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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TerryMiller" data-source="post: 2768484" data-attributes="member: 7900">This may not help you, and I won't recommend any brands, but we used to have 5 acres with a pond and dam.  We had a Craftsman tractor with a 46" deck (if I remember correctly) and the hydrostatic drive.  (Farm experience here, so that was a factor in my choosing.)  It did have the Kohler engine and I love those Kohlers.  On the farm, we had a machine to pull behind the combine that caught the chaff and straw from the combine and made hay piles that were good for the cattle.  They'd munch it down and then use what was left for a place to sleep in the winter.  That Kohler on that machine was right in the area of where the "tailings" came out of the combine.  Other than extending the air intake up above the tailings, we didn't do anything and that motor ran flawlessly for a number of years.On our 5 acres, when I'd mow down next to the pond, it was at an angle that scared the wife to pieces.  I would mow it sideways (not down or up slope) and put the transmission at the lowest it would go.  It took a while to mow around the pond, but I never felt that I was in danger of tipping over, in spite of the angle.  If you have an area where you think the slower you go, the better, then hydrostat drive is the way to go.  While it would take me 8 hours a week to mow the 5 acres, I didn't mind.  Driving that Craftsman was like therapy from my "day-job."Now, I'm retired and live in an RV in Colorado.  I don't do lawns, so I don't even own a mower.</blockquote>

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