My turf saver tires were a major fail on my hillside. i found these, and took a chance on them. it was a great decision! My Amazon affiliate link of the tires that I purchased... amzn.to/3PZ6IpX Other sizes offered... amzn.to/3xvZ7sx
Yea thats the one thing I don’t like about my zero, even when dry, it seems to lack traction on many turns. It has a big heavy 60” deck so it might also benefit from a little more rear weight… Thanks for the comparison.
If anyone is going to scrap their old tires, before doing that take a heated tire tread cutter, or just use an angle grinder and cut out some tread. The wider the spacing the more traction that can be had.
Sure... that is only a 1/2" difference in width. This may help you... On a three-number system on lawn tires, the numbers are written as "13×6.50-6" or "thirteen six-fifty by six". The first number before the "x" is the tire's diameter in inches when inflated but not under load, the middle number between the "x" and the "-" is the tire's width in inches, and the last number is the rim's diameter in inches. For example, a tire with a size of "13×6.50-6" has a height of 13 inches, a width of 6.5 inches, and a rim size of 6 inches.
I have a question, how do the tires perform when you are sidehilling on a ditch? Also I would ask if there is a front tire that would improve sidehilling performance on a zero turn. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I believe these would help in any sidehill situation. The front tires are a different story... My Exmark uses a 13x6.50-6" front tire. The most aggressive I find in that size is a turf saver type of tread. The issue with that is the square shoulder design. Zero turn mowers use a round corner design. When turning with a zero turn, the rounded shoulder does no harm, where a square shoulder design would destroy the lawn. I understand the problem with sliding on sidehilling, but I believe the square shoulder design would be an issue. Probably causing some pre-mature wearing of your front bushings/bearings too. I've looked at them too. 🙊Here's the one I considered: amzn.to/3V36a3P
Another thing to consider on side hill is that the front wheels, besides having slick round shoulder tires, are also on casters. So any slippage in the rear will also allow the front to fall off down hill as the casters rotate. Even a tire with traction on the fronts will still fall off due to castering wheels. I forget where I saw it, perhaps Bad Boy mowers, actually had a front steering lock option, engaged with a pedal or lever to lock out the casters rotation for supposedly easier/straighter side-hill mowing.
