r/lawnmowers

I started mowing my lawn this year after a few years of paying someone to do it. I did the math and mowing the lawn would save money and provide a good workout.

I get anxiety sometimes because I think my neighbors are looking at me or judging me when I am mowing the lawn and I am just asking the community to provide some tips over how to get over this anxiety.

I tried edging my lawn with an electric edger and just didn't do a good job and now I am afraid to go back out and fix it...Just looking for some suggestions and tips...

Thanks

I bought a used Toro Titan HD 2000 (Model 74465), 4 years ago. Front wheel bearing is shot. I looked for a part number on the Toro website, but couldn't find one for the front wheel bearings. The pins in the bearing are about as long as a finger, and I've never seen those myself. Are they replaceable?

Maybe this should be posted in an engineering/DIY forum but I thought maybe one of you clever mower enthusiasts may have solved this problem for yourself already and could help me out.

I have a fairly steep hill from my upper yard down to my lower yard. I ride my zero turn backwards up the hill for safety, but it's nearly impossible to get it back up to the top of the hill. I can get it there after many, many tries, but it's always a serious struggle. The hill isn't a uniform gradient. The middle part is slightly steeper than the lower and upper parts, and that's where the wheels start spinning and losing traction, and I have to go down to the bottom and try again and again.

When I first moved into this house the hill was dirt, and it's a crappy mostly-clay dirt that is really slippery. So at first I was laying pine branches on the hill for traction, but that didn't work very well. Then I bought a whole bunch of square exposed aggregate pavers to place on the hill, thinking that the exposed aggregate would give me the traction I needed, and it helped marginally at best.

I spent so much time and money installing the pavers and I have to try like a dozen times to get my mower up the hill, so now I'm asking the collective wisdom of the internet for any ideas before I go spend more time and money on something else that isn't going to work.

The problem is purely traction. I think putting sand or gravel over the pavers is only going to make it worse. Maybe if put some raised 2x4 pressure treated "bumps" between the pavers that are set like an inch above each paver then it might give more traction, but I'm thinking the pavers are big enough where the wheels sit fully on a single paver, so the wheels would probably just spin between the bumps.

The wheels do tend to get muddy when I mow the lower yard, so spraying them off before attempting to climb the hill might help, but it's a pain to get a hose down to the lower yard to do that.

At this point I'm seriously considering installing a winch at the top of the hill to pull the damn thing up, but I feel like there could be a better/easier/cheaper solution that is evading me.

Okay, so I need some help or get pointed in the right direction.
I have a 2020 Z345M riding mower. 2.5 weeks ago, I went to fire it up for the first mow of the year. It did not turn over and I ended up replacing the starter solenoid and the starter. That fixed the problem, it fired right up and mowed almost an acre no issue.

Last week, started right up. I backed it out and then had to hop off and turn it off. When I went to start it again 2 minutes later, it was completely dead. I jumped the battery and started the mower.

Once I engaged the mowing blades, the engine sounded like it wanted to die and the fuel light was on. I think, ok no probs, filled the tank a week before and it wouldn’t have usually been empty yet but I add zero ethanol fuel anyway, which I what I used all the time.

Fuel is totally topped off, re-jump it and starts up. Once the mowing deck is engaged again, the engine goes back to sounding like it’s struggling. I stop the blades and the engine goes back to normal. Re-engage the blades again they don’t turn on at all.

The fuel light is still on, solid not flashing.

I noticed that there’s no fuel in the fuel filter. I shut it down and start trying to problem solve.

The fuses don’t look blown and there is still a full tank of fuel. Since it’s been parked, there is now fuel in the fuel filter again.

Obviously, I need to replace the battery. But I’m confused and just need some help with what could be the cause or how to trouble shoot this.

YouTube and google have suggested possible stuck fuel float for the fuel light but the rest of this cluster is a mystery.

I have a John Deer Z515 zero turn and mow several acres. I’m needing more comfort over a somewhat rough yard/pasture. I’ve changed the seat rails to the Comfort Glide where the seat glides front to rear. This helps some but not as much as I want. I’m considering adding the suspension seat but it’s pretty expensive. I’m curious if anyone has added the suspension to their seat and if it’s worth the money.

Bought a 12 acre property about 2 acres are standard lawn, 7 acres of field. Can afford around 10k but wouldn't mind a little less on price. Looking for opinions on what zero turn to purchase. I was about to purchase a bad boy maverick hd. To many different opinions on bad boy. but there's so many options. What's durable, cuts well and reliable? Bad boy, hustler, country clipper, ferris, scag, John Deere, bobcat? I don't have any gravely or exmarck dealers near me.