I got the same mower. I love it. But me an the wife both go out cutting. At the same time. To cut our 2 fields. An the problem was the small gas tank on the pull behind. I put a 5 gal tank on mine. We can get about 5hrs out of 5 gal. Were mowing 15 acres at a pop .
Thanks so much for producing a very informative video that I am sure has been very helpful to many in your audience. Based on SO MANY issues taking place right now in America around the world - the good old USA NEEDS to start making more and more products domestically. Good on you for buying a Made in America product that will likely work great for you many - many years.
I had thought about one of those several years ago. I ended up buying a mid sized tractor with an eight foot finish mower. Glad I did. I use the tractor with bucket a lot more than I thought I would. I’m in Fulton Co. Pa. So it plows my drive, builds gun range and does so much more.
It’s awesome! Rachel and I were kicking around the idea of getting a tractor and a mower but then I got the Fortrax and couldn’t justify spending $20k-$30k when this was only $4,000 haha thanks for watching!
@@GunpowderandFreedomwould love an update. Still good after a year? I’m thinking of buying from Amazon and there are terrible reviews. Yours is excellent. I’m also a Ido rider they have flail mowers in Europe but not tow-behinds here in USA
Nice unit Steve. I’m sure once you get on top of the cutting that will make maintaining the grass a piece of cake. I’m sure if you plan on putting in any food plots for the deer that mower will be as handy as a pocket on a shirt too. Looking forward to your up coming house build. Stay well
Looks good. Like you said, it's a finishing mower not a Brush Hog. If the grass wasn't as tall, it would have gone quicker. Great videos. looking forward to the house build.
Great video buddy! It looks like a beast of a machine that is really putting out some great results! Just awesome! I have a question for you. I've recently bought a used 60" Swisher pull-behind mower and it's just missing a gas tank. Would you have a link to the same gas tank that you have, on yours? I've looked around a bit and I think I've been looking in the wrong places because I saw replacement tanks for near $200. I think that's just a joke. Anyway, I hope you can point me in the right direction. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing… Hey, one thing I noticed and find odd is that the pull bar shaft opening on the side of the mower (where it was attached originally) has a round shaft opening, but the shaft opening for mounting the pull bar in the middle is a square opening. Inserting a round shaft in a square hole isn’t logical to me. Over time, I think it will wallow out the connection point. If that’s how Swisher designed it, I’d give that my #1 negative concern. Just my opinion. Love your property… it will make a beautiful home site for your family 👍
The round insert of the pull bar fits perfectly in the square mount... while sometimes welds break on these mowers, or belts, that particular design is of no concern. People have run these mowers for 10+ yrs and i've never once seen any concern over that part of the machine. If you want your pto belt to last, engage the pto g-e-n-t-l-y. Belts act like a clutch. No belt breakage that way. Warm your motor up beforehand 👍
This 66" is pretty crazy expensive considering the 60" is far less. I can imagine pulling two of those with a decent small ride on mower so you have like 150" effective cutting width for less than a 72" mower.
Do you still recommend? I had a swisher zero turn mower and I worked on that deck replacing belts every season. I finally went and got a different one.
Any backthoughts since you bought it? It just looks so - basically made.... so many bolts and thin rods.. I have VERY uneven terrain and two zero turns I had started falling apart in no time. I mow with tow behind flail but that is MICh and starts breaking down after 3 yrs and doesn't really mow well.. 5.5 acre to mow.. Thank you
Oh ya! I still would but this again in a heart beat. A couple nuts came loose after the first 2 mows but I didn’t check them before I started mowing. After I tightened them, I used it 5 or 6 more times and everything was still nice and tight! Definitely recommend it 👍🏻 thanks for watching!
@@GunpowderandFreedom Appreciate response. I'd double nut every connection on it or put locking washers on plus loktite. Those nylon washers don't really good too well. Happy holidays
@@genuinecountryman I will say that even tho it does handle that size sapling, it definitely isn’t a brush hog hahaha it is really nice tho and has handled everything I’ve thrown at it so far 👍🏻
@@GunpowderandFreedom I wish I would of bought the Swisher instead of the DR Power Pro 60 - it is an epic nightmare, blades come off, spindles seized. It would bog down with doing what you did in this video! I bet my horror story about the DR is not the only one you heard of! So would you recommend the swisher?
Good morning Steve Thanks for sharing Good content I have a non related question. How can I contact you for info away from your RU-vid channel Thanks again Have a Day
No quality zero turn mowers have grease fittings in front spindles. They are tapered bearings and sealed top and bottom and full of grease. If you put a grease zerk on it you will blow bottom and/or top seal out.. Then you will realize that you should not have put a grease zerk on it.
A zerk will not hurt it, tho you could just use a small bolt and pump grease thru the hole for it. While it won't help the Upper bearing in that spot, it has been found that grease Above a sealed bearing does keep the sealed bearing lubricated... As the oil separates from the grease over time, it runs down and into the sealed bearing. Generally blade pulleys is where that matters as they run fast and get hot ~
