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

[charliehill]

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


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> --On Friday, June 05, 2009 7:24 AM -0400 Stephen Offiler
> <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
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> 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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