I love the review! I was about to by one however if it can't mow with one side up or two sides up I don't want it. Absolute deal breaker! Thanks again

@stihlboy94

7 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Dean glad you liked the review. Disclaimer I'm the guy that ran/talked about the 104. Yes the mower has a steep price but spending 1.5 hours on the 104 compared to a 60" that took over 3.5 hours, the price becomes less over the whole season.

I'm a state employee we bought one for me to use and it didn't last a year. Was in the shop 2 months after buying it. If all you cut is level grass it's a great mower. Too much work just to adjust the cutting height , the deck bends to easily and parts such as the belts, spindles and blades arent kept in stock . Takes weeks to get them . Overall it's a 4 out of 10

Have you checked the throttle cable connection. A lot of mowers come from the factory to a certain spec.. I had to rebook the spring that my cable connected to..the spring has multiple slots. Got an easy 20% minimum more power out of the mower.

keep making the vids I love this

I put Carlisle super lug on my mower it made a huge improvement on hills and mud or wet grass area's

@marylaw4920

5 жыл бұрын

Gary Tripp

Gary Sisk, I agree. The range wing was an awesome machine. I almost bought one in 02 but decided on a 3200 instead with a quad cycler deck and hydraulic edger. My first hustler was a 1500 in 98.’ The dealer who sold the hustler could actually put a cab with ac on the 4600.

Hustler made the best large area mower ever with the Range-Wing. I had 2-3 of them with in my 30 years mowing school districts and they worked great for large areas, sports fields etc. They quit the Range-Wing a few years ago so I went to Jacobson and Toro wide area mowers. I felt with a little upgrading on the Hustler it was the best by far. Diesel engines is the only way to go on large area mowers, gas engines just don't get the run time diesels do, nor do they have the required torque. Hustler killed a damn good mower design. I used Scag, Toro, Gravely, and some residential zero turns but the Hustler were always the best for me, especially when you consider doing school grounds which are typically large areas.

@big800wildcat

7 жыл бұрын

Second the motion. I've two Hustler 4600 range wings right now. For those that don't know it's a front mount zero turn with 38 hp Kubota diesel that runs 10 mph and has 146 in cut (72" front deck and two 48" wings with overlap) and you can lift the wings and they auto shut off. If they had upgraded with a more powerful diesel and figured out a way to reduce the weight, they'd still have an awesome mower. I'd like to compare one to the 104; from what I've seen and read so far I'm not impressed with the 104.

@garysisk3431

7 жыл бұрын

They were amazing mowers, better by far the any wide area mowers I ever used, especially at their price point. If redesigned to a 50+ horse power turbo diesel and a little heavier design on the side decks lifting mechanism and it was perfect. I ran it between schools and had plenty of road speed so trailering was not necessary, it was an amazing mower. I contacted Hustler many times about bringing it back but they never responded. Toro is taking the market on wide area mowers now, and although great machines they are awful expensive and too dang heavy for clay type soil bases. They will rut the heck out of sports fields.

I’ll sum it up for u. I demoed one when they first came out. They cut like crap...! It’s a rear discharge. Have u ever heard of a rear discharge that leaves a good cut..? And, what do people pay us for...?... a nice looking lawn..! Kinda defeats the purpose. Also, it’s a very slow mower. Speed makes a huge difference when you’re mowing a 30 acre property. I have a 72” exmark with a diesel that I paid $3500 for. It’s an 03’. I bought it in 2012 with 1700 hours on it. I mow everything with it, leaves a beautiful cut, sips fuel(The hustler wouldn’t). I could buy another 72” for the same money and mow that same property in a fraction of the time and make it look much better.. and still only have $7k in equipment..! Even with a second worker, it still makes more sense over a $27k mower. And when that mower breaks....

There must be some lawn services out there with a Hustler 104 and a Toro or Exmark 96. I’d love to see a comparison video. I think with the Exmark and Toro 96 they can mow with the wings up. I can see it now customers freaking out over such a huge mower going on their lawn and it leaving ruts in the ground. Customers wanted me to get off of my riding mower and use a walk behind. Well I only had 21” walk mowers and my knees hurt. That was in the 90’s and I didn’t know i had Lyme disease until 2013. After several customers freaked out about a riding mower on the lawn I lifted tires on my riding mower and put paper under them and calculated the square inches. Then I did the same with my shoes and the pounds per square foot were about double with the small and slow little Wheel Horse tractor I had. I would be walking 10-20 miles a day if I didn’t have a riding mower. I quit my lawn service years ago and just deliver pizza.

Will have to have a hydro system for every section to work I think

Have you had any belt issues? I have broke 3 drive belts in the first 100 hours of use of my Super 104. It has been a pain in the ass!

Change to an HDAP tire or ag/lug type tire, then add weight to the rear and I think that should improve how it handles the hills. I wonder how much that 104” deck weighs? I’d guess 500 to 800 pounds.

cut quality vs Exmark?

How do you adjust the height on these machines?

i would have loved it if they put a diesel motor on it 30 hp plus would be sweet

I'd bet if u put run flat foam filled tires on it would improve your hill holding capacity. I'd did it with my 60 Exmark and it was a night and day difference in holding hills!

@turdsandwicher

7 жыл бұрын

What kind of foam did you use?

5 blades 3 of them spin counter clock wise

How much do one of them cost thanks

Sweet I subscribed

Should’ve made it 104 hours

when i first heard of this mower i thought u could just use middle deck where needed instead of haveing the wing decks down running hussler should look into that have all decks runing or just middle if u need bit more versatile still man it would kick acreages butt lol if u do alot of them get your monies worth

@marylaw4920

5 жыл бұрын

DAN THE FAMILY LAWN MOWING MAN

@big800wildcat

4 жыл бұрын

Old Hustler 4600 w/ batwings (146") can turn off or on as needed and they kick a 104's behiny for production

I'm more interested in that Generator behind the mower. Sheesh that thing is huge! What is that a 350 KW?

@derrickdrew17

7 жыл бұрын

Deric Kettel size don't always do justace. it could be 500kw

how this compare to the 96 toro

exmark has a way better cut quality ,but the hustler has its place for getting things done faster

What trannys/hydros do they use? ZT’s?

5 years later, how do you feel about it now? Im thinking about getting one for latge properties we maintain.

@stihlboy94

Жыл бұрын

Hi there, we haven’t been on KZread in a while honestly. This mower actually burnt to the ground last year. Exmark 96” is the go to now.

@wadeplowman7030

Жыл бұрын

@@stihlboy94 I ended up finding a Demo with 8 hours on it for an insane deal. We use it on a couple very large properties. I like it but honestly the Scag Cheetah II 72in can be almost as efficient.

Yes,🌼 allabout.wiki/Hustler the bag fills up pretty quickly when there are lots of leaves and I guess that is expected. It is quick to take the leaf catching bag off and put it back on. There is one bar with rubber ends that fits into a slot (bottom), one bar with angled ends that hangs on rubber hooks (top), and two stretchy loops that each hang on a rubber hook (one each side). You can hold the leaf catching bag with one hand full and not drop any leaves. It is NOT easy to empty it into a lawn bag without spilling. My trick: I put two lawn bags side-by-side in a large garbage bin and emptied the leaf catching bag into them. What spills falls into the garbage bin. 90% of the leaves end up in the bags this way with 0% back on the lawn.

I thought the Super 104 had hydraulic height adjustment?

@jlsinc.136

7 жыл бұрын

sort u can move deck up and down but u still have to set the heigh pin

it has it's place tho

it is pricey but you gotta spend money to make money

Should have a 46 hp diesel motor

how many blades does that have?

@ronaldemery1499

8 жыл бұрын

I believe 5

@stihlboy94

7 жыл бұрын

Aliens Hydro 5 blades total. 3 In the middle and one on each wing.

Dang that kinda stinks to hear about the hp.

25k

I agree with you.,I feel it is under powered

@CadeIvy

7 жыл бұрын

Is it vertical shaft? You should put one of those huge 999 cc kohlers in it on a repower. I repower all the time and vanguards have fewer cc's than kawi or kohler and the kohlers have more torque, when will you do a review on the 72?

@jlsinc.136

7 жыл бұрын

+Cade Ivy what's it mean to repower?

@jlsinc.136

7 жыл бұрын

+Cade Ivy review on the 72 is coming soon

@CadeIvy

7 жыл бұрын

+JL's INC. well, you wouldnt do something like this unless you didnt care about warranty, i buy 1500 + hour machines and repower means putting in a new engine. I usually do this when I feel an engine isnt performing to my spec (and again, I do this to my stuff because I have engines to play around with,) or because the old one is worn out. The Vanguard should last a long while, if you want i can post a video explaining how I do this.

@jlsinc.136

7 жыл бұрын

oh ic i thought thats what you were meaning but wasnt sure

You know that machine is not made for hillsides. That machine is made for large flat areas like Fields baseball fields football fields Soccer Fields golf courses things like that. Industrial-sized acreage and flat ground. Get on a smaller unit when you need to hit the hillsides. This mower is obviously geared toward large landowners who have serious land that needs cut.

@jlsinc.136

5 жыл бұрын

we use this this machine daily,and had it for a couple of yrs we know all the pro and cons

Down hills slopes ditches Etc walk behinds mowers are ecxelent. And if this big mower can't take a heavy grass it will be a trap for who ever buy one .

U say it cant do hill sides well i can do hill sides wit it cutting a football field in 11 minutes well i do it in 9 minutes so u drive a hustler super 104 i make a hustler super 104 work

I mow with one everyday. Im a foreman at Delco Parks & Rec. Its the best mower that Ive ever sat on.

@ballerforlife2036

5 жыл бұрын

Donny DeMutis guess u haven’t been on many mowers

needs a diesel engine, more torque with less h.p.

@jaarryifleshblood315

5 жыл бұрын

Tyler Minor does toque matter when cutting grass?

@mikecooley3361

5 жыл бұрын

JaArRyi FleshBlood yes, very much so.

@codykorman157

5 жыл бұрын

Emissions standards are pushing small diesels out of the mowing industry. The government is requiring mowers to have dpf filters on them now and eventually def fluid also.

Probably not very versatile.

I'm sure the mower can lay down grass but it can't cut what 2 60s can. 60+60 is 120... You are 104.

@big800wildcat

4 жыл бұрын

And neither will touch the old Hustler 4600's with batwings at 146" and 10 mph....

The Husqvarna PZ's by far are the best mowers made, try one and believe.

@kbmotorsportsonline

Жыл бұрын

This comment didn't age well... lol

Looks kinda cheesy