re: Recommendations for zero turn mower

Hustler or Gravely. Bad Boy. Scag. All make very good mowers. For 1.2 acres, you don’t need a lot of mower.

Everybody loves to talk about and sell you on a “commercial” machine, but you just won’t be putting that hours on it. For a decent 52”, you’re likely looking at less than 40-50 hours a year. Even a big box store machine should last 5+ years. Absolutely no reason to spend 3x as much or buy a used machine with 700+ hours.

Buy, maintain, and upgrade to a new one once it gets up in hours.

I have a Gravely ZT-HD and it’s a tank. Which can be good and bad because it’s extremely heavy.

As mentioned, I would recommend the Kawasaki engine regardless of what mower you choose.