JOHN Deere 180B
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·Do you have any obstacles in your yard? Is it fairly flat and even? I've had a mclanes trucuts and JD 220 all good machines different degrees of cuts of course. I can tell you the JD is a beast of a machine to turn and maneuver around obstacles and up slopes and near fence lines.
What about the tru-cut appeals to you over the little Deere? Your lawn is certainly "right-sized" for an 18" machine. I wouldn't hold out for bigger if the price is right on this one.
A greensmower will give a nicer cut even on lawns that are not granite countertop flat. Only other consideration is that a greensmower has its travel speed and reel speed synchronized. Engage the reel and put it in drive, it mows. What that means, is that no matter how slowly the mower is rolling forward, the same quality of cut is maintained. The flip side of this is that if the throttle stops on the mower are adjusted so that a 6000 sq ft green is mowed in 20 minutes or less, you will hate trying to handle the mower in a normal residential lawn. I remember the first time I used my GM. They must have been running across the green where the mower came from. Darn near took out my roses. I turned down the throttle stops and now this is a mower I can use even in 200 sq ft spaces.
A greensmower will give a nicer cut even on lawns that are not granite countertop flat. Only other consideration is that a greensmower has its travel speed and reel speed synchronized. Engage the reel and put it in drive, it mows. What that means, is that no matter how slowly the mower is rolling forward, the same quality of cut is maintained. The flip side of this is that if the throttle stops on the mower are adjusted so that a 6000 sq ft green is mowed in 20 minutes or less, you will hate trying to handle the mower in a normal residential lawn. I remember the first time I used my GM. They must have been running across the green where the mower came from. Darn near took out my roses. I turned down the throttle stops and now this is a mower I can use even in 200 sq ft spaces.
Sorry :wave: If the lawn has been graded to where there are no swales or deep divots, I call that relatively flat. I guess I have seen too many lawns that might as well be the surface of another planet that are then torn up by Tru-Cut and McLane mowers. People doing ground grading in Hawaii do not know what flat means. I do not expect it to be as flat as a bowling green or putting green, but what I have seen is hideous. The words not flat puts me on high alert
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·I did like the trucut and the way it handled. but one flaw was any thing larger than twig would wack it out of alignment very quickly. my greens mower didn't give a damn 
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No need to be sorry. Just didnt want to scare someone away from a TruCut if it may be right for their situation. My yard is far from flat but my TruCut seems to do well. Also I am fairly certain that a rear drum powered reel would just slide down one of my hills. I think it's best if we could see some pics to give him a good idea of how each would handle his terrain :thumbup:
@Don_Bass Do you have any pictures you can share of your lawn and what these REELs will be cutting?
@Don_Bass Do you have any pictures you can share of your lawn and what these REELs will be cutting?
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