[AT] de-greasing disc brakes

[charlie hill]

Yeah I agree with what he told you David but so far I have to
remind myself to do it.  The guy I bought it from just retired
from a lawn service business.  A few months before he decided
to retire he took it to the dealer and had it gone through completely
including a complete rebuild of the engine and then decided to buy a
new one.  He sold me this one dirt cheap and it works great but I think
the hydrostatic drive has a bit of a memory of how he ran it.  It likes to
turn in one direction (more responsively) than in the other and it seems to
have a "sweet spot" in the forward travel that is pretty fast.  Long and 
short
of it is it's hard for me to remember to make it travel slower with the 
engine
speed turned up.  When I turn the engine speed up and allow it to go to the
sweet spot it's to fast and too quick for some of the places I mow.

I'm not complaining, I'm tickled to death with it.  There is just a bit of a 
learning curve.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: David Bruce
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 12:14 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] de-greasing disc brakes

Charlie,

When I bought my Simplicity ZTR the store owner delivered it himself.
"Do me a favor and run at full throttle" was his last comment as he
drove away. As it replaced a front deck John Deere hydro I was already
familiar with the concept. It did take me about a year of use to feel
comfortable with the ZTR. Now I would not go back. Now with the New
Holland subcompact with hydro I'm pretty much sold across the board for
my uses.

David
NW NC


On 9/27/2015 10:53 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Dean,  I have to admit to running the engine a tad slow on my new (to me)
> ZTR mower.
> I know it is better to keep the mower blades at high speed and slow the
> travel speed
> but the thing is so quick that if I run the engine at full speed or even
> near full speed
> the mower tends to get ahead of me!
>
> I guess I'm just too heavy handed on the steering levers or maybe it
> has a habit based on how the previous owner ran it.
>
> Charlie


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