Hi guys, I recently bought a nice shiny ride on from a dealer, well known brand and was totally disgusted with its performance.It is a twin head cutter (38") 15 hp. It has far too much power, will not drive on any slight side slope, just looses traction and spins the upside wheel and when going up/down slopes has absolutely NO brakes.
It shredded the cutter belt in a couple of hours, genuine belt from dealer $96- recommended after market brand $56.
When the cutter deck is in raised position the belts line up but in lowered or cutting pos. the line is about 1-1.5" drop down
to cutter and idlers.
The only redeeming features are the spline type drive on the cutter bars and 3 bolt holes for the blade mounts. The old blades were a bit dinged up so I cut about 1/2" off the ends and remounted with new bolts in the next outer holes.
The engine is a beauty, I think its by B&S O.H.V. The colour is orange and grey and a popular Swedish name
I also have a Rover Colt 5 (Straight from the tip but big enough for my town block, two Greenfields a Duetcher R360 what a mongrel and a "Lawn-Bug" but king of them all is a "Cox Yardman" the only one with a real footbrake. I am in two minds to stretch the frame on this one and fit a 36" deck and dozer blade on front. This will be more of a stick rake as my property hase millions of those rotten "tureala" (?) treas wich shed limbs all the time. I will post pics when I get back home over the weekend.
regards ray.
