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

[Stephen Offiler]

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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