Let’s talk Zero Turn mowers

justjeepin86 said:
My take is that a stand on isn't much better than a ride on. A walk behind, now that's the shit for hills.
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Their weight distribution is better as all components are centrally located, and they have the added benefit of being able to un-ass the machine if things go wrong. Walk behinds aren't bad, provided you get one hydraulically driven. Belt drives are temperamental.
 
obullfish said:
Tried multiple zero turns on my property with multiple professional operators. Decided to go with a 4x4 Kubota to prevent killing my self when they loose traction and take off through the barbed wire fence.
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Come on now, sliding through the fence and rolling it over in the creek is the fun part.
 
BigClay said:
Leave your $ex toys out of this discussion :flipoff2:
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Haha you nasty

Why doesn’t the littlest Whiteheart in the family cut that part? Physics bro :flipoff2:

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The smaller the m the less slidey slidey there is :D last I checked you have the word Big in your username

Also it’s 2023, gender equality is in, get those lassies out there mowin lawns doin the man’s job :laughing:
 
So, now that you're you're back to either push mowing, weed eating those hills, *or* letting them go wild :flipoff2:

One tip for doing either of the first 2 options:

30 (OK, 40) years ago... "One time back in Okinawa", I watch small Japanese women weed eating the banks around Camp Hansen... like 70*-85* and couldn't fathom how they kept from slipping/ass busting.
On careful inspection, they were ALL wearing baseball spikes.
Fast forward to my own situation brush cutting some stupid hills... $10 pair of used Nike hightop spikes and we're better than mountain goats! (disclaimer: spikes don't work on rocks 🤣 )
 
Any zero turn is not going to handle the hills, once they start sliding you're basically just along for the ride. A stander is better for hilly property but still you'll have issue and standers are made for people that are 5'8" for the most party. They kill my back. What will work would be a hydrostatic walk behind with a TWO WHEEL velke that you stand on. You can ride it most places but when the hills and creek banks come into play you can step off the velke and run it as a walk behind and do more than you can imagine on hills. On the creek banks you'll have to keep your distance and break out the string trimmer, at least until you get real familiar with it.
Heres the walk behind I'm referring to. Turf Tracer S-Series 36, 48, and 52-inch Walk-Behind Mower
And Velke [VKX2]
 
R Q said:
Any zero turn is not going to handle the hills, once they start sliding you're basically just along for the ride. A stander is better for hilly property but still you'll have issue and standers are made for people that are 5'8" for the most party. They kill my back. What will work would be a hydrostatic walk behind with a TWO WHEEL velke that you stand on. You can ride it most places but when the hills and creek banks come into play you can step off the velke and run it as a walk behind and do more than you can imagine on hills. On the creek banks you'll have to keep your distance and break out the string trimmer, at least until you get real familiar with it.
Heres the walk behind I'm referring to. Turf Tracer S-Series 36, 48, and 52-inch Walk-Behind Mower
And Velke [VKX2]
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And even when you remove the Velke to walk THE BIG HILL be sure the grass is dry AF or

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She do hold a hill good in the dry though (60" Snapper Pro)

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Ok, who changed it to mowers? I was still talking about mowets.
 
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Alright, life got in the way and now I am back on the hunt.

We got on a little off topic tangent about side hilling (maybe this is a fuller thread :laughing: ) so what brands do you guys recommend?
 
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