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

Mark Greer markagreer at embarqmail.com
Mon Jun 8 21:24:58 PDT 2009


My wife has run our walk behind for years. It is an Exmark Metro 48" belt 
drive unit.
http://www.exmark.com/metro.htm
They really are pretty easy to run.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question


Thanks Mark.  In fact I am considering a zero turn.  However, a big
commercial walk-behind doesn't work because my wife wants to pitch in
and help with the mowing chores.  Any machine has to be something she
is comfortable running.  It doesn't have to be *extremely* speedy
although speed will be a prime consideration if we end up selling the
Cub Cadet 1812 that has been the subject of this long thread and
laying out cash for something new.

Best regards,
Steve O.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Mark Greer<markagreer at embarqmail.com> 
wrote:
> If you can walk a 48" or larger commercial walk behind mower will work 
> great
> on sloped ground. I've been mowing that way since the early 90's and would
> never consider another riding mower unless it was a zero turn. Riding
> tractor mowers are way too slow.
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question
>
>
> These inputs on mowing side-slopes are all very interesting and useful
> to me. Here's a question for the group: What if I could fashion a
> mowing pattern that ensured I was always running essentially straight
> up or straight down my slopes, and never running side-slope? Fact is,
> I am reasonably sure I can do this and it will be foremost on my mind
> the next time I mow (with the old, slow, but functional equipment).
> Wouldn't that bring the ZTR back on the table? (And there's always
> the advice to replace the tires with something more ag-oriented...)
>
> SO
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:40 PM, charliehill<charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> wrote:
>> I'm not that familar with front deck mowers and I agree that ZTR's
>> sometime
>> struggle on slopes but the town I live near has/had a mower that I guess
>> you
>> would call a front deck. I think it might have been a Deere. It had a
>> single rear wheel that was more or less a caster wheel. I don't know if 
>> it
>> had any steering control or not. I just remember laughing at the guy
>> trying
>> to use it on a highway shoulder slope. He was trying to mow around a bush
>> or pole or hydrant or something (I don't remember). The thing had a mind
>> of
>> it's own. He'd start up the hill and it would spin around and come back
>> down. Going sideways on the slope was out of the question.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Sewell" <sewell at ohio.edu>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 06, 2009 10:43 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] OT(?) Cub Cadet 1812 Hydro question
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --On Friday, June 05, 2009 7:24 AM -0400 Stephen Offiler
>>> <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> John, Larry:
>>>>
>>>> I don't think much of Briggs engines these days, and I'm VERY dismayed
>>>> to hear about Kohler! Plastic camshaft, you say?! I can't imagine
>>>> how that could work. Are the lobes metal?
>>>>
>>>> The Cub Cadet zero-turn I am considering is one of their commercial
>>>> models with a very heavy fabricated deck (that is, welded together
>>>> from flat pieces of heavy steel, not stamped) and powered by a 19HP
>>>> Kawasaki V-twin. I hear generally good things about the Kawasakis.
>>>> In fact that's what I have on that 17HP 42" walk-behind I mentioned
>>>> earlier.
>>>>
>>>> Steve O.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Steve: Having the pleasure of visiting your home I don't think a Z-turn
>>> would make you happy. As others have said they don't like much other 
>>> than
>>> flat ground. If I were you I would be looking at a front mower with a 5'
>>> deck. I have used both and would much rather have the front mower. We
>>> have
>>> a mid 90's JD F1145 at work with a 6' deck that we use around the runway
>>> /
>>> taxiway lights and nav-aids that has wheel brakes so it's 'almost' a
>>> z-turn. With your flower beds, rock fence, driveway and those rocks you
>>> planted in the yard I think you would be happy with a front mower. With
>>> either one there is a learning curve on mowing around several things 
>>> that
>>> are close together. As it pivots on the drive wheels under your seat,the
>>> rear swings around, you have to get the hang of it. I have a JD 445 lawn
>>> tractor at home with the V-twin Kawasaki. Good engine, lots of power. No
>>> problems with 600+ hrs.
>>>
>>> - steve
>>>
>>> Steve Sewell
>>> Albany, Ohio USA
>>> sewell at ohio.edu
>>> sewell at atis.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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