BEST RESIDENTIAL ZERO TURN MONEY CAN BUY | ARIENS APEX 52 

Get a can or two of mo-deck no. Stick spray keep grass from sticking to deck underneath and yes it works great and I mow with my chute up

Bad Boy 60 in. 26 HP ZT Elite has the same or better specs in every category and the same price, so I can't entirely agree. Two things, in particular, I like much better on the Bad Boy the frame construction and the deck is 7 gauge vs. 10 ga. on Ariens. I would upgrade one more level to the BB Maverick for the I-Beam front axle because of my uneven areas in the front yard.

@TheSpadre Elite seems like a nice mower. I do like the 7 ga. deck and the gas gage. They are very similar in specs but couple things to consider: Elite has a 2 Yr warranty vs. 4 Yr with the Apex, Apex claimed top speed is 8mph vs. 7 for the Elite (I don't understand why the difference, possibly governed), and what exactly makes the frame construction superior for the Elite? I'd say it is a wash without some failure data.

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I haven't had issues with scalping. I think every mower is capable of scalping in the right (or wrong) condition, especially the bigger the decks, like 60."

I have an acre and this is the best one i have found so far. I sat on it and it feels great. I am going to at least check out the toro timecutter max tomorrow.

I will, thanks.

I considered the 60" for $100 more but heard it is more prone to scalping over bumps.

@@TylerTryThat not at all 52and 60 are absolutely fine 72 is a scalper on uneven ground but 52s and 60s are great I was after a ferris 500s 52/61 but dealers were just a holes and I decided it's gravely time my next ad on is a suspension seat

With the chute up the width is 56" wide. With the chute down it is 67" wide. So yes, it will with the chute up.

Idk. I imagine it would be too big to fit

@@TylerTryThat wondered why the companies hasn't come up with that, , probably not cost effective.

It has the kawasaki. I've only heard good things about it.

@ChuckandVada remind me of the difference. A bigger engine and ROPS only?

No, it's a fuel filter. I misspoke in the moment cause I was just talking about the oil reservoirs. Good catch, though

@@TylerTryThat No big deal....I enjoyed the video and enjoy learning new things.

I owned the Ariens Zenith, and that is the fuel filter.

@tbar1047 I realized what I said during editing that's why I put the words on the screen that it was the gas filter.

So you have the Ikon? What needs rebuilt? The engine?

@TylerTryThat no. The engine is probably the only good thing about it. So, where do I start....It's got 192 hours on it and I've had to replace all three spindles, the front forks, both front tires, the front hub bearings on both front hubs TWICE, both brake cables and the material that covers the seat has shrank so much I can't get it back together. I bought it to go through small gates in April of last year and it has been a freaking nightmare since day one. Everyone thinks I'm using it incorrectly. Not true. Ariensco themselves told me that as long as I stayed under 10 hours a week it would handle it. We used it on average, 6.2 hours. Well within their use parameters and it did NOT hold up.

The Ikon is a different machine. Definitely lighter-duty and more residential focused. That still sounds like a lot of work for those hours unless you're using it in a commercial capacity. The residential mowers break down quick with a heavy workload.

@channell11 again, I disagree. Before I bought my Ikon Envy, I ran a 2005 Craftsman z6400, that was 15 years old and had 149 hours on it when I bought it. We ran the dog crap out of that machine for 4 years. It has over 800 hours on it when I sold it. The man I sold it to ran it for 2 years until the engine, a Kohler courage finally lost compression. At that time, it had over 1,000 hours on it. With ALL DUE RESPECT, in the event you don't know, Craftsman zero turns were made by MTD, now Stanley/Black & Decker, the same company that makes lawn tractor for big box stores. My Ariens started showing weakness at 5 hours. At that time, I took it back to the dealer, whom I had been trading with for 22 years. They told me there was nothing they could or WOULD do. That's why I started trading with a different dealer. We were using this Ikon less than 6 hours a week. My first riding tractor that I bought in 2005, a Craftsman DYT 4000, lasted for 3 years. This Ikon is a little over a year old and I've already had to rebuild the whole front end and replace both front tires, among other costly repairs.