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Operating The Zero Turn Commercial Mower That I Repaired

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Channel: The Do It Yourself World · 2014 · Howto & Style

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I finally got to run the zero turn commercial mower that I repaired a while back. It is one of the main machines we use out here at the property. Normally there are two main mowers who use the big machines and I use the self propelled push mower.

Today though I got to use the big machine myself. It sure felt good to learn how to operate one of these. This is also a good skill to have back home in NY. Many people have huge yards and pay others to mow their lawn.

This is the mower which had the hydraulic pump blow out on it a while back. I had replaced the pump and cleaned out the hydraulic wheel drive motor and the lines and put it all back together again. But the right side is a bit weaker than the left now.

When you are running straight forward the right side is a bit slower and you have to compensate by using a bit less pressure on the left side. This reduces the total power of the machine, especially for hill climbing.

I think it is due to the pump maybe being a bit weaker than the original pump. We are going to take it in for a hydraulic pressure test to see if this is the case.

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