[arl250]

So for years everyone has said Stand on mowers are the way to go in my area. I always just blew that comment off. We run 61 inch turf tigers currently and with all the rain we’ve had these heavy mowers have been pretty rough on the turf. So I decided to demo a toro grandstand but it’s only a 52inch. I kinda hated to even take it out because I was scared it would slow us down. But man let me tell you. I haven’t actually timed it but I’m pretty sure I can cover yards just as fast or faster with it than my turf tigers. I think it’s simply the fact it turns around so much faster and can fit around everything in the lawn so much better. But is it just me or does everyone seem to think this?

 

[weeze]

to me turning on a stander is slower. i guess it's what you get used to. on a sit down your hands never leave the levers but on a stander you have to swap from pushing with your thumbs to pulling back with your fingers and back and forth like that when making turns. to me it made turns slower when i tried one out.

 

[arl250]

to me turning on a stander is slower. i guess it's what you get used to. on a sit down your hands never leave the levers but on a stander you have to swap from pushing with your thumbs to pulling back with your fingers and back and forth like that when making turns. to me it made turns slower when i tried one out.

I used to think just like what you said here . However on the sit down I have to do a three point turn and still may tear the grass. This stand on I can have one tire go forward and the other go backwards and really make a zero turn with no turf damage. I can be back half way down a stripe before the sit down has turned around

 

[hackitdown]

I have had Exmark ZTRs and Scag standers. The standers are way faster. Also less expensive. Lighter weight. Smaller on the trailer.

But they are not as good at bagging.

 

[knox gsl]

I have had Exmark ZTRs and Scag standers. The standers are way faster. Also less expensive. Lighter weight. Smaller on the trailer.

But they are not as good at bagging.

My last vride bagged as good as any turf tiger with a bagger system.

 

[arl250]

I use mainly my walker to bag but if I did make the switch to stand on I’d probably keep one sit down for leaf removal in the fall

 

[weeze]

I used to think just like what you said here . However on the sit down I have to do a three point turn and still may tear the grass. This stand on I can have one tire go forward and the other go backwards and really make a zero turn with no turf damage. I can be back half way down a stripe before the sit down has turned around

it depends on how you do your turns. i do semi-3 point turns. they are much faster than a full 3 point turn. it's hard to explain.

i thought you had to do 3 point turns with standers too.

i know on a residential ztr you can do zero turns without any damage. maybe it's because of the smaller tires or becuase they weigh half as much. i'm not sure.

 

[arl250]

Kinda hard for me to explain how I been doing turns on this grandstand. But all I know is it’s faster than what I’ve been doing on a sit down for that last 15 years lol

 

[arl250]

And my back doesn’t hurt at all at the end of the day

 

[Turf Tracer]

All Standers in the biggest dealers showrooms this year. Sit down ZTR’s relegated to homeowners and farmers on the outskirts here

 

[JeremyKuhn]

I would agree with you, I've posted before about it but anything under half an acre the stander is better with manuverability, I would much rather use the stander in the houses at the HOA we do, but I'll take the turf tiger in the open area any day. It really depends on your properties.

 

[arl250]

All Standers in the biggest dealers showrooms this year. Sit down ZTR's relegated to homeowners and farmers on the outskirts here

What brands do you see the most of in your area?

 

[Turf Tracer]

Wright and Ferris Standers thick as flies.

 

[arl250]

I would agree with you, I've posted before about it but anything under half an acre the stander is better with manuverability, I would much rather use the stander in the houses at the HOA we do, but I'll take the turf tiger in the open area any day. It really depends on your properties.

We definitely have some bigger properties but have a ton of smaller ones as well. I have probably 10 properties that I'd miss sitting down on for sure.

 

[arl250]

Wright and Ferris Standers thick as flies.

I'm picking up a wright to demo tomorrow.. see a bunch of those here. But we have a pretty nice wright dealer local as well. But I've saw them all bobcat. Ferris. Scag. Toro are probably most popular

 

[fatboynormmie]

I feel the same way about them OP. I prefer a stander on anything under 1 acre. If you think you were faster now wait till you have 50 hrs on one and can flick that thing around from muscle memory and put it perfectly in every spot you need it in.

 

[TPendagast]

This isn’t because standers are faster
It’s because people have been squeezing big deck riders in places they don’t belong thinking bigger deck, more engine , faster cut

You’re not seeing the wonders of a stander , you just realized how much of a waste a turf tiger had been on your standard lawn.

Throw the two machines on some wide open acreage and the smaller deck stander will not be able to keep up

Right tool
Right job

 

[Turf Tracer]

Who said smaller deck? Most crews here doing large commercial and res complexes replacing 60 sit downs w/60” Standers.

 

[rippinryno]

I don't think anybody said smaller deck. If you're going to compare, you might as well compare apples to apples. A 60 inch stander vs a 60 inch ride on ZTR. Throw them both on wide open acreage and they'll both keep up just fine. But who mows wide open acreage with a 60" anyway?

I'd say if you're talking 60" or less, the standers have become more and more popular for the lco's. The fact that you can hop on and off easier, they're shorter, lighter, and less hard on the turf.

 

[Jake the grass guy]

I'm picking up a wright to demo tomorrow.. see a bunch of those here. But we have a pretty nice wright dealer local as well. But I've saw them all bobcat. Ferris. Scag. Toro are probably most popular

you will enjoy the wright. i run the JD 652r efi which is basically the wright and i love mine. very versatile machine and can hold a hill extremely well.