[AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question

[David Bruce]

Larry,

That is the consensus of opinion around here as well.  I know several 
people who bought various ZTR mowers then sold them as they had real 
problems on slopes and we have PLENTY of slopes here.
I have a JD F725 (front deck commercial mower) that is getting very long 
in the tooth.  A ZTR isn't in my plans because of the slope issue.

I don't know if JD still manufactures a front deck mower but that would 
be more to my liking.

David
NW NC

Larry Goss wrote:
> Steve, IMHO you should make a judgment made on the terrain of your lawn rather then the cutting speed of the equipment.  There is no doubt that you can cut faster with a ZTR than with a tractor-style mower, but if your lawn isn't really level, you will loose traction on the uphill wheel all the time and not be able to hold the cutting line on a slope.
> 
> When I worked for a shop right after retirement at the university, we replaced the tires on a number of ZTR's so the owners had directional control on their lawns -- and all they were, were suburban lots with the building site raised a few feet above the street level.
> 
> We replaced the turf tires with high-flotation, low-lug ag tires.
> 
> Larry
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009 8:49
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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>> Hi John:
>>
>> What model is your Cub Cadet Zero-Turn?  Reason I ask is 
>> because I'm
>> thinking about one right now, specifically, a CC Enforcer 
>> 44.   One of
>> my reasons for starting this thread originally was because I was
>> needing to fix up my old CC garden tractor to decide if it cuts fast
>> enough to keep, or if I need to let it go and spend some bucks 
>> on the
>> ZTR.  Now I'm a bit wary of the hydro...
>>
>> Steve O.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 10:55 PM, John Wilkens 
>> <jwilkens at eoni.com> wrote:
>>> I got in on this string late but thought i'd throw in a little 
>> tidbit> on hydrostatic drives.  My cub cadet has dual hydro 
>> motors on each
>>> rear wheel for the zero-radius turning (really like it!), but 
>> I have
>>> experienced one problem.  I got to working it pretty hard last week
>>> and experienced an increasingly loud growl (not the blades). 
>>  It got
>>> worse and finally just wouldn't go.  The motors are sealed.  The
>>> problem was the hydraulic oil in the sealed units got so hat it
>>> started cavitating--fomed up).  I let it sit for a day to cool off
>>> and it was fine.  The mechanics had never experienced it 
>> before.  I
>>> like the concept of zero-turn but if I had it to do over I'd 
>> by a
>>> Toro zero mower.   JOhn W.
>>>
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