[AT] OT- Gift Horse Lawn Mower

Wed Sep 1 15:48:40 PDT 2021

I bought a Scag 5 years ago, and have never looked back, cut my mowing
time in half. I only cut about 5 acres. Farmer, why don't you have some
of that hayed? I have a cattle rancher that hays my field. I used to
bush hog it 4-5 times a year, I let him bale it free.

Mike M

On 9/1/2021 7:35 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
> I have been quite happy with my zero-turn. I bought it 3 or 4 years
> ago, I'd have to look. It's a Husqvarna MZ-61. 61 inch cut and a 27HP
> Briggs V-twin. It has a tall heavy fabricated deck, not a stamped one.
> One of my must haves was for large drive wheels and tires, not those
> fat little donuts they insist on putting on so many mowers these days.
> They would shake you to death in our use of it. We cut about 10 acres
> most weeks. I also cut under the electric fences on all of the horse
> lots several times a year. Son Scott mows the open areas with his
> MF-1155 and a 15' bat-wing mower a couple of times depending on rain
> and pasture loads. We also mow all of our road ditches with
> zero-turns, some of which are too steep to mow safely with a tractor
> type mower. Some areas are wooded and that is where the zero-turn
> shines. As much as I love the zero-turn I do have to admit that there
> are times I would rather sit and mow in a more relaxed manner holding
> the steering wheel in one hand and a cold drink in the other. :-)  
> When you are mowing with a zero-turn it's all business... It simply
> requires both hands full time to steer. You never relax... You tend to
> work as fast as you can drive and cut clean even in close quarters and
> on rough ground. After about 3 or 4 hours of that you are ready for a
> break.
> This MZ-61 has been pretty much trouble free especially considering
> the kind of heavy use it gets here. I replaced the electric mower
> clutch switch, the deck belt and it's on its third set of blades.
>  I try to change oil about once a month depending on use. Oil is
> cheap, even premium oil... The same with grease.
> BTW, I recently read an article where Briggs is now recommending full
> synthetic oil for their engines... I don't think I had read that before.
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> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 10:43 PM Jim Becker <mr.jebecker at gmail.com
> <mailto:mr.jebecker at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     Scrap iron is about 7 cents a pound.  References on the web come
>     up with weights between about 500 and 750 pounds.  500 * .07 is
>     $35.  So I’d say the value as you got it was $35 to $50.
>     Jim Becker
>     *From:* Mogrits
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, August 31, 2021 9:02 PM
>     *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
>     *Subject:* [AT] OT- Gift Horse Lawn Mower
>     I recently mentioned looking for a Zero Turn mower to a friend and
>     he said he had one to spare. He said his wife wouldn't use it
>     anymore so he "bought her a new one". That's an even funnier
>     statement if you knew them. He said for me to take it, work on it,
>     and pay him what I thought it was worth. Uggh.
>     It's a 2011 Toro SS5000 Timecutter 50" cut with a Kawasaki 22hp
>     engine.
>     Drained and freshened the gasoline.
>     Three of four tires were flat but will briefly hold air...a couple
>     days anyway, after I plugged a rear. The rears are worn out and
>     need replacement. The battery is weak but will hold a charge about
>     a week. The deck belt was broken so a replacement was fitted to
>     reveal a bad idler pulley (I should have known something broke the
>     belt). So that was fitted only to reveal a bad spindle. Bought and
>     replaced. So, mower deck problems solved.
>     First use revealed it to be a NASCAR mower, only turning left
>     strongly, and it wound up in our pond and had to be pulled out
>     with a tractor! I stayed dry and only the front wheels got wet. So
>     internet search revealed how to balance steering and I used all
>     the adjustment to no avail then inspected and found a badly worn
>     drive belt. I acquired and replaced that and lo and behold, I
>     think if I undo my steering adjustments and figure out how to
>     re-attach the foam pad piece to the steel bucket seat I may have a
>     mower I can use.
>     So I guess, after replacing a battery, two tires, deck belt, a
>     spindle, tensioner pulley, drive belt, probable soon drive
>     tensioner pulley and seat repairs my question is this...
>     What would you pay this good friend for this neglected mower?
>     Warren
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