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. . . . unless you enjoy repairing your mower deck. Sincere question for anyone- How the hades does one tear up a mower deck? I used this one out back here that was bought new in 1994 from wally world ( not a top drawer by any stretch) to mow this one acre here, and it's never needed quills or spindles, and the deck isn't cracked or dented or welded. Now, I have seen a bunch that were barely suited for scrap, and they got that way from the user running over sh*t, not paying attention to what they were doing, etc. etc. What gets me is when they price it as a nearly new whatever it is
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depends on what you are mowing. my property is tough on my deck. bumps, roots, rocks, stumps, etc.
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I'd clean it up so I wouldn't have to run over that mess
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What are you doing to make a finish mower pop up in the air?If your hills are so steep and ground rough that a tractor isn't working a zero turn might not be the answer. The very nature of how it's mounted in the rear causes that. NO place is completely level. As you go over the terrain, if the front of the tractor dips down, the rear, where the mower is hooked up will raise up. If its doing it a lot there's something not right I mow some pretty steep hills even mow some stuff I probably shouldn't with a finish mower and I don't really have any problem with it skipping places.On the mower the lower hookup and the top are hinged.When the mowers down all that pulls it are the lower arms it would have be a heck of a hill crest before the back would come up.
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I remember a pallet of no name push mowers at a grocery store many years back for $99 a pop. The SKS of mowers.
Off topic but funny - I bought a Craftsman pusher around 18 years ago for 199.00. Got it home, assumed it had oil, started it up and made about 2.5 passes and it stalled. No oil. Oops. Put oil in it, turned it a few times via the blade, pulled the rope and it started. Still using it and it starts on the first pull and no, ive never changed the oil.
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Off topic but funny - I bought a Craftsman pusher around 18 years ago for 199.00. Got it home, assumed it had oil, started it up and made about 2.5 passes and it stalled. No oil. Oops. Put oil in it, turned it a few times via the blade, pulled the rope and it started. Still using it and it starts on the first pull and no, ive never changed the oil. [/quote] Got a self propelled Honda mower back in 97. Just changed the oil last year for the first time. Starts on the second pull every time.
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I already have 35 horsepower tractor, I have 5 acres to mow about half is lawn the other half more weeds with a gradual slope. I tried the finish mower I wasn't extremely crazy about it especially going up hills with it, always seemed to pop up in the air and leave high spots of grass, This part just popped up in my feeble mind late last night... You must have your mower connected to the top link... Don't. A finishing mower has wheels front and rear and is meant to travel off the top link.. I installed a hydraulic top link about two years ago and have it on the JD Quick Hitch.. When I hook up the Woods and lock the bushings into the 3-pt arms, I move the top of the Quick Hitch fully in towards the tractor and that keeps the top of it away from the mower's tower area where a top link normally goes.. That way the mower floats over all the grounds and none of it affects the tractor's front end weight... FWIW.
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Interesting and timely topic. Would like to hear more from Bristoe regarding the gearboxes on the various zero-turns. Right now I have my eye on a SCAG. They're build 15 miles from me and I know a couple of guys that work there. Hoping I might be able to buy one through them at an "employee discount". 
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Interesting and timely topic. Would like to hear more from Bristoe regarding the gearboxes on the various zero-turns. Right now I have my eye on a SCAG. They're build 15 miles from me and I know a couple of guys that work there. Hoping I might be able to buy one through them at an "employee discount". A company called Hydro Gear makes the transmissions for about 90% of all the zero turn mowers. Their page lists the different models. Click "Products" at the top of the page. They're have them broken down into residential and commercial models. The residential transmissions they list are the ZT-1800, ZT-2200, and the ZT-2800. But many mowers that people are using for residences have the more heavy duty transmission that Hydro Gear lists as commercial. https://www.hydro-gear.com/
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+1 I got too much hunting and fishing to do to mess with cutting grass.
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. . . . unless you enjoy repairing your mower deck. Sincere question for anyone- How the hades does one tear up a mower deck? I used this one out back here that was bought new in 1994 from wally world ( not a top drawer by any stretch) to mow this one acre here, and it's never needed quills or spindles, and the deck isn't cracked or dented or welded. Now, I have seen a bunch that were barely suited for scrap, and they got that way from the user running over sh*t, not paying attention to what they were doing, etc. etc. What gets me is when they price it as a nearly new whatever it is It's unbelievable what folks try to do with mower decks. I've been in the business for well over 25 years and I still see new ways to destroy stuff.. The majority of the time, it's using them for ground engagement equipment. Leveling dirt and landscaping projects, instead of cutting grass and smaller weeds..
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