Aeraotors good on hills?

[Wasuellc]

I have an old Lesco aerator, and it stalls on a slight incline. Can any one recommend a machine that works on hills?
Thanks
wayne

[65hoss]

Does yours have an oil alert on it? If so, that is whats doing it. Not getting oil when on a grade. I very slightly overfill my aerator I use on hills with a SAE 30 and this eliminated that problem.

[Big G]

I use a Ryan Lawnaire V & it too is slightly overfilled on the oil. I have no problems with it on hills.

The only problems I have is not killing my back every time I aereate a large property.:p

[KirbysLawn]

Like Hoss said look for a wire on the front of the motor that has a quick connect, just unplug it while working on hills.

[65hoss]

True Ray, I did forget to mention that. Mine did not have a quick connect so I put one in just in case I needed it. Although, since I overfilled the oil slightly I haven't really had any problems since.

[Wasuellc]

Thanks for all the help. Can anyone reccomend a good aerator for the hills?

[Bob Minney]

For a w/b look at the Ryan V . It has a wider aeration width plus a wider drum for stability. About $2600 with a honda.

[AndyL]

Speaking of which...

Why is it the Ryans 4/5, with the Honda engine, Cost exactly the retail price of the honda engine more... Does Briggs give ryan a big kickback for replacement parts usage or something? :confused:

I called around to a bunch of dealers a couple weeks back, and they all pretty much had the same price for the ryan 4 with the honda and without... And they almost had the same price for just the ryan engine...

Andy

[Brickman]

Be careful aerating on hills. A couple of weeks ago, I almost badly mangled my foot when I slipped going down a hill, and it went into the aerator tines.
I am a very lucky guy to still have my foot.