thank you good review , wish you would have mentioned and showed the zerc fittings on all the needed areas. Plus you mention the 500 hours on the deck , but no mention on the engine and drive warranty ?
It looks like a very well designed and thought out mower. And its awesome they let you demo it, but it's too bad they wouldn't let you use it for a whole season to help gauge reliability for a long term buyer :)
Used to own a Cub Cadet Tank mower. It was great. Which Fire Department will be getting it and how could someone purchase some tickets (on-line hopefully, I live over 5 hours away)? Thanks.
If you are going to shill for these things you need to be thorough. At one point you backed up, how do you control that? How do you steer?, you said the big levers are the brakes, do they also steer? Do you have to fiddle with the throttle to adjust speed or is there some secret you forgot to mention? So far my 44 inch Craftsman regular mower at $1,800 is the clear winner, it would be foolish to spend three times as much for this thing.
you might wanna go test drive a zero turn...it drives with those arms brotha....once you go zero turn you will laugh at the little lawn tractor...this thing is night and day different
As a Cb Cadet ZTX5 owner for the last 5 week, I can say that this is a great “Pro-sSumer” zero turn... with 15 hours on mine i can say its been great so far. Beefy and Strong. Perfect for those that have too much land for a chap residential mower but not enough need for a professional. I have the snow plow too. I have pulled a de-thatcher, Aeroator, and seed dropper. And a 400lb roller. ZERO complaints... and love the comfy features..... Cut quality is top notch. I have the 3 bagger system and is has more than enough Suck, that it doesn’t need a motor for the bagger! @CubCadet - send me some love, for dropping $6,800. ;-)
For that tall of grass, (and even taller), on my ZT1-50" with the stock blades and discharge, I would get a lot of grass clippings, (clumps, trails and unwanted discharge), trails just like you did. I just put on the mulch kit and did an area with pretty think 8-10" tall grass, and the kit ate up the clippings amazing well IMO. There were no trails, no "over-blow" where I don't want clippings, and just a few clumps that were easy to pick up by hand, (probably where I turned in a weird way). I did have a few stragglers, (will any mower cut 10" grass with no stragglers? I don't know.). I had to run over again, but no clipping trails. I am going to use the mulch set up all the time.
"Wow these shocks are cool" guess you have never seen a ferris. Need to check them out. Maybe see if they would want to do a comparison ride wise between the two mowers.
Please do. I have a full frame 3200z. Mowing at 10mph with a full suspension makes it way more agile than a bushhog for pasture imo. But have considered a Scag direct drive deck as this Ferris deck sucks.
Cool review would be a subsoiler tractor attachment with the pipe layer on it I've seen videos online but not from a regular person would be cool to see how they work on rockier ground if at all. Thanks.
Oh they will cut that’s why they asked for a honest review lol Iv seen my neighbor cut his huge field with tall grass with them cubs when his tractor was down and it slings grass
That will be a very nice raffle prize for your Shiloh Fire Dept. My FD has had some significant donations from various civic groups, and others, over the years. Years ago I was the guy walking behind the worn-out walk-behind mower so the grass around the station didn't get out of hand. A five foot zero turn would have made short work of that. The new (1991) station gets its grass cut by our public works dept. I miss the lawn detail sometimes - NO, not really.
So the big question is. How can your viewers enter for this raffle? They have the potential of selling over 50,000 raffle tickets just from your viewer's. Will they ship it? And generate a lot of money.
Hey Josh, great machine! The tracks in the background made me want to suggest a cool tool for you...over at @letsdig18 he used old rubber skidsteer/miniexcavator tracks to drag his pasture to spread out cow patties....pretty cool inexpensive drag...he has a recent video of it!
Hey Mr Stoney Ridge! LOve your enthusiasm Josh... Ive been watching your channel for a while now in anticipation of moving from England to rural France which we have now done! We are taking on just 40 acres but we have lots of plans. Question for you or any of your subscribers...we want to electric fence our new veggie plot against rabbits AND deer. We have watched your fence vids, just wanted to know if we can deter both animals by just adjusting the gap between wires from the ground up. Any advice super welcome. Woooooooo!!!! Simon
they make a rabbit specific fence you can install....and I have a video or 3 out on how to fence out deer that might help ya...your deer are different from our deer..but it's worth a try...I'll do another deer fence vid soon as we're getting ready to plant our gardens
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I will be glued to the channel for that. Keep on doing what you are doing...it's of great help to those of us following in your footsteps. Cheers
Love the video, we have the new from last year Cub with the 54” deck, what a step up cub has done in quality, I really feel these compete with the Big names in zero turns now
Josh, I have a 13 year old Gravely Z260 60” ZTR. It has a 28 hp Koehler motor. I got it new and mow 3.5 acres a week here in the Ozarks. This mower is as reliable as sunrise. The only service it’s needed is an annual tune up and blade sharpening and a couple of belts in all these years of service. I’m wondering how your Cub compares. When I bought this Gravely it was the best mower available. The Cub seems like a bargain at $6500 with all its features. I have some concerns because my brother in law had a cub cadet 54” for a few years and it was a maintenance hog. But that was 15 years ago. My Gravely was $7000 13 years ago. New ones are about $8000. I’d appreciate your views.
We bought the zt3 60 last year. It's kindof a residential mongrol with zt3100 hydros and the kawasaki fs730v engine. This year they downgraded the engine. We're very happy with the cut and the performance and the suspended castors and 24 inch high seat back. For a homeowner on 2 acres we found the price point irresistible at 4499 and 0 percent full term financing in their autumn deal. Cub cadet really stepped up their game with these ultima series mowers.
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I love homesteading and your channel. So I pay attention and try to absorb as much knowledge as I can because the knowledge and you are Super Duper! 🤣😎🤠
I just got mine last week, and also have that little critter! Lol The salesman said it’s used to hold the shoot up on the display room floor. Thanks for sharing. I didn’t know the floor deck just lifted up like that. Going to try it tonight! 😂
Man...I can't do it all buddy....I had to follow him to my house...I don't have a film crew following me around. Trust me...ya didn't miss anything..more dump truck coming saturday!!
Cub Cadet is a good product . I have owned a Cub Cadet tractor mower for 33 years .Maybe Cub Cadet would like to give me a good deal on a trade and use my tractor as a promotion item .Lol but you can't blame me for trying
I saw a landscaper demonstrate the new Toro that has a 72" Kohler 34 hp. motor. He blew through the high grass full throttle and it didn't even bog down the engine. But that unit cost almost 3 times as much.
Something I can honestly say coming from a lawn care business stand point is that those shocks on the caster wheels can cause varying cut heights when you hit bumps which can cause you to lose customers but for personal use it is completely up to the individual. One thing that is really nice is a seat with suspension preferably adjustable however this is all from my personal experience and others might disagree. There are many other things that I learned while doing this work that can make any zero turn produce an amazing cut but they can create more work initially and would be completely unnecessary in a farm setting
Why raffle it off at a local fire department, (How about the Police Dept, or at your local congressman's office?)? What is that, some "public/private partnership". (which is part of the theft of our free market). I would think it would be a better business move to raffle it off at a local Cub Cadet Dealer. Advertise it on the radio to get people in the place to buy a raffle ticket. What are they going to buy, a firetruck? We have to get dysfunctional progressive thinking out of our business. No offense to you sir.
It’s so relaxing and satisfying to see mowing done. Maybe put together some mowing Monday clips? Not just lawn mowing but hay mowing as well? Just have the drone follow you haha great content! MERICA!
How much grass does a fire dept have? Why not donate it to your local Elementary School or High School, where they have tons of grass to cut, just wondering :)
Terrific Tool Tuesday.....your nicely giving back for those past brushfire calls (WorxLandroid would probably be only thing making it easier than this machine)
Yep, this is my mower 👍🏻. Love it for my 10acres and yes it takes several hours to complete. Which is why I op to change my oil/filters on my own when mower needs. Attempting to get access to/unscrewing the oil filter sucks. Should be in this video if you are giving it an all-in honest review.
I’ve noticed for the last few years Cub has really started adding little details. I like it. Nice job on the review sir. 👍🏻 Also I cant tell how many mower side chutes I’ve drilled a hole in and bungee’d out of the way!
I was just thinking about that chute hold open thing. It's good they have something to hold it up, but at the same time I think it sucks that it's a separate piece. I can see that getting lost real easy.
@@af1966 You probably can, but it's more work than just lifting the chute when you do not want it. If you were to use the mower without the chute 100% of the time then taking it off would be the way to go. Besides the chute is there for a reason. If you work around buildings, vehicles and people then you will want to have the chute as it gives some protection from stones and other debris shooting out from the mower. My father got the passenger side window smashed by a rock from a mower so I know things like that happens.
standard zero turn mower.....why would you have "rabbit holes" in your yard is my question lol
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@@StoneyRidgeFarmer My yard is full of rabbits and if not careful could break a leg as a foot could easily go down a hole.. Here in the UK they tried to wipe out rabbits by Myxomatosis. That did not work only made them suffer. I have a lot of respect for rabbits they burrow into the ground using only their teeth and claws and I get tired using a spade. This winter was very wet and our yard was water logged and how they survive is beyond me.
Josh, as much as you love American made products, you need to check out Spartan mowers. You should reach out to them to demo a mower. Awesome people. Made in Batesville, Arkansas. I have one and love it.
Thanks for the tip! I think I'm about done with mowers for the year unless someone else reaches out to me...I'd love to set dad and mom up with a mower!
OK, what were the two "bottles" under the seat just back and outside of the polymer bushings for the seat? See them at about 6:17 in the video. No windshield so it wouldn't be for that and it is an air cooled engine so you got us. Thanks for another GREAT video.
I bought this mower, about 3 weeks ago, to replace an undersized tractor mower that I've been using for over 3 years. This mower has cut my mow time almost in half. As a first time ZT owner I appreciated this video. I learned at least 2 new things about my own mower. Overall, super happy with the purchase.
That's great to hear! I thought it was awesome too....Even though I donated it to the local Vol Fire Dept...I'll be buying a couple hundred bucks in raffle tickets to get it back if possible...it's truly a great machine
Holy Smokes, I don't need that mower but you sure made me want one. Lots of good stuff on that machine. Yeah Stoney Ridge, continue reviewing thoe tools.
Great looking machine for sure. This one seems to have fairly thick metal it is built from. Thanks for the video. Wished I had one but to rich for my blood. I wonder where it is made.
i love cub cadet, i would love to see you review the z-force sx or any of the cub cadet steering wheel zero turn mowers, id love to see what you think, and id love to test one out myself. i have a cub cadet mx 500 and love it. i am pretty much gonna always be a cub cadet guy
Already cutting the grass!? Here in central Wisconsin my grass was just about starting to think about growing and then we got another 6-8 inches of wet heavy icy snow. Probably won't see the ground again for a week or more.
Don't tread on me I was looking at another RU-vid channel and they said the duel wheel version with the steering wheel can handle a 25deg slope. But I really have not been in the market for a zturn.
Why would you need to clean out the deck after each mow? The deck is heavy duty...has an awesome warranty...I have never cleaned out from under a mowing deck under normal mowing conditions...one rule a landscaper told me...don't wet your machine! Don't mow in the wet! and don't pressure wash it unless you want premature failure of greasable parts
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer I never mow in the rain or when the grass is visibly wet but the underside is always caked with grass when I'm done. I have to scrape it out so the deck doesn't rust. Some of that is because I'm mulching, not shooting out the side. Craftsman garden tractor, the "washout port" is a total joke. May work if you only cut 1/4" off every time.
Hey Josh thanks for the awesome review! In regards to video ideas, have you considered doing a comparison of the ATV(s) versus a light duty truck like the hundred dollar truck? If you were advising someone who is planning on reclaiming an abandoned farm which would you recommend they bought first and why? They both seem very useful but it would be interesting to hear from your experience which vehicle has added the most functionality to the farm.
Shew buddy...I would be ripped apart in a video like that bhahhaha....every time I do a UTV review 20 guys tell me about their old ford ranger that cost $500 that's way better ....it would be a funny video for sure...UTV all the way for us....it's just maneuverable and handy to zip around the farm
