I think I know what alot of the guys here are going to say is to go buy some expensive JD or Toro, and I have done that. We went out and bought the biggest most expensive JD you can buy,what a pile of garbage it is constantly falling apart.I thought at twice the price it should be twice as good,learned my lesson. So my recomendation is buy a good cheaper one that you can usually find at your local building store,we have had just as much luck with these. Most of the time they even have the same motors.So if you feel you need to spend big money buy two, so atleast then you'll have a back up. One last thing don't buy a tracked one they are to slow and can be a pain to handle we really don't like ours.