Residential Lawn Tractors in Jasper, TX

Measure first, then you'll pick a deck. The deck width you need depends on how much open grass you've got and how tight your gaps are. A wider deck finishes big, open stretches in fewer passes. A narrower one gets between trees, the shed and the house without as much trimming. Your yard might be a town lot or a few acres or more out in the county. Cub Cadet makes lawn tractors in more than one deck width, so there's room to match it. Bring your measurements to Buna.

A lawn tractor steers with its front wheels, like a car. A zero-turn steers through its rear drive wheels and pivots in place. That makes a zero-turn quicker around obstacles, and it's why crowded yards favor one. It also makes it worse on a grade, because once the drive wheels lose traction it stops steering. A lawn tractor is the simpler, more familiar ride on open grass. Some can also pull a small cart. If your yard is mostly open, start with a lawn tractor. If it's crowded with trees and beds, look at both.

Only within the limit in your operator's manual, so read it before you mow. The ground along Sandy Creek runs from gently rolling to hilly. Cub Cadet's manual for its lawn tractors says mow up and down slopes, not across. On any grade, slow down. Keep well back from the creek bank, ditches and drop-offs. Cub Cadet says do not mow near them. If a stretch is too steep for the manual's limit, a walk-behind or string trimmer is the safer tool.

It can, if you take it slow. Raise the deck to its highest setting for the first pass, and mow at a walking pace. Then drop it back down and go over it again. Trying to take tall, wet grass in one low pass bogs the engine and leaves clumps behind. If it got really tall, bagging the clippings keeps them from smothering the turf. A sharp blade makes a big difference here. So does mowing when the grass is dry.

Sit on one before you buy it. Comfort's about the seat, the reach to the pedals and how easy it is to climb on and off. Check where the deck height lever sits and whether you can work it without straining. If you've got bad knees or a sore back, a lawn tractor beats walking behind a push mower by a long way. Come down to Buna and try a couple. You'll know in a few minutes whether it fits you.