buckeyefarmer
Epic Contributor
And my ZT is better on hills than my little tractor.
I did the same.I have a Husky Z254F, there's a slight grade behind the spruce trees behind the house and I was heading for a ditch. It wouldn't back up or turn,
it wasn't looking good. I don't know if I would have had time to jump off it before it went into the ditch and have it on top of me. Finally it turned
and I got myself out of the situation. First thing I did is go to Amazon and bought myself some Ag tires and wow what a difference.
I did the same.
My zero turns were useless on hills.
I replaced the rear turf tires with Carlise AT101 bar tires.
Made a world of difference, I can now mow the hill behind the house no problem at all, that I struggled to mow or couldn't mow parts of it at all with the stock turf tires.
Changing to bar tires on my zero turn solved the problem I was having mowing our hill.Do you think they were useless on hills because of the stock turf tires, or because of the weight distribution of a ZT vs a garden tractor?
Went and had a look at the local Cub Cadet dealer today. I have to say I'm very intrigued by the synchro-steer models. Sadly they don't stock the ZTXS series (10 gauge deck, 3100 hydros, ROPS), only the ZTS (11 gauge deck, 2800 hydros, no ROPS) so I'd have to buy sight-unseen for the ZTXS. Drove the ZTS though and liked it.
Next up is the real test -- take the girlfriend unit to Kubota to drive the Z242 and then to CC to try the ZTXS2. Let her make the call.
A 60” deck will get the job done much faster. More importantly, it extends out past your tires far enough to make it easy to trim up close and sweep the edge of the deck up under bushes, evergreens, etc.
It depends on the deck width, but in general all ZT the left side sticks out 4-6 inches and the right side (discharge side) sticks out maybe 2-3 inches. The smaller deck the less they stick out - 48" three blade deck is the minimum width I would consider and that may be 3-4" left and 1-2" discharge side. Get a 52-60" if possible and measure around your yard to make sure a 60" will work for your tight spots.