The Best Riding Lawn Mower, Regardless of Price

There are a lot of people in the market for the best riding lawn mower. And it appears that they are willing to spend an awful lot for it.

Gone are the days of the simple push reel mower.  Today’s lawn mowers have bells and whistles your grandfather could never have dreamt of.   Better and speedier cutting technology is now commonplace.  Cutting edge lawn mowers offer “zero-turn” capacity.  That means a new riding lawn mower can turn around flowerbeds, trees, lawn ornaments, pools, and fencing much more easily than ever.  No more backing up or creative back tracking to get the bits you missed.  These new mowers cut your path the first time around.  This can cut your mowing time in half.

Mowing the lawn isn’t what it used to be.  There are mowers that now have 60-inch cutting widths, which allow you to mow your lawn with fewer passes.  But if you really want to create a work of art, Locke offers a commercial grade mower that will stripe your lawn.  It works by bending the blades of grass in alternate directions as you mow.

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Manufacturers are providing luxury options too.  They’re responding to the retiring baby boomers who are looking for comfort and less strenuous yard work.  You can buy a mower with an automobile style steering wheel, and some are even cushioned!  Don’t even ask about cupholders, they’re de rigueur these days.   Club Cadet offers riding mowers that have an iPod holder with an earphone slot built in.   Some manufacturers offer a sun shade, others offer chrome hubcaps, or you could buy a riding mower with cruise control and an ergonomic seat .  Want your riding lawnmower in hot rod yellow?  Jet black?  Cherry Red?  No problem.  You can even get pin-striping!

If you’re environmentally minded, but still need to have your lawn, you can seek out the best riding mower that is fueled by propane gas, or one that runs on batteries.

And although the walk-behind mowers still lead sales, deluxe riding lawn mowers have been gaining market share for the past three years.  People are buying, and buying big.  Riding lawn mowers often range in price from $3,000 to more than $10,000.  But what is behind this trend?  Despite the recession, and despite the growing anti-lawn movement which is gaining ground around the country, Home Depot claims that riding lawn mower sales are up in the low double digits for the for the beginning of 2010.

Economists are theorizing that the drive behind the sales could be the slow down in home sales.  People are staying put.   Rather than moving to a more expensive home, they are opting to remain where they are and are putting their money into home maintenance.

Others are suggesting there is a “keep up with the Joneses” mentality at play.  There’s competition to have the biggest, fanciest mower on the block.

As you can see, recession or otherwise, people are willing to spend a lot of money on products that they feel will make their lives better. Finding the best riding lawn mower, at any price, seems to be high on their list.

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