Have had a few tractor type mowers.....all pretty much the same. Got a zero turn and after I got used to it....wouldn't be without it. Will out perform any damn lawn tractor out there......fast, baby.....real fast....and effortless. BTW, I also have a full size diesel tractor with a six foot brush hog.....great tool for wet Springs when the grass grows six inches a week, but when Summer slows things down, I'll jump on the zero turn and do the five acres in a couple of hours.