New from Iowa

[KentT]

Can you elaborate?

Curious,

Peter

It is now truly all-terrain, limited by concerns for engine oiling and not the tractor. (Kohler CH25 is rated at 25degree slopes, vs 20 degrees for the Robin, BTW).

I was mowing with the brush-cutter last year, pointing downhill, and backing up slopes with the mower running that before I would not even have attempted putting the machine on without the mower running, for fear that I couldn't get it back out. I can simply go anywhere that I feel safe to go, now. Note that I'm also running loaded tires (WW fluid) and reversed wheels.

Still pictures don't illustrate it well, but for example, I can mow these slopes going up, down or across the slope. Before, I'd have to lift the mower or turn it off to climb it when the hydraulic fluid was hot.

I've carried many LM buckets full of wet heavy mulch (600 lbs plus, I'm guessing) from the treeline on the left, straight up the slope, up and over the bank at the edge of the driveway and up into the trees at the top right. I didn't "go around" to find a gentler slope -- but rather ran back and forth up and down the hill.

That's straight up the bank on the left, across the driveway, and up the slope on the right:

 

[tbunce7]

Hey everyone,

I've been busy now that it's spring. I appreciate all the info.
I have started to check out the forum with the search
feature and there is alot of info. I have only had my PT 425
for about a year now, I love it. My old mower was a Craftsman
18 hp hydro. It did a good job for what it is and price but not a PT.

Thanks again

 

[smartguyz]

Welcome to the forum. The guys here are great, very informative, no flaming.

-Rob