zero turn for sloping land

[KrashnKraka]

There's a fairly long and detailed YouTube video showing a Hustler vs a standard rider on wet slopes. It's really a Hustler infomercial but I would assume it applies to most ZTRs.

Here's the link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ixg_yhEiA

Yeh,,, there are plenty around.....especially Euro uploads where those guys
have man-size "slopes".
.......but....
But the kiddies chanting believe the front wheels on a ZTR are there for
steering,, maintaining direction, like.
As said, best to drive or be shown how to. End of.

OP..take note of the conduct of some on this forum when contradicted with what
they are forced to read,, that which does not make their buying descision look good.
I didn't get my first buy right...half got the second right, and am working through fixing
the third - not a mower problem. And I had the benefit of some years on "borrowed rides"
prior to going ZTR.
We are human we make mistakes...but somehow these blessed Interwebs paint
those mistakes over...if it is said (posted) enough.

Leave yer tuit, brother... I am off this thread.


/out

 

[Carscw]

There's a fairly long and detailed YouTube video showing a Hustler vs a standard rider on wet slopes. It's really a Hustler infomercial but I would assume it applies to most ZTRs. Here's the link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ixg_yhEiA

This is a joke.
We all know that the rider can mow that hill with no problems.

 

[Carscw]

I truly believe that if you do not have more then 500 hours on a mower then you can not say how it performs.

I have been cutting 50 to 100 yards da a week for years. I have used every type of mower.
I know what works best for every type of terrain.
Trust me when I say a ZTR will slide or flip on a hill before a rider will.

 

[Ric]

We use what we have. I understand that a stand on mower is better on slopes than a ztr mower, but so are lawn tractors. I have experience using both on slopes, and the lawn tractor did make it a little easier than the ztr. The problem the op faces is the acreage he is mowing. A ztr mower will get the job done much faster. As I said in an earlier post he should be fine with a low end commercial ztr mower if the slope is no more than 10% as he mentioned. My co worker has a large lawn and would have probably been better off with a stand on, but he wanted a ztr mower.

I realy don't see how lawn Tractors can be better on a slope than a ztr. The ztr will have a wider wheel track and a lower center of gravity than a lawn tractor and will out preform that LT hands down. How in the world is it better? I'm sorry but to me it just doesn't make sense.

 

[tuckler]

Thanks for all the great info folks. Looks like my only option is a cubby ZT with a 60" deck. The Toro sounds appealing but the consensus on this thread is that I should have a commercial grade for my 6 acres. I could whittle that down to 4 acres if I did some with the Kabota, but that sounds like a cop out. Get what will do the entire thing. One question I do have: Why aren't more companies making the s. wheel models in a commercial grade? Is it that commercial lawns are usually flat and the need isn't there?

 

[Shughes717]

I realy don't see how lawn Tractors can be better on a slope than a ztr. The ztr will have a wider wheel track and a lower center of gravity than a lawn tractor and will out preform that LT hands down. How in the world is it better? I'm sorry but to me it just doesn't make sense.

There are 4 wheels helping it hold the hill instead of 2. 4 wheels get better traction than 2. Simple math. Not to mention the weight is distributed much different than on a ztr mower. With a lawn tractor the engine is over the front wheels and the rider is over the back wheels. Weight is distributed better.

 

[Shughes717]

Thanks for all the great info folks. Looks like my only option is a cubby ZT with a 60" deck. The Toro sounds appealing but the consensus on this thread is that I should have a commercial grade for my 6 acres. I could whittle that down to 4 acres if I did some with the Kabota, but that sounds like a cop out. Get what will do the entire thing. One question I do have: Why aren't more companies making the s. wheel models in a commercial grade? Is it that commercial lawns are usually flat and the need isn't there?

As said before ztr mowers can mow slopes up to 10 to 15%. If commercial lawn care companies have a lot of slopes to mow most will either have a stand on or a walk behind for those jobs.

 

[Shughes717]

There's a fairly long and detailed YouTube video showing a Hustler vs a standard rider on wet slopes. It's really a Hustler infomercial but I would assume it applies to most ZTRs.

Here's the link:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3ixg_yhEiA

I posted a link to an article posted by a magazine who actually tests products and report to consumers their findings. They have no vested interest in which mower the consumer buys, instead of a video advertisement done by a company trying to get consumers to purchase their mower over every other brand. You know there are going to be things done to make their mower look much better than the other mower. They are not going to make it an even playing field, nor would they.

 

[KrashnKraka]

I truly believe that if you do not have more then 500 hours on a mower then you can not say how it performs.

I have been cutting 50 to 100 yards da a week for years. I have used every type of mower.
I know what works best for every type of terrain.
Trust me when I say a ZTR will slide or flip on a hill before a rider will.

"Trust me".. a Life Insurance agent's line.

You, bloke, are a joke. An idiot of pantagruelistic form, I do appreciate
every forum has it's clown. HTF you got your post count without someone
kicking yer freckle* in has me beat.
Then again, every time these days I take community posters at their word
I face massive disappointment. You, bud, are no exception.

Happy with your troll?

* freckle [colloquial .au] polite reference to the
brown passage/ring gear/brown eye/date/bunghole/arsehole (USA-a55h0le)

 

[Ric]

Thanks for all the great info folks. Looks like my only option is a cubby ZT with a 60" deck. The Toro sounds appealing but the consensus on this thread is that I should have a commercial grade for my 6 acres. I could whittle that down to 4 acres if I did some with the Kabota, but that sounds like a cop out. Get what will do the entire thing. One question I do have: Why aren't more companies making the s. wheel models in a commercial grade? Is it that commercial lawns are usually flat and the need isn't there?

Check out this video if your liking the CC I think you'll like it.:wink:


https://youtu.be/Ub5zhteH73Y