sendero
Gold Member
I bought my first zero-turn mower last fall. I'm kicking myself because if I'd have any idea how superior it would be compared to my garden tractor mower, I would have done it years ago.
The mower is a Gravely ZT X 52. I love it performance. It was a year old when I bought it and the previous owner said I should take it to the local retail/service place soon and get the transaxle fluid changed.
Now I am a DIY kinda guy so I did the research, bought the filters and oil and was ready to get it done. But I could not find the fluid reservoirs or the filters. Turns out that is because it doesn't have any, it is built with "non serviceable
transaxles. They are "sealed units" as they are called. Now if I had known that is what I was getting (and apparently the previous owner didn't know either) I would have not bought this thing.
It uses the hydro-gear ZT-2200 units and to be completely factual you CAN change the fluid but you have to take them out of the mower to do so.
Now to my question. How long (running hours) can I expect to get out of these units? Apparently they are used in several low-end "residential" mowers. I don' beat this thing to death, a typical mowing session would last less than an hour.
The mower is a Gravely ZT X 52. I love it performance. It was a year old when I bought it and the previous owner said I should take it to the local retail/service place soon and get the transaxle fluid changed.
Now I am a DIY kinda guy so I did the research, bought the filters and oil and was ready to get it done. But I could not find the fluid reservoirs or the filters. Turns out that is because it doesn't have any, it is built with "non serviceable
transaxles. They are "sealed units" as they are called. Now if I had known that is what I was getting (and apparently the previous owner didn't know either) I would have not bought this thing.
It uses the hydro-gear ZT-2200 units and to be completely factual you CAN change the fluid but you have to take them out of the mower to do so.
Now to my question. How long (running hours) can I expect to get out of these units? Apparently they are used in several low-end "residential" mowers. I don' beat this thing to death, a typical mowing session would last less than an hour.