Gentleman, I recently sold my 15 year old Ztrak and purchased a new Cheetah II. The Cheetah eat up two belts in 3.5 hrs which was very discouraging to me. The dealer couldn't find the problem so he gave me another Cheetah II with approx. 1.5 hrs. I have put approximately 4 hrs on my second new Cheetah and it looks like I am still getting excessive ware along the inside edges of the main deck belt. If you watch the belts while the deck is engaged you will notice that they flop around like crazy which is the opposite of my old John Deere Ztrak. Is slop in the deck belts normal on the Scag mowers? I've totally lost confidence in the Scag mowers and I would certainly appreciate any input you may have on the subject.