Have you seen any of the Spartans in your area yet? They're the other zero turn manufacturer in Batesville.
I run two of the 850cc 31hp kawis on zero turns. One at home , one at work. The one at home on an '09 Hustler consumed a little oil (30wt) for a while, I switched to 40wt and it slowed consumption considerably. I haven't ran the bad boy at work more than 100 hrs yet, but switched it to 40wt anyway. I disregarded the mower manufacturer manual and went with the kawi manual specs on oil, 40wt above 68°F.
Plus Mikey sez hey. Waiting on his new mower arrival.
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