Zero-Turn Mower Dealer in Kountze, TX

Pick the shed door and the gate before you pick the brand. Whatever you buy has to fit through both, every week. Next, weigh open grass against trim work around the trees. Wide decks pay off on the first and slow you down on the second. In Buna, the mower that goes home with buyers most often is the Bad Boy Maverick HD on a 54-inch deck. Sit on that one, then sit on something narrower and something wider. Your back will tell you a lot in five minutes.

Sometimes, yes. When someone trades up, their old zero-turn may go on our lot for sale, and it can leave just as quickly. Nobody keeps a standing list. From Kountze it's a fair drive, so phone ahead and ask what's there. On the lot, fire the engine while it's still cool and listen. Knocking, smoke or a hard start are worth a question. Look under the deck for rust holes and weld cracks. Then take it through a figure eight. Both levers ought to answer the same way.

Our Buna store does, with a parts counter and a service department behind the sale. The counter handles blades, belts and filters and orders what it doesn't have. The shop handles repairs, from a deck that's wrapped in vines to an engine that won't start. New or pre-owned, it's the same. You'll be dealing with the people who sold you the mower. Keep your paperwork, so the model is easy to look up when you call.

Slowly, and only as far as your operator's manual allows. Steering on a zero-turn comes from the rear drive wheels. When those slip on wet grass or a soft edge, the steering goes with them, and the front casters can't help. So stay well back from ditches, drop-offs and water. The makers set that distance differently: Bad Boy says stay two cut widths away, and Spartan says twice the machine's width. On any grade, slow down and follow the slope limit and direction in your manual. A string trimmer is the safer tool for the edge itself.

It'll cut tall grass, but brush and vines are hard on any mower deck. Vines wrap around the spindles and slow the blades. Woody brush can bend a blade or crack a spindle housing. Hardin County grows a dense undergrowth of brush and vines, so it's a fair question here. Cut the heavy stuff back first with a trimmer or saw. Then let the zero-turn keep it mowed. Raise the deck over rough patches and clean it after each mow.