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Mickhippy · #**211** 10-15-2012, 05:33 PM

Mowing rough ground at speed, mostly full speed... http://youtu.be/arxl5wyjqpc

Ridin' Green · #**212** 10-15-2012, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Mickhippy

Mowing rough ground at speed, mostly full speed... http://youtu.be/arxl5wyjqpc

I take it you has somewhere to get to. LMAO bro!

Mickhippy · #**213** 10-15-2012, 05:58 PM

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LMAO bro!

Impressed arent ya!

TLS · #**214** 10-15-2012, 05:59 PM

Need a "LIKE" button!

Ridin' Green · #**215** 10-15-2012, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Mickhippy

Impressed arent ya!

Nah, that's the way I mow every lawn.

Sure am goin through the customers this year. Think that might have something to do with it?

Mickhippy · #**216** 10-15-2012, 06:18 PM

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Nah, that's the way I mow every lawn.

Sure am goin through the customers this year. Think that might have something to do with it?

Dont know how we survive!

puppypaws · #**217** 10-15-2012, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by TLS

Green,

I don't know what to tell you....

I have a 2006 SuperZ 60" XR-7 deck 28hp EFI Kohler, with rigid forks and air tires. Suspension seat with the flex seat under it. Close to 2K hrs on it. Second best riding mower I've ever used (next to my '97 DC Flatlander with ATV tires (4psi IIRC).

Did 2 separate MULTI-day demo's of the new SuperZ (Like yours 60" VX4 and 31hp Kawi) almost a year apart. First was with rigid forks and second was with flex forks.

The ride was fine. I did have a little more back-slap, but I attributed that to me being used to my easy chair like flex seat. When the Flex forks were added, it REALLY made it ride nice.

Maybe it was the increased power, the far superior cut quality, or the super refined feel of this new hydro system that was dulling my senses with regard to the ride? In any event, it rode just fine for me.

Don't know what else to tell you.

This new 72" I just bought with the flex forks rides great...the problem he's having is coming from mowing rough properties during a drought period which in-return makes the ground more hard and much less forgiving. I've been on many shorter ZTR's running at much slower speeds that would beat your brains out, so for someone to say a Hustler Super Z is the roughest riding mower they've ever owned is a problem they must deal with, and not anything I've ever heard from anyone else.

I think you can look back at my post where I said there will be nothing wrong with the mower, and I guess the rep that came out verified my statement.

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There is honestly a very simple fix for this problem, when too rough, slow down. I would take bets there is absolutely nothing wrong with the mower.

Realslowww · #**218** 10-15-2012, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by puppypaws

This new 72" I just bought with the flex forks rides great...the problem he's having is coming from mowing rough properties during a drought period which in-return makes the ground more hard and much less forgiving. I've been on many shorter ZTR's running at much slower speeds that would beat your brains out, so for someone to say a Hustler Super Z is the roughest riding mower they've ever owned is a problem they must deal with, and not anything I've ever heard from anyone else.

I think you can look back at my post where I said there will be nothing wrong with the mower, and I guess the rep that came out verified my statement.

He claims his other machines are not like this?

puppypaws · #**219** 10-15-2012, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mickhippy

Mowing rough ground at speed, mostly full speed... http://youtu.be/arxl5wyjqpc

This looks like a man on a mission...a mission to get out of that dusty mess as fast as possible...I can't believe you can cut grass running that fast, how could the blades keep up???

TLS · #**220** 10-15-2012, 07:38 PM

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He claims his other machines are not like this?

Then it HAS to be the OTR tires.

EVERY ZTR out there withOUT a suspension. You are basically sitting above the rear drive tires. 24x12-12 Carlisles' for 95% of them.

A GOOD bit of your "suspension" on a ZTR comes from the rear tires "giving" due to low pressure inside them.

The rest comes from the FRONT tires in the same sense.

With Flex-Forks, the front is smoothed out tremendously, but you are still left with the rear being left to the give of the rear tires.

With some ZTR's, the front caster arms ever so slightly will flex and add to somewhat of a spring action, or twisting when one front caster climbs a hill that the other does not. This is why some ZTR's have a pivoting front caster assembly.