Fastest mower for 6-7 acres

Tractor and bush hog

I’ve got to stick with a ztr. Tractors will rut it up in some spots

Hire it out?

Take the money for a new commerical mower and see how far it go hitting it out so you don't have to fill with it every week :)

If you’re gonna do it yourself, DIxie Chopper is supposed to be one of the fastest ZTRs on the market. My Kubota is pretty fast. Scagg, Hustler also seem to motor along.

If it’s 6-7 acres of lawn type grass get a ZTR. If it’s more grown up like a paddock or vacant lot, look at a different set up.

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I cut 6 acres when I was younger with a tractor. Would take a solid 8-10 hours with the tractor and finish mower.

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To push mow an acre of lawn (assumed flat with no landscaping obstacles) with a 21" mower deck at 3 mph, it will take approximately 1 hour and 55 minutes. At this rate you will be able to mow about 4 acres in about an 8 hour day.

How fast were you going on that tractor .2 mph?

I don’t know anything about Hustler but I have a Scag Tiger Cat with 52 inch deck,I cut 5 acres in 4-5 hrs. and I have lot of trees and flower beds to mow around.Forget the finishing mower,I have one(60 in.) and it takes twice as long.I had an Exmark but it didn’t cut as nice as Scag,I had to double cut a lot of the grass.Only thing I don’t like about the Scag is has greasable spindles,have to grease every 40 hours with lithium grease. I took the metal tube off a grease gun and attached it to a rubber tube on hand squeeze grease gun so it’s not too big of a chore. On the other hand,I never have build up of grass clippings on the deck of the Scag,the Exmark I had to scrape grass clippings with putty knife off the deck(underside) almost every time.
By the way,the best grease guns I have found are the ones John Deere dealer sells.

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Forget the finishing mower,I have one(60 in.) and it takes twice as long

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Yea, it’s probably just me but there is no way in hell I would mow 6 acres every week with anything 60”.

My dad bought a 60" gravely and absolutely loved it. He used to bushhog our road to the back and around the crawfish pond with the tractor. He did it one day with the gravely and did it faster than the tractor. The next week he traded the 60" for the 72" and never has used that bushhog since. I am pretty sure he has the 35hp Kawasaki motor. Wherever the hell he bought it, actually had a deal with 0% financing.

Any unit with a Perkins transmission and 60” to 72” deck will get the job done.
Looking $7k on up depending on engine along with bells & whistles.

Now steep slopes like I have around my home on Toledo Bend you have to get a steering wheel zero turn or buy slower cutting machines. Mine is a dual real wheel with a steering wheel. I am cutting some slopes up to 30 degrees which a lap bar unit cannot do. Then cut flat land faster than similar lapbar units. The unit around $15k and to me worth every penny.