My new Baby

[brian mon]

New baby delivered 6/16/06

weight 569lbs
length 77,7"


born w/teeth & long legs and ready to run!!!

[brian mon]

She is so sweet!!!

The ECS is really nice but the 15hp twin kawi just purrs...

The jungle wheels are nice to! :)

[Expert Lawns]

your baby is phat

[coastallandscapesolutions]

What's with the training wheels..... :D Looks awesome.

[drsogr]

They are so cute at first. As time progresses they will cause you more and more problems though!

[N.H.BOY]

Very nice looking baby. What race is that?

[fishinman22487]

Very Nice!!!!!! I have the Viking which is very similar to the turf tracer except its not a floating deck.......

[grassmanvt]

whats her name?

[grassman2001]

Just wondering what you paid. I bought same mower in April with a proslide and weight kit for just under $5000.

[Lux Lawn]

Man,they always look nice when they are new.Good Luck with it.

[ALarsh]

Looks good. I am also wondering what you paid.

[brian mon]

$4480.00 Mower
$239. Jungle Wheels

Plus
Mulch kit
Bagger
2 sets Notched airfoil blades
1 set mulch blades
1 set extreme blades (wrong size)
2 sets of belts ea.
deck
hydro
the other one...
not sure off hand how much for all the extras

Dealer is 27 miles away

[vipermanz]

Brian, does it have the splined blades on it?

[brian mon]

Yes it does have the splined insert for the blades...

[new-man]

its already 2006 where you live??? i want that time advance


lol-just joking with you

everybody screws up every once in a while

[Tharrell]

That's a beautiful mower! I was wondering though, wouldn't you rather have a sulky you could back up with? Evertime I pull my Bob-Cat backwards with the JW's, they fold up and twist around.

[wriken]

Nice mower, will serve you good.

[brian mon]

That's a beautiful mower! I was wondering though, wouldn't you rather have a sulky you could back up with? Evertime I pull my Bob-Cat backwards with the JW's, they fold up and twist around.


Yea, something I didn't realize...

So if need be, I hook the wheeles up and walk until I can drop them again. But I sure am getting good at backing up...

[gotgreen?]

Very nice mower but, How can this be a floating deck if it does not have anti-scalping wheels? and, What is the price difference to a Viking 36"?

[brian mon]

The 36" has only 1 scalp wheel, back left side...


I was wondering how it could work but after a week + of mowing, very little to no scalping at all and the cut is just sweet!!

[jtkplc]

don't mean to dig on eXmark, but compared to my Gravely 36" walkbehind, that thing looks anemic, as far as the frame goes. the gravely looks to be much better built, but that's why i went with gravely. also, the height adjustment looks anything but easy. seems like a dippy design, if you ask me...

[brian mon]

These are from the Gravely Website

988105 HR1536FX 15 HP Kawasaki Twin Fixed 36" Deck $3999 988120 HR1536FXP 15 HP Kawasaki Twin Fixed 36" Deck $4299

Tool-Free Height Adjustment
Adjust deck height quickly and without tools. Spring-loaded J-pins quickly change height of cut. Just pull out the pin, set, and slip the pin back in. Posts on float decks provide easy visual height-of-cut checks at the 2" and 3" mark.





I’m not going to get into a comparison slam on mowers….

But a couple things….Exmark 36” - floating deck, it seems Gravely doesn’t offer…

Exmark ECS…..Gravely pistol grip

And height adjustment?? Seems to be pretty much the same to me…

[jtkplc]

Exmark ECS…..Gravely pistol grip


Gravely has prosteer.

[exmark72]

why are the wheels in the front offset?

[brian mon]

Gravely has prosteer.


:blush:

Sorry I realized that after posting

Offset deck...?...I think because of blade overlap, but left wheel is much farther ahead than the right.

I don't really know why , maybe the Exmark god's could explain.

All I know is it works!!!

:D :D

[ken0564]

now your not really gonna use that thing and get it all dirty are you. :dizzy:

[ulclawncare]

nicely done