Hi there 
Looking for a sit on mower for my old man . If anyone could Recommended any would be much appreciated. We are in Notre-Dame de touchet Mortain
I bought one a couple of years ago - our local dealer was happy to negotiate on price.
If buying now I think I would probably buy a robot mower instead - the Husqvarna ones now are mighty impressive and a similar price to a ride-on but obviously they do it for you and when you are on holiday etc.
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What kind of area are we talking about, is it open pasture, hilly, borders etc.
It’s over an acre with a hill of about 45 degrees and boards 
I wouldn’t fancy that on a tractor! We have one part which is about 20 degrees that is referred to a suicide corner!
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I would need about 3 miles of cable for that 
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The local dealerships install it for you - they have a walk along cart that does it.
Next time I will get one.
I went to buy something off leboncoin recently at a house with a large garden and I spotted they had a robot mower - in my best broken French we spoke for about 30 minutes about it - I was very jealous of the condition of their lawn compared to the state of ours.
Back to tractors though…
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Buy some goats. As Mat has posted, 45° is too much for a proper, well balanced tractor and would be suicidal on a top-heavy ride on mower.
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Never traverse a slope, only travel vertically up and down. But 45degrees is strimmer territory.
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Hi guys . Thanks fir the heads on . We do have cows 
come on from time to time . And iv bin a bit mist leading it’s only on just over a quarter of the land is hilly the rest is flat 
Self propelled mower for the hilly bits, ride on mower for the rest.
I have a couple, but the newest is a Alpina AT3 98A, I looked at Stiga the parent company but the Alpina are basically the same mower but between €3-400 less, so basically your paying for the Stiga name.
I use a 21" and 18" cut self-propelled mowers for any hilly bits or the bits the ride on finds difficult and due to a couple of the paddocks being quite wild at the beginning of the year with nettles and brambles, I cut with the self propelled and wheeled strimmer first and then the ride on mower the rest of the year.
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If you’re using a ride-on mower on any sloping surface, get the agri-pattern tyres fitted on the rear wheels.
The block pattern ones are rubbish on anything but a flat, dry lawn.
