I keep 4 acres of grass mowed 2 times per week using a Dixie Chopper Silver Eagle 27hp 60 inch cut! I am on the ninth season and 590 hours on the clock, never had any problems, breakdowns kept serviced it has been as reliable as a Honda.
Sheew I feel ya pain no rain since Aug 23rd here! Grass is almost stopped it's just really slow and dying. pastures are even worse and some are having to feed hay
Yesterday my neighbor started bush hogging thick 5 ft growth in his pasture with a borrowed commercial Hustler ZT. It threw a belt and I had to plow thru growth with the P500 to pull him out. “Be careful who you loan stuff to.”