We just bought a Zmaster 150 20hp Kohler with 52" deck. We demoed everything available in our area (excluding Skag and Dixie) and while my personal favorite was the Exmark, the Toro is close enough. What cinched it for us is the 0% interest 24 month payment plan through Toro. No other dealer offered a similar plan. We despise dealing with the banks and didn't have the cash to make an outright purchase so this works well for us. Also, we side discharge 95% of the time so the Toro is great for us, if you bag (and I don't know why you would)and do mainly residential lawns then Walker may be the one to look at. We couldn't pass up the Toro though, it's a demonstrator model from last year so we saved $1500 on the sale price right off the bat. We'll most likely put Gator Blades on it, all of our WB's have 'em and the work great.<p>----------<br>Dave in S.Ontario<br>