Yes. Put the Ryobi to the test.

I have 8 acres of tough field grass. I went thru 2 lawn and garden tractors in 5 years. My property destroyed them. I bought a Bad Boy Maverick and I love it. It takes everything I can throw at it with ease. My grass cutting time has been reduced by 2/3. Two upgrades that I made was adding a suspension kit to the seat, and replacing the turf tires with lug tires. Both were well worth the money. I recommend Bad Boy to everyone. The thing is almost indestructable.

I have had my Bad Boy 60" ZT elite since 2017. Mow 3.5 acres every week. No trouble just routine maintenance. 747cc Kohler. Absolute Beast.

So many of the Bad Boy reviews are only walk a rounds...Look how thick the steel on the deck is...look at the nice paint...look how easy it is to get to the engine air filter...look how easy it is to change oil and filter...On and on. Okay, most of us already know all that, but what almost all of these reviewers fail to do is show us how well it actually mows in the real world. You really gave your mower a real world stress test. VERY IMPRESSIVE!! Thank you!! I may be wrong but I'd wager the Bad Boy engineers (if they have seen this video) are glad there are people like you who are willing to put their mower to the test. I recently purchased a Bad Boy MZ Rambler 42 inch powered by a 22hp Kohler 7000 series. Has approximately 1.75hrs run-time behind it so far. I have around .75 acre to take care of. I have yet to see or find a single video of the 42" MZ Rambler doing some actual mowing . All I have found so far is walk a rounds with the reviewers bragging and slobbering over the Rambler saying what a great mower and how well built it is.

I like this it’s an actual demonstration of strength!

Best review & insight on their lineup that i’ve found. Thanks a ton!!

I got a rebel last year when we bought our house. I have bush cut 8 acres over the time. I have literally abused this thing. On My 5th set of blades this year. I've found rocks, t post, wire and many of other things. I've drug trees and chunks of concrete. I really should do better on the maintenance. Best decision to trade my dirt bike for it. I definitely recommend them. This thing has definitely got my approval

My 60 in Maverick 727cc is a great mower very happy with it!

Thanks for sharing! I have 2022 60 zt elite for my 2 acres. Bad boy is the way to go!

I hear ya , brother

Great video Justin!!! So glad you presented this power and cutting demonstration. Very impressive. I have a 48” 2022 ZT Elite w/Kohler for my 1 acre property and I love it. Zero issues thru 2 yrs so far. And like the other guy said, you’re very good in front of the camera. Keep on cuttin’. 💪🏼👍🏼

I have a 21 BB Maverick w/Kohler engine 54”.. I love it! Thanks for the video..

I have a 2010 ZT I got used. It wasn't well taken care of but I resurrected it. It is built like a German panzer tank, I love it! The hour meter broke so I don't know the running time, but after cleaning and tuning the Kohler still runs great. Kudos to a great product...Al Scott

I wanna see Bad Boy upgrade you to a Rogue or Renegade and put those through the same tests. You deserve it for the recognition you're giving them. And if I had a Rogue or Renegade, I'd do what you did here every day. As long as it's not wood-based vegetation, hit it; don't quit it. ***Also, if you want a similar ride to the Maverick, you'd better not choose the Rebel. Neither of them have the squishy front puck suspension.

Thanks for the information and video.

That’s impressive and haha, very extra long weeds!! Thanks for this video!

Enjoy your videos. You're great on camera. It's like we're hanging out and you got good info.

Appreciate your recommendations. I'll add one - for an olde pharte with a bad back, either upgrade to the strut equipped seat or the Mav HD. I have just 2 acres to mow - but they're on a bidirectional sloped lot - with lots of potholes and ruts from years of sluffing. Mowing has beat the tar out of me on a Cub Cadet XT1 46" rider and before that a JD L130 48". This yard beats heck out of box store mowers too. Buying a Mav HD 60" had everything to do with mowing comfortably and committing to live here for the rest of our lives. It was that or move because we couldn't find anyone to mow it here - for less than $200 a pop. Just gotta get better at driving the machine - and the infernal rain to let up. ;^) Jack in Sequim

Great video. Thanks!

So same kind of situation man. My pasture is 4 acres and hadn’t been cut in 4 seasons. I just bought a Bad Boy Avenger 6000. Sucker ate it up. Whole field needed two passes to get it all even at 4” without any peach fuzz. But next weekend I’ll do a 3.5” cut and you’ll never know how bad it used to be. My mower blew my mind. I didn’t expect it to cut so easily through that stuff. I wouldn’t recommend being that hard at them all the time. But a brand new mower and one time then maintain from there, yeah it did it perfectly

Great video , I'm looking at the Maverick HD

I think you made a wise choice. I almost bought one. I decided to get a Hustler fas trek 54". I like the duel tanks and the USB plug in,s. The Kawasaki 22 horse power engine is not as big as yours. But it's got plenty of power. I have zt 3200 transmission.

I do like your Badass Mower and Video as well brother! 🤘

I have a 48” MZ Magnum and it’s a Bad Boy!!!

I only have 1.3 acres but most of it looks like what he mowed and also short but steeper little hills. Looks like the Elite for me from what the man is saying. Very helpful. Thx

One thing to remember is that the Rebel gets you to entry commercial level. Everyone talks about the engine, but it’s more important to talk about the hydraulics and the transmission. The rebel gets you to firm commercial level gears and proper hydraulics. I do prefer the Kawasaki, 999 I had grass with thorns, and small plants and trees on 12 acres, just as high, but a lot thicker, and it cut through

I agree, the Bad Boy is BAD ASS. I have 5 acres but mow about 4. Two weeks ago I bought the ZT Elite 60 that has the 27 hp Kohler. I've always heard that the Kohler was a damn good engine. When I mowed our "north 40" (about an acre), it was tall and wet and that Bad Ass went through it like hot butter and that engine BARELY bogged. THAT ENGINE IS A BEAST!!!! My mowing time of that 4 acres is now about 3.5 - 4 hours including stopping for cold drinks and bathroom break I THOUGHT about the other mower that starts with with an H, but I got my Bad Boy and the same size mower deck for $1100 less. Bad Ass Bad Boy is the way to go.

Really love my 2022 48" Maverick w/Kawasaki

Love your videos! Can’t decide between a grasshopper diesel front mount or the Maverick

Great video and great mower … I have mowed grass that tall as well…

Thanks man

I did my homework for months and I'm picking up the new Bad Boy Maverick HD with the 60" deck and Honda EFI motor next week. Can't wait to get it! Great video demonstration!

I was going to buy a BAD BOY and a friend had bought one. He only had it two years and the trans went bad. He only used it cutting a small yard.. Your machine was very impressive.

Hey Justin, man where ever you live it looks hot...thanks for all of your vids I take heed and listen up because I'm a nube on these, I use to use Dixie Choppers back in the late 90's for a couple of years, but things have sure changed since then...Yea I'm learning a lot from your vids....Peace to You and Yours good Sir....Paul and Dede in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Go get your Rogue! freak'n love my '22 w/ 72" deck (5 acres) - major upgrade from my '12 zt elite.

Bad Boy "Mow with an Attitude"! 🤘

I can't wait to get mine

I purchased my MZ Magnum 54 with Koehler engine in the middle of the Pandemic. So I had to wait a few months before I was allowed to pick it up. I went from a John Deere 42” (La115?) and had been push mowing my 2.3 acres with a Ryobi 20” push mower (yeah, not ideal but I had to mow and it gave me something to do during the lock down). So I had been taking all week to mow with the Ryobi (insert dumb looking face here) and went to about 2 hours to mow all of my property including trimming. I used to pay a local guy with a tractor to mow the back half of the property but started to mow it myself. It was as high as your field you just cut! I had to go over some of the parts a couple of times, but I don’t fault the mower for that, just this lazy home owner. Haha. I am with you though! Bad Boy construction is top notch. I tested out several in north Texas where we live and most were not as solid as the Bad Boy. Just step on the deck of a Bad Boy and all the rest flopped around (maybe not the pro grades like Ferris and whatnot, but I didn’t heed that high end of machine). Way to go Bad Boy! Only complaint I have is the digital display quit on me after 15 hours. I had seen that in reviews leading up to it. I don’t know if I will replace that or not. It is disappointing that I can’t easily display the hours of use though. All in all, this has been a great machine for us. We are country dwellers so our grass is mostly cut pastureland. Thanks for your review! All the best!

I own that same mower it is awesome for sure

Amazing how I have a field with same weeds and same height with goat weed. I keep it mowed now but I use the zt elite 60 in deck and it mows like a champ!

I have a bad boy with a 42 inch deck on it. Yes, mine is a badass mower its self. It also has a Kholer engine on it too.

Density matters more than height does. I've mowed similar fields with a $4k hustler. Most machines with a fabricated deck and at least 21hp can manage mowing tall stuff. I do like the maverick hd though, especially since it is available with a 42" deck, and it may be what I upgrade to in a couple of years when my raptor sd starts to show some wear.

I love my Rogue with the 35HP 999cc Kawasaki! It’s not really a mower, it’s a tank that thinks it’s a mower.😊

Kholer, I agree with you. If you take care of them those kholer motors are long lasting.

I work mine about 52 weeks of the year

I agree on the Kohler. The confidant is a little more towards their commercial line and it’s got the cast iron cylinders and they’re pretty tough. Add a Kohler command 23 on my John Deere riding mower and it’s 19 1/2 years old and that thing still works great. I beat that thing to death for years and I have traded to the Maverick because I needed something faster but that old Kohler come in 23 engine on my little John Deere L1 30 is pushing 1000 hours and I replace almost everything on that mower except the engine and all I’ve ever had to do to. It was change a starter plugs a fuel pump and I cleaned the carb once. I think the Honda is definitely a better engine and the Kawasaki might be a little better, but I’ve got no problem with the Kohler and chose that. It’s pretty much the same as yours but without the suspension seat. I test drove the rebel, which doesn’t have the suspension on the front and rear wheels like the maverick and even with the suspension seat I liked the ride of the Maverick without the suspension seat better than the rebel. I really wanted to get the maverick HD with the Honda but it just wasn’t worth another $2000 for what I’m doing, I’ve only got a little over 2 acres to mow and got the maverick because it has the 3200 hydros on it, and half of my property is on a fairly steep slope and it’s probably overkill but I’m hoping it will last me 20+ years like that old John Deere did.

My back up mower is a 16 year old MTD with a 726 cc Briggs. The only engine problem is the valves get out of adjustment every year. My Bad Boy elite 60” hasn’t had a problem since I fixed a few problems from new.

A real test, I have a JD 737, maybe early 2004, it would never cut what you did. Impressive bad ass Bad Boy😊

Agreed Bad Boy mowers are Bad Azz.

I have cut the same thing with a 32-year-old Snapper SR150. I will be retiring it after this season

I bought one after I watched your videos. There is no telling how many Mavericks that you have sold for Bad Boy. Thanks

Just bought me a new rouge yesterday live in East Texas wondering how it'll do on thick pipeline grass at. My deer lease is all mowable with a good zero-turn

I like my BadBoy, except the fuel guage and hour meter stopped working. 😊

pro tips, pass twice. I have that issue, tall weeds. I really didn't like the spiders falling on me. But got hold off on buying a tractor. first time I saw a bad boy I was like YES!!!

Just bought a badboy maverick HD,it’s a tank.

It's not the height of what your mowing that puts the biggest load, but how dense and strong the vegetation is.

My sisters got the bad boy maverick its a great mower. I went spartan my spartan is same price for very comparable mower. ive got a way bigger floor board, thicker steel, sturdier feel to everything, it feels more ergonomical to me...Hers rides better but the spartan seat location and height is better. This is not a bash on bad boy just my drethers

World Traveler is a better cutting mower, but more expensive.

I have a 2017 bad boy zt elite and it gets down to

Impressive. I’m considering my first residential zero turn mower and comparing Bad Boy with Scag. Our property is 12,000 square feet. Your thoughts and recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Bought a 48" MZ Magnum on the 7th of this month with the Briggs 25hp engine, Last Saturday just three weeks and less than 8 hours the engine started making a racket, took both spark plugs out, one at a time and started it, looks like the rods are bent on one side. Only thing I was worried about when I bought this was the engine. Very nice mower and I love to use it, however now it is sitting waiting for Bad Boy to decide on what do with it.

I have eight patch wields on it. The thing is a tank though. I have 15 acres of 82 I mow for the past 8 years. Snapper is not what it used to be anymore.

I bought a bad boy pup in 2006 it is 60 inch deck I mow a little over 5 acres every week had carburetor trouble one time replaced the spindles but otherwise no problems

Who has the best buy back deals this is why I buy john deere mowers

I need something with a suspension, due to a bad back & neck injury. Does BB have anything?

Is it better to get a smaller deck with same motor? Seems like you would have more power in tall grass.

Looking at the 2023 Mavrick HD thinking its similar you yours but has no flat front tires. Should I look for a bigger unit on my 8 acres?

Oh yeah, just bought a Mav 60" with a Kawi. We had a couple Kohler 7000 series 26 hp. Meh. One died right off the bat. The second engine has done pretty good to a point. The fuel system/ pump and lines have failed. I've gone with an electric pump now. :D

Mine also takes multiple passes on anything over a few inches. Bad BUY Rogue Kawi EFI 7.2 hours on 13 gallons.

How is using a light commercial grade mower in a field of tall weeds abusing it? What are you supposed to do, fence it and turn loose some hungry goats?

I have a Bad Commercial mower, & Bad Boy is a good Brand, but it's still not better than the Hustler Fastrak SDX. Cuts better & a way better Warranty & its alot Faster.

what height did you mow?

I got a bad boy sorry lawn mower Farris is the best

Anyone have a zt avenger bad boy like me? Don't hear to much on these

Cub Cadet, Bad Boy and Hustler are all owned by the same company.

If you weigh over 350lbs the Maverick is the perfect machine to buy with ride quality and adjustable hand controls

Yea I bought one of 60 inch bad boys few years back love it I’ve got 7 Arces but I’ve had 4 friends buy one also but dont buy the overpriced bagger that goes with it it’s junk

I own a koklore engine. Sorry about the.isspelling of my words

won't hurt it

And also I have a big old mowing business

little less talk and a lot more action

I have a tractor with a Kohler engine it is 31 years old and never had a problem with it in all those years. Bad Boy also offers a premium B&S engine that is supposed to be better than the Honda or Kawasaki and it is made in Japan.

How much is the lawn mower

dog fennel.

I heard the Ryobi battery operated mower is a piece of s*** Ryobi mowers her a piece of s*** I would stick with a gas one I have to Toros what is us-50 and a 42 I have good luck at Toros

I have a bad boy elite with 54” deck, Kawasaki engine, my dealer suggested I buy the Kawasaki engine, neighbor has a bad boy with kolilor engine it blew up on him, just my experience, I would not want to mow that field with my mower, So far my mower has been a good mower,

kohler on top kawasaki sucks lol

I use a mz magnum 56” (only because the 48” models were constantly sold out) for my 1 acre or less residential properties. My engine is a kohler engine.