How do we come up with our yard size recommendation for each mower?

Our sales & service teams works together to evaluate our supplier's products and come up with a recommendation on the maximum yard size they should be used to mow based upon three factors. We then take a weighted average of these factors to come up with the recommendations that you see here.

Warranty Term
Some of our suppliers not only specify a warranty tearm in years, but also in machine hours. We take a look at the travel speed, width of cut and efficiency factor (a percentage deducted from a machine's total productivity to compensate for time trimming, turning, overlaps, etc. We use 25% on zero-turns and 35% on tractors.) on every model to calculate it's potential productivity in acres per hour. Assuming 30 mowings per year, we then look at how many hours can be put on a machine every season to be able to utilize the full warranty term without going over the machine hour limitation.

Time Spent Mowing
On average we find our customers are happy spending about one hour per mowing to cut their grass. Using the same method above, we calculate the number of acres per hour that a machine is capable of mowing to come up with an acerage that a machine can cut in one hour.

Technician's Recommendations
The last factor that we consider when recommending the maximum acerage size for a particular mower is input from our service technicians. Just because a machine has the theoretical capability to mow five acres doesn't mean it's actually built heavy enough to do so. Our technicians see first hand how particular machines are built and how they break. We hold their input in high regard.