Residential Lawn Tractors in Bellville, TX

That depends on what you're cutting and how much of it. A riding lawn tractor handles a standard yard without trouble. Austin County places often run from a small city lot up to several acres or more, sometimes with pasture edges or a garden plot thrown in. Deck size and engine power both change with the ground you're covering. At our Navasota store, the lawn tractors are Cub Cadet, and deck sizes vary across the line. Call the store and describe your yard or acreage. You can also browse our mowers on j5tractors.com to see what's out there.

A push mower is exactly what it sounds like: you walk behind it. A riding lawn tractor lets you sit down and cover more ground in a pass, and that matters once your yard's bigger than a few passes can handle. We carry both ends of that range. Push mowers suit tight spots like fence lines and flower beds. Riding lawn tractors suit the open yard and pasture edges. Not sure which fits your place? Come by and try both.

Cub Cadet. We carry Cub Cadet lawn tractors at our Navasota store, built for home ground. If you'd rather have a zero-turn, we carry those from Bad Boy, Cub Cadet, SCAG, Spartan and Warhawk. Each brand handles cutting a little differently, from deck style to how the controls feel under you. They're not ranked over each other here. It comes down to what your yard needs and how you like to sit behind a mower. Come by and look at a few side by side. You'll see the differences for yourself.

With care. Go slow on any grade. Every riding lawn tractor's operator manual lists a slope limit for that machine, and that's the number to go by, not a guess. Cub Cadet's lawn tractor manual says mow up and down slopes, not across. Keep well back from ditch banks, culverts and drop-offs, since the edge can give way under a tire. If you've got a steep bank on your property, a walk-behind push mower is the safer tool for that spot. Call the store if you want to talk through your specific ground.

A riding lawn tractor handles pasture edges and rough ground within reason, along with the yard itself. Austin County acreage often mixes a mowed yard with ruts, stumps and uneven edges along a fence line. A riding lawn tractor steers around that kind of ground better than a push mower can on a bigger property, and it covers more in a pass. It won't replace a bigger tractor and shredder on heavy brush. It's not a brush cutter. For maintained acreage and pasture edges, it holds up well.