The owner of the Evolution says he can't get used to the hand controls. I did not say I am giving up on the zero turn, I'm just not happy with how it responds going down steep hills.I can easily turn around on any hill, it's in the turning to go around something while going down hill , that the problem comes. sometimes it is unavoidable. I appreciate the idea of lower tire pressure and I have done that. Maybe my hills are just too steep. It will however , go up just about any hill. I do not yet know if one can walk behind an Evolution, but my logic tells me that weight added to the back i.e the operator, would help the traction going up or down hill,assuming it dosen't get light in the front. When I try one I hope too have some answers. Thanks for your replys. cop
seems like evo souks even more : ))))
guy on Lawnsite forum, thread "ferris evolution s75x feedback", wrote about s75x snapper pro (pretty much same ferris evo under diff. brandname and ferris license) :
[Q UOTE=all ferris;4106059 ]I have a s75x snapper pro, 52", 26 or 27hp KAW (can't remember). I wish I would have never bought the piece of crap. I am a die hard Ferris guy and I hate this mower. My shoulders start to hurt if I use it too long which could be fixed if they moved the hand controls back a bit. The seat and knee pads are black - 100 degrees and black burn my ass. Never put a black seat on a mower : )) The biggest problem is the thing just does not turn well at all. It will just spin the wheels when trying to turn and I think it is caused by poor weight distribution. It sucks on hills. Cut quality is good.
I wish I had bought another walk behind. If you want one of these things you better get one now cause they won't be around long - mark my words. b4 you buy one though try going down a hill and turning with it....you won't buy it after that[ QUOTE]
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you can take any commercial mower and demo it for a day or so from places where they sell and service commercial mowers (from authorised ferris dealer) - so you'll try it on your sites and see for yourself
same thing with your Evo - you can take it from the guy who selling it to test run it wherever you want (to see if it works good for you or not) - he would understand, - to demo (to try) mower before you buying it - common practice in landscaping industry
p.s. all midmount ztrs don't like to go nose down - always better to keep your nose (front wheels) up on hills (slopes);
on u-turns all heavy mowers would damage turf (especially where grass is weak) - try to make it very smooth and/or do three-point turn (T-turn)
evo info:
http://www.ferrisindustries.com/pages/mower.php?product_id=31#
http://www.snapperpro.com/models/features/4:s75x