This spring my wife and I have finally had enough! Between the moles and creeping charlie, our yard is terrible. She is going to handle charlie and I'm pitting myself against the moles and their damage.. I'm looking at getting either a 36 or 48 inch roller (leaning towards the 48) and pulling with ZT. It's got plenty of power and a pair of ZT2800 pumps - they should be able to handle the work, right? All flat ground by the way.
Any issues pulling a 400-500lb roller with my zero turn?
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I literally towed a car a short distance with a 12.5 hp standard riding mower, once. If that helps.
I rented a 48” roller ( plastic ) for a half day from Home Depot after seeding my lawn a few years back. I filled it half full with water and my old JD LX188 lawn tractor with a 17 HP Kawasaki motor, Tuff Torq K61 hydrostatic transaxle pulled it with ease.
Propflux01
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I tow one on my 36” snapper Zero Turn without issue at all.
I dont think I would want to risk a $5000+ zero turn to do something it was not designed to do. I would rent or borrow a garden tractor. It couldnt cost more than even a minor repair to the zero turn.
Which model do you have? I picked one up a while back with a bad engine and replaced it with a 23hp twin.
I think it would be fine. The zt2800 is a good transmission and being it has removable filters and fluid i wouldnt worry. Besides its rated for up to 1000lb machine and it has to move that machine and rider up hills so flat would be easier than that i assume.
Hydrostats basically never get damaged from being fully loaded so i'd say no. Older style manual transmission riding mowers could make you burn the clutch in first gear trying to get it to move and not stall with a lot of weight unless it had a big motor to not bog.
Propflux01
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The Roller is a Brinly 270lb Combo Push/Tow Lawn roller. The Snapper is a 360Z 36" with a Kawasaki FR600V 18Hp
That's the same one that I have, except mine came with a severely blown up Briggs 19hp. It's super handy for a few really tight spots on the neighbors property that we maintain.
Do you know how much air is supposed to be in the tires? I don't have a manual so I just guestimated
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That size is perfect for my lawn, as I can't push mow it much anymore due to disability. Tires are shown as 25PSI front, 15 PSI rear.
This mower is seven years old. It has the Kawasaki 22hp (?) maybe. That's an Aluma 600 pound trailer, plus brush. Flat ground.
We've done this a few times. Also use the mower to move the trailer around. Be careful that the front end doesn't rear up on you.
We've done this a few times. Also use the mower to move the trailer around. Be careful that the front end doesn't rear up on you.
No doubt a K46. If maintained and kept cool and not worked, they are okay units.
Heck, half the people is see on a ZTR weigh more than that.
