#72: Toro Timecutter mows 5 acres. How long does it take on the zero turn?

How long does it take to mow 4.5 acres on the zero turn? And how much gas does it use? I use the Toro TIMECUTTER with 60" deck to find out! I mow the field, which Google Earth says is 4.5 acres or a little more. It ends up taking me just under 2 hours to mow the entire field. I used 1 1/3 tank of gas in the mower. The end results were: a nicely mowed field, and a lot of fun driving the TIMECUTTER at full speed for long distances. The seat was plenty comfortable for most of the field. There were some rough patches where I wished I had the MyRIDE suspension. But the same features I pointed out in my initial review still are appreciated: heavy duty forged deck, adjustable speed ranges, wide front dolly wheels, large gas fill port, quick blade-tip speed for a great cut!

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Published Sept. 26, 2020
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[RaymondBarrett]

Another great video! I just ordered the Timecutter 50" MyRide today. My fields are rougher so I won't be able to go that fast but very helpful. Thank you.

[TS-sxrf]

You are welcome to mow the field anytime. Thanks for doing it.

[RickActual]

Thank you. That’s good info. Your 4.5 acres is fairly flat, and open. My farm is 5 rolling acres chopped up w/fencing into pastures; with troughs, run-ins, etc… so I expect it will take 50% longer. We’ll see.

[texashunt]

Thanks for the video. I have just over ten acres and I am debating on buying the time-cutter.

[camchute]

For the sake of comparison, it usually takes me just under 2 hours to mow roughly 4 acres (including 50+ obstacles) on average terrain with my Gravely 60" Pro Turn and it uses about 2.5 gallons of gas (Briggs engine).

[dworksmaintenance]

Yo dude awesome machine, left a really smooth

[montanawhite]

I got a 50”. Tomorrow I’m mowing over 5 acres of Mac nut field. Over 140 trees, gonna take all day.

[hellohello]

Hello from Australia🇦🇺. Great video would like to see more timecutter content in the future. Cheers! 👍

[Overated]

If you don’t mind me asking what should someone typically charge for this big of a job

[Jasonrcsd]

good example! I have 5 acre field/lot that I mow along with 2 1/4 acres that our house sits on. Both are pretty open (no trees, obstacles etc). Would you recommend a zero turn over say a compact tractor? I need to buy something as I've been mowing my 7 acres with a box store John Deere D130 42" mower. It literally takes all weekend (12+ hrs).

The zero turns would be nice but for another $10-15k I can get a compact tractor that has a mower, loader and forks. Tractor would be used to maintain the driveways, maybe snow removal (i have a RZR w/a blade), planting trees and installing culverts (hopefully a 1 time thing).

from your experience which way would you go? zero turn and rent equipment for anything else or compact tractor with mid mount mower? thanks! Jason

[johncoveyou]

What about a 48 walk-behind with jingle wheels? Anyone mow large acreage like that? I have 6 acres with horses, so it only needs mowing 4 to 6 times per year. But I still need to mow it and don’t want to buy a zero turn just for that. I can get a good used 48” walk behind with jingle wheels for $2k. Any thoughts?

[joshuasweeney]

How many gallons of fuel does your tank hold?

[highrolla]

How much would you charge for a job like that

[RG-pzjx]

Just got a message to go cut a 5 acres place and i hope they know i bringing a zero turn and not a tractor 😂

[redbluerc]

20 zero turns...done in one pass....don't work hard, work smart..just need 19 friends with zero turn to help ya out.. 😂