Grasshopper 729 Gas 

heard already the sound from your grasshopper 729t great sound great power to mow the grass

I enjoyed your video and you being a realist...Ive been very interested in the Grasshopper mowers. After seeing you on that little bitty hill...I will stick to my Scags.

Integrity, that is why you took your mower to power wash it. I love how much you and I think alike. I also am having knee issues from riding a hard wheeled sulky for a few years... Glad I stopped when I did.

I have had a grasshopper mid mount diesel since 2009 and I am very pleased with it. 1100 hours and counting. Only battery life is short. Take a hot battery for cranking them

Hill is a little scary but you will get more confident with time.nice machine.

Love the sound of that 3 cylinder.

Good morning Sir, I would not feel comfortable mowing that bank!!! Your a better man than me LOL have a blessed day

If you have any problems with traction, I learned a trick to help out with that when I was selling Grasshopper mowers. Take your fenders off. There are horizontal springs on both sides. If you loosen the jam nut & run the spring all the way to the rear, you'll get MUCH BETTER traction. Also, Idk of another mower manufacturer that does it but you can start a Grasshopper without the brake on & you do not have to be seated. It saves time if you mowers next to a road & have to get off of the mower repeatedly.

I've always wondered if it had double wheels like the ventrac how it would do. I prefer the front mount deck grasshopper because if the hills to steep I can always push the deck up the hill and cut it . The mid mounts you can't. I also prefer a 52 or 61 deck wouldn't have a 72 . Those are made for flat ground.

If you add ballast to the drive tires so they will stick and have weight you’ll see it hold a lot better I would either put beet juice or the liquid they use for RV water that way in the winter time it won’t freeze but the beet juice works well. Plus it’ll give you a lot better rideand you can run a little bit higher pressure on the tires with the beat juice in them and it will plant them tires. They won’t slide on you, Grace Grace, and peace.

Nice to see the Legacy Ope keychain. That’s where I buy my equipment also.

Thanks Dave. I’m 75 and know what you mean about the knees. I hear more cracks when I get up and down than Rice Krispies.

Hope your knee gets better, congradulation man, cant wait to get our grasshopper way way down the road lol, enjoy the mow

Appreciate your footage, nice job! Would you say it’s not really a ‘finishing’ mower? Looks like the perfect mower for larger fields (other than the colors :) ) . But not sure it would work for a fine cut. Am I wrong?

Id like to see that grasshopper with tweel tires on it, like you had on the Feriss. I think it would hold better imo

Hi David, I wonder if the dealer has an option for locks on the rear tires? I’ve heard of rear swivel lockers so the slope could be a little bit more stable / straighter. Ideally you could engage / disengage as needed from the seat.I would ask your grasshopper dealer. Thank you for the video. I would love to trade in my Ferris 3zx 52” stander for a grasshopper out front. Would want a 48 or 52, not sure if that is possible..

Do you know if it can handle going straight up and down a 25 degree hill?

12:25. It’s because there’s a lot of weight behind the drive tires that’s pulling the back half of the unit downhill.. that’s why it’s going sideways, it also why it’s important to keep the recommended tire pressure especially on the drive tires.

I suspect that the "uncomfortable" feelings you were having on the steeper part will become non-existent as your experience and confidence increases. Enjoy.

if you go over and that top folds on you...

Glad you went with the gas engine. The diesel engine is having a ton of problems.

how cut quality vs ferris and speed of mowing on both? both 61.

Sideways is normal. Think gravity and weight transfer. Basic science.

How does it stripe?

I would find a different way to mow that slope. Looks too dangerous. Also, why didn't you get a diesel?

Man, hate that about your knee. This is what I keep telling people about standing mowers, they're rough on tour knees. You don't realize any of until it's too late...

Hey bud that is a grasshopper diesel not gas

If you hace issues judging the turn radius on the mower to miss an object, if the front-end misses it, so will the back end. The operator sits in the middle of a zero turn.

Also, they have ⅛" metal deck height adjustment that helps & don't wear out like the plastic ones do. You can get a high mow kit that'll allow you to mow to 5½"