Residential Lawn Tractors in Silsbee, TX

Let the open ground decide the deck, and the tight spots decide the turning. A big open lawn favors a wider deck, since each pass covers more grass. A place broken up by garden rows, trees and outbuildings favors something narrower. Measure the narrowest gate or gap you mow through, because the deck has to fit. A Cub Cadet lawn tractor suits ground from a good-sized yard to several acres or more. Write down roughly how much is lawn and how much is trim work. Then bring that to our Buna store and compare decks.

Yes, Cub Cadet lawn tractors can pull a small cart. That's handy for moving mulch, tools or garden soil around a Silsbee place. Hook it to the hitch point your manual shows, not anywhere else. Keep the load light enough that the tractor still stops and steers well. A loaded cart pushes on the tractor when you slow down, so take it easy. Your operator's manual gives the towing limits for that machine, and that's the number to follow. Ask at our Buna store which cart fits the lawn tractor you're looking at.

High enough that the blades clear the bumps in your yard. A deck set too low scalps the high spots and digs into the dirt. That's hard on the grass and on the blades. Start a notch higher than you think, then step it down if the cut looks long. If the grass has gotten tall, raise the deck for the first pass and drop it for a second. Cutting off too much at once bogs the deck down. Your Cub Cadet's manual shows how its deck lever works and what heights it offers.

Sometimes, if the rows are wide enough for the deck. Measure the space between rows and compare it to the deck width before you try. A lawn tractor needs room to swing at the end of each row, too. A zero-turn pivots tighter, but it can still clip a plant on the turn. For narrow rows, a push mower or a string trimmer does the job without risking the crop. Cub Cadet and Bad Boy both make push mowers. You can run a rider on the lawn and a push mower in the garden.

From early spring into summer. Mower interest peaks from March to June. Zero-turn demand at our Buna store runs from March through July. Shopping before that stretch gives you room to compare without the lawn already getting ahead of you. You can sit on a few, ask about deck widths and decide on your own timeline. The lot changes through the year, so what's there in February may differ from what's there in May. If you've got one model in mind, call ahead before you make the drive from Silsbee.