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    Spindle Bearings

    ahhhhh, nothing better than the scent of good old Cosmoline in the morning....
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    Mower Humor

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    Suggestions for when current ZTR dies

    I'm not sure if you'll find a regular mower that will cut through anything over a foot high without bogging down. Sounds like you really need a brush hog at this point....
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    Suggestions for when current ZTR dies

    Question(s) - - - 1) how high is the grass when you cut... 2) what is the height setting of your deck... also, someone mention "Gravely" as a future alternative. I won't go into detail, but I was a longtime Gravely owner - now due to warranty and quality issues they're history....
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    Spindle Bearings

    for what it's worth, my soil condition is sandy loam, and the deck bearings on my Gravely were burning out about every 3 months or 30 hours of use. After going through 3 sets of expensive OEM's I switched to Oregon brands spindles. These have lasted over 2 years or around a couple hundred hours...
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    Storing a mower with no gas

    end of season I try to remember to fog all my engines much like a marine engine.....
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    Mowing habits I hate

    how about putting the blame on the real party responsible for the trash, the slob who threw it out their window..... the grass will blow away in mere minutes....
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    Need Help Using the Website? Watch These Video Tutorials

    so, in other words what everyone is saying is that instead of fixing this forum someone just went ahead and broke it some more, no big surprise there.....
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    The Juan Deere 4000

    well of course it does.... it's a John Deere "green" card ..... silly!
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    The Juan Deere 4000

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    Mowing habits I hate

    It definitely slows down those crotch rockets!
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    Ventrac Customer Service

    is this who/where you tried - - - Andrew.Knizner@ventrac.com 330-961-0257
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