I expect this mower will last several seasons with decent care. ru-vid.comUgkx1VWTrayKBdCKAjzAcZ_Eg4dhHTae3LkN also recommend Also, I ran across the problem with it not starting the 2nd time I used it. There is a safety switch which is pushed in by the chute or mulching piece being attached to the deck. I took the cover off and it wouldn't start. Put it back on, no problem. It takes only a minute with 2 easily accessible wingnuts and no tools. This mower starts up first crank each time and it is a joy to use. It also mows in reverse by putting the key to the reverse area after starting and pushing in the triangular button. It will stay in reverse mode until you turn it off. All in all, for my homeowner needs, I really like this mower-and at 70 bucks a cut here in Miami, it's already more than 1/3 paid for itself in a month.
My father got a zero turn so that I can keep his large mowed. I live the mower and have gotten very good at driving it however I'm still pretty nervouse on his steep ditches. I'm getting there
Phil wondering if you have seen Cub Cadet's line of steering wheel zero turn mowers? The front wheels on these machines are not free caster style like your machine here. Instead they steer and provide traction on hills. These come in residential and commercial models. The residential models are rated for up to 25 degrees while the dual wheel Z900 is rated up to 45 degrees. You can find videos of these running across the length of a hillside rather than the up and down method you need to use on your traditional style front caster machine.
If you have step slope I recommend a Wright stand on or a wide profile 60" zero. They are not cheap and if you don't properly store them the fuel will degrade and ruin your machine.
zepplin810 if you notice that is a comercial mower not a home owner edition. ICD deck Kawasaki engine same as offered on Many commercial mowers just the engineers at Ferris did not make proper calculations resulting in a poor performing mower. The only other mower I have used on this particular lawn that is far superior in my opinion is the Wright stander and it was actually a 36-inch Wright stander.
I no longer mow that one after the owners dog bit me. Also I have a few disabled customers they have narrow gates i have to go through. A wright stand on 36 will even mow this one better. Lost a great video of it.
I almost died on Sunday when my brand new zero turn, lost traction, spun around and hurled me off of a 20 ft cliff, straight down into our creek at the bottom of the hill. I should be here at the moment. The only thing that saved my life, was a tree, which blew down on our house in a hurricane 1-1/2 years ago and the remaining 20-25 ft of stump that was all the way down in the creek area, by the water’s edge. This happened so fast, and I’ve been driving every single motorized vehicle imaginable over the last 35-40 years, forklifts, backhoes, loaders, tractors. Everything. I consider myself above average skill when controlling power or motorized vehicles, and this thing came over on me so damn fast
Grasspro have ran them at every possible air pressure over the year. I am not happy with the the 600 on this site. I am mowing this with a walk behind only showing this for demonstrating it can be done if we take the time. It is faster with the walk behind therefore I walk it to make more money in less time.
I know it shows in video but it's hard to see if it's a 600 or 700 the writing is to small to see. As long as it has 3100-5400 Hydro Gear for a transmission I don't recommend going up and down on steep hills because it's just more unnecessary strain on trannys.
You remember the crew before had destroyed to hill side spinning, slidding scalping ect. Now if you wanna see my own fail Che k out the one where I slid of the slope into the catfish lake.
Great informative video, thinking of getting a zero turn but a part of our yard has a 19 degree slope. In your experience do you think a zero turn can safely handle this type of slope?
Wider would be better. Stand on is better than a sit on for two main reasons in my opinion. 1 you can bail out of a stand on easy. 2 the one that has the deck and motor lowered as one unit has a lower center of gravity. But always be careful nothing worse than losing family.
If you don't want to scalp the "ridge" you need a contour deck and not the free floating junk most mower companies produce. Plus your in more danger of rolling or tipping your mower going up and down the hill. Diagonal is the most solid way but for your hill you can mower horizontal. The hill isn't that bad. I've mowed extreme hills for many years. Mowed for the state of Ohio roadsides, ditches and parks. But your method of turning on the hill is best just got to watch the dew if the mower starts to drift going down the hill, speed up just a bit for a sec. It will straighten right up and get you back under control
Oh yes on the speed up to recover. But those tires on ferris are actually worse at the new stage than the almost slicknones on the big Skaggs I sold for $500 bucks.
That sounds great. I got that lawn due to the last guy spinning it up. How ever the home owner wanted to many additions to the job. So I hope the new crew is safe. Thank you for viewing.
I groved the tire just because if i take it off, I will never put them back on. I am always stuck in my own yard. For hills, I always mow backward. I already hit a fence once so I always go up and back down but I have a standon.
The stand on is the only mower I liked on this lawn. Sadly it was a one time loaner. I have thought about goovingvthem this winter. Sorry I missed this comment.
I just bought a new Ferris yesterday. Had "chevron" type tires installed before picking it up. Will not have a zero turn with "turf" tires. Put your damn seat belt on you FOOL.
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You first need a actual real mower. My Scag TT II holds hills great. That Ferris is not a good mower for hills in the first place. Imagine if you had a mower that would stick on banks and hills without any of the worries of what you are dealing with now!
I have had two a 54 and a 62 practically gave them away due to cost of parts for them and the only thing I could count one was for the new parts to fail and cost more. I do not love the ferris as much as I did the wright I used as a loaner Mower. However for leaf clean up the ferris is great with its bagger and gator blades.
