Rick Denney wrote:You can't compare low-RPM diesels to high-RPM gasoline engines on horsepower. As the saying goes, horsepower sells engines, torque wins races.
The gasoline riding mowers at the box stores have two-cylinder gas engines that spin twice as fast to get the same horsepower rating, develop only half the usable torque,
I can mow a 60" swath in thick grass at 10 mph with my Kubota.
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That one think I didlike with most "lawn tractors" No torque, not the teh belt drives would transfer it anyway. If you have thick or tall grass you have to meve very slow or the engine bogs down. Mulching with my 42", 19HP from Sears requires mowing twice a week, or it take 4 time as long. It just cannot turn the blades.
