Posted by JDseller on July 31, 2015 at 19:42:29 from (208.126.198.123):
I talked to my middle son today. The grand daughter mowed the yard over there yesterday. He said it took her a little longer but she will get faster as she figures out a pattern to mowing with this mower. She is used to just spinning around whenever she wanted too. The yard will like it too as there will not be the divots where the mower spun around and cut the yard.
To those that replied on my earlier post thanks but here is WHY I switched mowers. The side yard at the farm is a steep side hill. At the bottom is the pasture fence. That fence is 6 strands of BARBED wire on a wooden post every ten feet. That fence is not going to move much. It is built that way to keep the cattle/steers off the road if they get out of the feed yards.
My Grand Daughter is taking after her mother in that she is a very pretty girl that will mature into a beautiful woman. So think about how you guys where saying the worst that could happen with a zero turn is you lose traction and slide. Think about this young girl going through that barbed wire fence!!!! I WAS NOT WORRIED much about upsetting. There was a roll bar and seat belt that we all used. So now you would have her tied to a sliding mower going through the fence. NOT going to happen. She would have been scarred up terribly.
This bank is usually mowed up and down with you turning in the short flat right beside the fence. I watched her mow last week. She would fly down the bank an spin like a top and back up she would go at HIGH speed. The image of her going through that fence kept me awake the other night.
I had the "new" mower out on that bank this afternoon. You can stop anywhere/any angle on that bank. The combination of the machine, tires, and weight all are just much more stable. Also this machine WILL NOT GO over ten MPH mowing. The other mower would.
I can't make things 100% safe but this is just much safer than a zero turn in these conditions. One of those conditions also is a teenage driver with three more behind her as time goes by. If I could buy a tank with a mower deck I would. Those girls are not going to be hurt if I can help it.
So that is my thinking on this. Maybe wrong but I can sleep better this way.
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