Should I pull a Aeration device with my Zero Turn??

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  • / Should I pull a Aeration device with my Zero Turn??
I just found a "Deal" on one of those pull behind Aeration trailers. Is it too hard on Residential Zero Turn mowers to pull something like that, and will it work well?

Bob







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cpurvis

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  • / Should I pull a Aeration device with my Zero Turn??
IMO, save your money. I have a 3-point hitch core aerator and aerated twice a year for about ten years. Even loaded with concrete blocks it wouldn't penetrate the recommended 3" unless the ground was very wet.

I never saw any improvement in the grass.
 
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  • / Should I pull a Aeration device with my Zero Turn??
I have aerated most of my lawns in the past, but always with a Ryan Aerater machine. Never tried an attachment. Those machines (if you watered first) almost always pulled good plugs of the sod. I have heard you really have to load the weight so heavy, I think most of attachments can't take the weight. This brings me back to my original question, should I pull that with my Zero Turn?
 
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