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Mowing a 3-1 slope with a ctl.

JBrady

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All the front deck mowers are 2wd, the ones in the rear are just like the ones on the front on a zero turn. It was a pretty capable machine when I got it with turf tires, but I kept getting flats. I put baby skid steer tires on the drive wheels and that made a huge difference and no more flats. I don’t know the angle, but It will do off camber enough that I have to take a hand off the steering wheel and hold onto the seat to stay on. That was about enough for me, but I am sure it would have done more. What’s really great about it though is I can mow up under a tree with a low canopy and not get myself into the canopy, just like backing a brush hog under something but better than a brush hog because you don’t have to be turned around all the time to see what you are doing.
 

JBrady

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Cool, I bet that’s a beast. The only complaint I have had on my John Deere is there is not much ground clearance. I have high centered it a few times and had to get another tractor to lift it up. I am sure 4wd would have got me out. I think John Deere quit making them at some point or if they still make them they are reel mowers for golf courses and the like.
 

DIYDAVE

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I just looked up some info on that TRX. Cool looking machine! I saw an add that said the TRX7661 can cut up to 2" thick material. The prices are lower than I expected too.

That 2" claim is for the bush hog type deck, I have the finish deck, 5'. I get uncomfortable side-hilling more than 38º. The hill I mow on the farm is eyebrow shaped, and the best way to do it is sidehill. The way I measure the angle was to buy one of these little doo-hickies from Harbor freight, stick it on the foot rest, or other normally horizontal piece of sheet metal, to measure the angle:

https://www.harborfreight.com/dial-gauge-angle-finder-34214.html

I don't use anything with a deck over 5', anything over that seems to scalp too much!;)
 
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