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 05-14-2007, 11:26 Post: 142079
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  What zero turn radius to buy

Ann, from my point of view Randy is right on the money.

Those machines are good value and perform very well, time has proven they're about as dependable as gravity too. I have many municipalities as clients, and a lot of them run those machines in their turf care departments and they have stood up well. Bear in mind, these machines are mostly operated by students over the summer break, if they last with them at the wheel, they will certainly last a long time in your hands.

Bear in mind also, you mentioned doing a bit of landscape, if you have a lot of trees or other obstacles to deal with, you may be a lot happier with a regular FMM (Front Mount Mower) instead of a ZTR. A FMM will also be more stable on hills for the most part. The advantage being that you can put the deck under the trees while keeping yourself back away from the branches.

The other difference is that most FMM's can be equipped with a snow-blower, leaf or debris blower and a host of other implements, while a ZTR is almost always a dedicated 'grass only' machine.

A FMM is also kinder on your turf than a ZTR is and can be operated quite easily with one hand, leaving the other free to move branches out of the way or hoist a cold (non-alcoholic) beverage while mowing.

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Grass clippings blowing back up at the operator on any mower are usually the result of two things;

First, the discharge chute extension is set wrong, damaged, or missing completely. They are often removed to allow the operator to mow closer on the discharge side of the deck.

Second, in an effort to make the deck perform better a higher lift blade has been installed than is required, causing an excess of air flowing out of the deck, this causes the clippings to blow upwards and swirl around like confetti.

Any properly setup mower deck should blow the clippings cleanly away from the deck in a reasonably neat & compact stream. Anything more or less is indictive of a problem.

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