45 mins away. But I think I have made my decision to go with the 48, for reasons Dr. Cornwallis has stated.
Although the 52 would probly be fine on most of my properties....I think the 48 just seems more versatile in mid size residential settings. (what I use now) Thank you both for the replies, will let ya know how I make out

 

[GMLC]

GMLC, you are somewhat close to me, you ever heard of Norfolk Power Equip. In Wrentham Mass? It's the biggest place around Boston. I'm not sure if Freddie will demo a gravely 48 prostance? He sells 4 or 5 brands including scag and gravely. Thought you may know someone who demoed a a tender from Norfolk Power
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Sounds familiar but I have never been there. Ill have to check them out. I love both scag and gravely!!
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[TuffTurfLawnCare]

Have there been any changes recently on the 61" PS? I have been wanting a PS for while, but now im at the point that I kinda need it now. Gonna try to call around to the dealers today and see if anyone has a 61 in stock. Finally, is the cut quality on the 61 the same as the 48 and 52, how about power in the 61? Is the Kawasaki enough to handle wet nkrthern grasses?

 

[mowcrazy]

I still don't understand why they don't make thes controls operate lik a hydro walk behind........ I have an uncle that had a v-ride and those types of controls we couldn't stand....... Make it like the walk behinds where when u want to turn left squeeze in the handle..... We would get in rough terrain and it was jerky as hell because you couldn't control your hands.... This would also cut down on hand fatigue........ Imo
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[aaronmg]

Have there been any changes recently on the 61" PS? I have been wanting a PS for while, but now im at the point that I kinda need it now. Gonna try to call around to the dealers today and see if anyone has a 61 in stock. Finally, is the cut quality on the 61 the same as the 48 and 52, how about power in the 61? Is the Kawasaki enough to handle wet nkrthern grasses?

Cut quality on a 52" is awesome if its every week mowing. I have lots of every 2 week customers and with any kind of moisture in the grass you might as well have a 2,000 homeowners model, its that bad.... The deck can't process wet/damp clippings at the rate the grass is growing this year...

 

[TuffTurfLawnCare]

Cut quality on a 52" is awesome if its every week mowing. I have lots of every 2 week customers and with any kind of moisture in the grass you might as well have a 2,000 homeowners model, its that bad.... The deck can't process wet/damp clippings at the rate the grass is growing this year...

Dont have a single bi weekly customer nor plans to ever take one on. I do 90% high end residential, some want me to cut it "as needed" by my own discretion, one guy wants it cut every 3 days @ $100/cut if thats what it takes to keep it nice. But, thats not say I will never get a day or two behind due to weather.

How is it mowing in damp, dewy, or rainy conditions with normal growth?

 

[TuffTurfLawnCare]

I am quite sure they do, because when I first posted that I was finally getting the demo, the salesman said all they had was a 61" version, and I told him that I really needed to demo a 48" for the places I wanted to use it. he told me that they couldn't open a 48" to use as a demo this late in the season. Somehow there was a scheduling snafu so I didn't get the demo when I was supposed to, and I posted all that here. Next time he called me to set it up, he now had a 48" version with only a hair over 3 hours on it. Both the salesman, and Gravely have earned a future customer because of this.

I know this is an old quote from early on in this thread, but its worth mentioning that this kind of service is still the norm. I called every dealer within 2 hrs of here looking for a 61 to demo and no body had one. My local dealer called around, and even checked on availability to get one in, but found none were available till late July. I dropped a PM here to Gravely and after a few phone calls, they shipping in a PS61 from Michigan so I can demo it and buy it if its as good as I hope it is... It should be ready to demo late this week.

 

[aaronmg]

I know this is an old quote from early on in this thread, but its worth mentioning that this kind of service is still the norm. I called every dealer within 2 hrs of here looking for a 61 to demo and no body had one. My local dealer called around, and even checked on availability to get one in, but found none were available till late July. I dropped a PM here to Gravely and after a few phone calls, they shipping in a PS61 from Michigan so I can demo it and buy it if its as good as I hope it is... It should be ready to demo late this week.

I love this machine to death I would rather run it than the full suspension ferris all day every day. The negative is that on any kind of slope it will leave stragglers...
This is on my customers that get weed control and fert. Funny thing is that the customers that have weed ridden yards the cut is better....Maybe because the yards here are soo rough... I don't know...

Aaron

 

[TuffTurfLawnCare]

Well, I took delivery of my PS61 yesterday. I have had it out and so far I am happy. Although I suspect a set of G6 blades may enhance the discharged clipping size. I am amazed at how strong this thing pulls up hills without so much as a hint of lifting the front. I have taken up and down some hills that are beyond its design limits, and so far so good.

Turning down hill is sketchy as I imagine all standers are. However, I have found that turning in a quick motion will all but eliminate the sideways slide. Also, when going down hills and it begins to slide, I have found that trying to stop or reverse is useless. adding wheel speed is pretty much the only thing you can do to at least be able to steer. Kinda like driving through a slide on snow covered roads in a car. Leaning waaay back with your arms extended also make a difference.

None of this stuff (as far as I can tell) is specific to the Prostance, but to all standers in general.

I am still getting used to the controls as I am used the ECS on my Exmark walk behind, but here are some pics of the cut and stripes. I just cut this today, 4", thick stand of TTTF. The other crazy marks are from the fert guy riding his spreader around the other day. My stripes aren't perfectly straight, but I'm getting better.





Here it is packed on the trailer. I have a 48" WB, 21 push and 61 Pro Stance packed on a 6x10' trailer with 2 inches to spare between the gate and the Pro Stance

 

[sjessen]

Saw one of these at Expo last year. One thing that would have helped on side hills would be to have the rear wheels farther apart. Imagine the mower might side scalp a bit.

 

[mtasker01]

Can anyone tell me where the 48" pro stance Anti scalp wheels are located for the life of me on the whole interwebz i cannot find a deck picture of a 48" Cheers

 

[Ridin' Green]

Can anyone tell me where the 48" pro stance Anti scalp wheels are located for the life of me on the whole interwebz i cannot find a deck picture of a 48" Cheers

I posted a thread on the 48" at the same exact time GMLC posted this one a few years back. Lots of pics in that thread.

Here are two that show what you are looking for-

 

[Green-Man]

Just read through this whole thread! You guys really are making me want one and I just bought a Johndeere 950m! I kind of want to demo one and review it since for right now I have a quick trak while I wait for the rider so I could compare. I see you guys are cutting northern grass, I would want to see how it would do on St. Augustine, weekly, bi weekly cuts, in the morning dew, after it rains, then one of my larger accounts where it is Bahia and then weedy horse paddocks that is only cut once a month. I haven't seen one pro stance around here, so it would be interesting to have one on my trailer. Maybe I may start a ripple effect!!
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