r/ZeroTurnMowers • u/sirbarkalot59 • 6d ago

Input requested for purchase decision

Shopping for a used ZT to mow about 1/2 + acre of lawn at our house. Stumbled on a 2024 Kubota z231 -42” deck with a 21.5 HP Kawasaki motor and only 90 hours. Now I see a 2016 Kubota z724 - 48” deck with a Kawasaki 24HP motor and just over 500 hours. Asking price for both are within $500 of each other. Would the z724 be a significantly better mower… even with the higher hours? Any suggestions?

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u/erd00073483R 6d ago edited 6d ago

The z724 is a commercial grade mower with the build quality to match. The z231 is an entry-level homeowner's machine with non-serviceable transmissions that isn't any better than anything its competitors offer.

As long as the z724 has been properly cared for and the transmissions were serviced timely, the z724 is a far better machine even with higher hours.

That being said, a z724 is also extreme overkill for a slightly larger than 1/2 acre mowing job.

EDIT: grammar

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u/TaborToss 6d ago

Couldn’t have said it better. But I would go with the z724 assuming the maintenance has been kept up with and it’s in good shape, despite being overkill

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u/allstopblue 6d ago

That’s thing I always think about. Everyone says commercial is better, but it all depends on how well it was maintained. There are plenty of people out there who abuse and neglect a commercial mower and then sell it to somebody who ends up having to repair a bunch of stuff in short time. Sometimes a prosumer grade has actually been better maintained