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AllisFreak MN 
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 Topic: New zero turn
Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 7:21pm |
Bought a new John Deere (i know) Z 920M mower. I hope i like it, I always mowed with a tractor type until now. It's commercial grade and this thing is massive. 60" 7 gauge mower deck, full suspension seat, 25 HP Kawasaki, it weighs almost 1300 lbs when loaded with 11 gallons of gas. Maybe overkill I don't know, I'll find out in a week or so when the lawn needs mowing. If it sucks you might see it in the classifieds. 
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'49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2
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allisbred
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Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 9:14pm |
 my new zero turn a few years ago and most likely will out live me😉
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shameless dude
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Posted: 27 Apr 2020 at 10:31pm |
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had a Grasshopper years ago, finally sold it. the engine was under the seat and the seat was black and my a$$ cooked every time i mowed with it. bought a new Dixon 54 inch with a cowasucky motor, still has a black seat but it don't cook me sitting on it. no probs with it in 3 years so far. prolly jinx myself now. it has greasable spindles on it. mows great on sidehills and is comfy.
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Ray54
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Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 10:02am |
 shameless dude wrote:
had a Grasshopper years ago, finally sold it. the engine was under the seat and the seat was black and my a$$ cooked every time i mowed with it. bought a new Dixon 54 inch with a cowasucky motor, still has a black seat but it don't cook me sitting on it. no probs with it in 3 years so far. prolly jinx myself now. it has greasable spindles on it. mows great on sidehills and is comfy. |
 Use some of that pink paint on the seat. I ant never built or bought a black seat,I learned that lesson 60 years ago.
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chaskaduo
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Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 11:29am |
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Ray, I'm even Leary of black seats up here in Minnysnowta.
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1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp
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AllisFreak MN
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Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 4:28pm |
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Shameless I half expected you to say "get the rope" cuz it's a Deere....
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'49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 5:12pm |
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Have had a 60" Swisher now for 6 years 27 HP Briggs - replaced spindle bearings is the biggest problem - seems they are a light bearing is the biggest thing I see wrong with them . Bought it as a return with 5 hours on it , they had a deal with $300 off If you took out their credit card . so with 2 discounts was a good price .
just picked up another one used that has bad deck bearings so will fix that and resell .
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DiyDave
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Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 5:58pm |
Wanna play follow the leader, with mine?
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DMiller
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Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 6:02pm |
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Need one of those in a 16' width!!!
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Dusty MI
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Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 7:24pm |
I just cut a bunch of stuff like that this afternoon with my 61" Simplicity zero turn.
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SteveM C/IL
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Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 9:25pm |
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May seem wrong to start with but by mid summer you will fight anyone who tries to take it from you....then you'll wonder why it took so long to get one. I have an older (05) Simplicity 61in W/25hp Kohler
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shameless dude
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Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 9:39pm |
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Allis Freak...ever hear of "naypalm"? it's a tad bit better than tannerite! someday you'll learn! my neighbors did!
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Dave H
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Posted: 29 Apr 2020 at 5:56am |
Just checked the hours on the Toro Z (named El Toro) It is 20 years old and had 1500 and a few hours on it before last use.
Tractors have a place in life, but not on my lawn grass.
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Wayne180d
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Posted: 30 Apr 2020 at 12:00am |
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I have a 54" Raptor commercial grade mower wished I had bought one instead of my Cub when I moved home. I will never be without a Zturn again. Use the cub for moving small stuff when I don't feel like getting on the tractor.
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