Mad Mackie
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My neighbor has one with caster wheels, they are a ridged two point connection onto the towing machine. He pulls it with a small Kubota diesel tractor and I have had to weld the frame on it several times.
I suggest that you try the vac unit first to get a feel for how it handles and if the front casters on your ZTR are light, then consider adding some weights to the front of your ZTR.
My Scag Tiger Cub with a machine mounted Scag collection system uses four weights on the front to counter the weight that the three bags can accumulate during collection.
Bear in mind that ZTRs can slide sideways fairly easily as they steer by varying the speed of the rear wheels. I've lost control of my ZTR several times and the machine goes where it pleases when traction is lost at the rear wheels. I cannot imagine loosing control with a self contained bagger/vac in tow as serious damage to either the machines or me could happen!!!
I only have six mowing customers and in an average season, spring cleanup/fall cleanup, I usually pickup 1,000 to 1,300 bushels. There is no way that I could use a self contained bagger/vac as where I have to dispose of the collection, I have to carry each bag off the machine and into the dumping areas which grow in size every season.
When I used garden tractors with collection systems, I had a wagon that I towed and as time passed I could no longer get the tractor and wagon into these areas to dump the wagon.
I suggest that you try the vac unit first to get a feel for how it handles and if the front casters on your ZTR are light, then consider adding some weights to the front of your ZTR.
My Scag Tiger Cub with a machine mounted Scag collection system uses four weights on the front to counter the weight that the three bags can accumulate during collection.
Bear in mind that ZTRs can slide sideways fairly easily as they steer by varying the speed of the rear wheels. I've lost control of my ZTR several times and the machine goes where it pleases when traction is lost at the rear wheels. I cannot imagine loosing control with a self contained bagger/vac in tow as serious damage to either the machines or me could happen!!!
I only have six mowing customers and in an average season, spring cleanup/fall cleanup, I usually pickup 1,000 to 1,300 bushels. There is no way that I could use a self contained bagger/vac as where I have to dispose of the collection, I have to carry each bag off the machine and into the dumping areas which grow in size every season.
When I used garden tractors with collection systems, I had a wagon that I towed and as time passed I could no longer get the tractor and wagon into these areas to dump the wagon.
