What Was The Best All Around...

[RJR49 130]

I suppose if you are in Florida a 10 or 12 is OK. For mowing up hill and blowing the snow we had in Connecticut this year my pick is a K341

[Wheel-N-It 2,976]

Bill, sorry to be late giving you my answer to your question. Work stuff kept me off RS this whole week. Anyway, without having enough experience with the 10hp Kohler (to give you an informed answer), I have to vote for the 12hp as it can power a 48inch deck all day even in tall grass with great fuel economy. Also it will power a tiller through any type of soil conditions I have had to deal with yet, from clay type soil to sandy type soil, and everything in between.