Whatever you feel like thread.

[Grumpycat]

Today's mow. Can someone guess why the lawn looks goofy in the bottom pic? This silly mower was a good purchase. View attachment 3831117View attachment 3831118View attachment 3831119

Wet grass.

 

[Shenandoah MF1760]

What brand did you get? Who did you buy it from?

I got a Ryobi 40V HP 21" Self Propelled AWD Cross Cut, if not the top of the line then close to it.

I bought it at Home Depot since it was cheaper with the veteran discount than I could get from Amazon.

A major deciding factor was that I was in desperate need of a mower as the grass was getting longer and our HOA frowns on letting goats graze.

 

[Torvy]

A major deciding factor was that I was in desperate need of a mower as the grass was getting longer and our HOA frowns on letting goats graze.

HOA? In the Piney Woods? You must be on the lake.

We're about an hour north of Tyler. We barely have codes for building. My HOA is my wife, haha.

Our Greenworks Twin motor push mower just died. It was going to cost more for the replacement motor than to buy the exact same mower new. Smh

I got my Honda tuned up for much less. It will handle the small area near the house. Everything else is natural or gets knocked down a few times a year by the flail.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

If I had an HOA they would probably frown on us shooting 9mm in the back yard

 

[ArlyA]

New thread?

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

HOA? In the Piney Woods? You must be on the lake.

We're about an hour north of Tyler. We barely have codes for building. My HOA is my wife, haha.

Our Greenworks Twin motor push mower just died. It was going to cost more for the replacement motor than to buy the exact same mower new. Smh

I got my Honda tuned up for much less. It will handle the small area near the house. Everything else is natural or gets knocked down a few times a year by the flail.

How long did that mower last? What was the replacement cost. I've yet to replace a piece of equipment for a motor being bad.

 

[Torvy]

How long did that mower last? What was the replacement cost. I've yet to replace a piece of equipment for a motor being bad.

We had the mower for about 5 years. It was used for maybe 3 of those. The part alone was $200. Labor was minimum of $99. New mower is $279. Warranty was 1 or 2 years, iirc.

 

[Torvy]

New thread?

Sorry Arly. Thought it was relevant since, while electrics have less maintenance (which I love), repairs are typically more expensive.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

It's weird how "zero-radius turn" turned into "zero-turn" and then into "zero-steer."

 

[WinterDeere]

It's weird how "zero-radius turn" turned into "zero-turn" and then into "zero-steer."

I think you’re right on the first part of that, ZTR -> ZT. But I always thought Zero Steer was that weird configuration of ZTR with a steering wheel.

I just hopped of my ZTR, two hours of mowing this evening, and roughly 100 hours per year. I don’t know why anyone would want a steering wheel on a ZTR, or how you’d even drive such a mess.

 

[MossRoad]

... I don’t know why anyone would want a steering wheel on a ZTR, or how you’d even drive such a mess.

One arm or shoulder problems comes to mind.

 

[ArlyA]

I think many people have no experience with skid steer controls and fear them.

 

[WinterDeere]

I think many people have no experience with skid steer controls and fear them.

I suppose. Whenever I see new controls for something, especially when I was a kid, all that runs thru my mind is, "I gotta try that!"

I was also the kid who had so many ER visits for broken bones, that the nurses used to joke about just keeping my file out on the counter, to be ready at all times.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

The first time I ran my zero-turn, I only ran over one shrub.

 

[WinterDeere]

The first time I ran my zero-turn, I only ran over one shrub.

Prior owner of my house left the 757 ZTrak in the barn for me. First time I fired it up, I figured there was a 50/50 chance I was going to run into a door jamb on the way out of the building.

Fast forward a year, and I could have done ballet on the thing. I can't imagine there's a more intuitive machine on earth with such a combination of nimble movement and speed. I zip along everything from cedar siding to stucco walls at learly full speed, with not more than an inch or two to spare, with confidence. I don't think I could do that with a zero-steer system.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I don't think I could do that with a zero-steer system.

But ZTraks are zero-turns.

 

[WinterDeere]

But ZTraks are zero-turns.

Yep. Zero turn, as in two levers. Not Zero Steer, as in steering wheel.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

I had no idea. Now things make slightly more sense to me.

 

[QRTRHRS]

The first time I ran my zero-turn, I only ran over one shrub.

Back in 1998, I bought a front mount Woods (rebranded Grasshopper). I proceeded to go over a slight slope which plunged me and the controls forward which sped up the mower which kept me in the seat which compelled me to always fasten the seatbelt.

 

[CH4Ohio]

Yep. Zero turn, as in two levers. Not Zero Steer, as in steering wheel.

You just turn the steering wheel, instead of pushing/pulling lap bars. The steering wheel is linked to the front wheels and also provides inputs to hydro-motors on each rear wheel identical to your lap bar machine. Actually has more positive control since the front wheels can't wander. Don't see why that seems so difficult . . .

(This is the Cub Cadet version I'm describing. Can't speak to the EGO version.)