How important is the transmission for residential units?

[djdicetn]

So how many years and how much acreage has that Gravely mowed to get 212 hours? And what model is it and what was the warranty? The HydroGear EZT's are designed for "light residential" use, and from what you described("one or two slight inclines"....but no acreage, etc.) you have a lot of hours compared to user txzrider who sates he puts an average of 25 hours/year on his(that is "light residential"). So if your ZTR is 8 years old(at 25 hrs/year) that's one thing, but if it's 3-4 years old that's a little more like heavy duty residential. If you've had it less than 3 years it might still be covered under a Gravely 3 year/1,000 hour Warranty. I have a 1.5-2.0 acre lot and that's why I invested in a Pro Turn 100 XDZ Commercial with the ZT-3400 trannies because I didn't want to wear out the non-serviceable EZT trannies that come on a light duty residential unit. Give us more information about what you are mowing and we'll try to give a recommendation(that Husqvarna MZ ZT 52 that user RatRacer has would not be having the prolems you are having at 212 hours)...but like you said it didn't cost $4K either.

Jake In CT,
Soooooo, you never responded and answered any of my questions. Your profile has Gravely and you stated it had the HydroGear EZT trannies so that seems to indicate you have a Gravely ZT. I'm really curious as to which deck size, how long you've had it and how many acres you are mowing with it. You indicated you mowed pretty fast(top speed on the ZT is 6mph) and that in-and-of-itself should not have caused the tranny to fail(although a light residential ZTR like the ZT may not bode well run wide open all the time with those EZT trannies). Like has been stated, 212 hours isn't very many for a tranny failure and the Gravely ZT's do have a 3-Year Warranty. Can you enlighten me as to how/why the tranny failed and wasn't warranted??????