Need advice from the zero turn mower owners in here. I have been offered a gravely 260 which is the commercial mower which had the top of line options in 2012. It has the Kawasaki engine. They want 2300 for it. It has 2200 hours and was used by a business. I know the business owner and he has maintenance records on it and says those mowers should be good for around 4000 hours or so. What do y’all think. Any experience with the gravely 260? Are the hours acceptable? Thanks

I don't know what a Gravely 260 is, however, I do know 2200 hours is running the hours up pretty good on a gas engine. for 2-3k more you can get a new machine with a Kawasaki engine.

Lots of hours there. I would skip out on that.

I wouldn’t give 2300 for it. Good mower tho and I’d imagine it’ll still go for more hours.
I’d give no more than 1500 for it but most likely just go buy a new one.

I got a Gravely that I'll sell you. ZTR Gravely ZT HD 44. 10-Gauge Fabricated Deck, 21.5 HP Kawasaki FR V-Twin engine. Comes with an extra set of new blades, air filter and gas filter. Bought new in June of last year and has approximately 190 hours on it. $3,900.
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If this was a 52 I would be coming to see you

I have not run Gravely, just Lesco(cub cadet tanks) and Hustlers. For the price that does not sound like a bad deal. If you are running it for a home lawn you could likely get another 15-20 years use before you killed the motor. New motors are about $1700-2300 depending on distributor. Repower and go again. I’d look for reviews, though, on deck part longevity. You’ll likely have to replace spindles earlier.
I’ve got an old Lesco 54” with a tad over 12,000 hours hard use since 1999. It has a new motor but the rest is nearly shot. It is my back-up to my back-up mower.

The 52" is rated at 4.2 acres per hour and the 44" is 3.6. The 44 will go through a lot of 48" gates.

I'd pass on that you can find the same newer with less hours for the same cabbage.