Who says you can't use a ZTR mower in the winter?

[Sled Dog]

Originally Posted by forgop

It'll have to snow a lot to need chains I think. I pushed it all into one spot and even when I hit the big piles, my tires still never slipped.
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I was wondering about that too..... i'm surprised it gets such good traction.

[forgop]

Originally Posted by Sled Dog

I was wondering about that too..... i'm surprised it gets such good traction.

When I was younger, my dad had a Wheel Horse garden tractor that he put chains on and still spun the tires. It was a heavy garden tractor as well.

I think the ZTR is better suited for plowing though if you think about it. The engine is located behind the rear tires, which is obviously where most of your weight it distributed. For a garden tractor, more than 50% of the weight is distributed in the front even with your body weight included.

My ZTR weighs in the neighborhood of 650 lbs I believe with most of that weight in the back. The blade is somewhere around 150 lbs they estimated with the mounting kit.

Granted, I only pushed a 2-3" accumulation, but even when I pushed the bigger piles, I never spun the wheels at all.

[Sled Dog]

Originally Posted by forgop

When I was younger, my dad had a Wheel Horse garden tractor that he put chains on and still spun the tires. It was a heavy garden tractor as well.

I think the ZTR is better suited for plowing though if you think about it. The engine is located behind the rear tires, which is obviously where most of your weight it distributed. For a garden tractor, more than 50% of the weight is distributed in the front even with your body weight included.

My ZTR weighs in the neighborhood of 650 lbs I believe with most of that weight in the back. The blade is somewhere around 150 lbs they estimated with the mounting kit.

Granted, I only pushed a 2-3" accumulation, but even when I pushed the bigger piles, I never spun the wheels at all.

Good point about the engine sitting over the wheels, plus your body weight is almost over the rear wheels as well. We've gotten about 10" of fresh snow since I left the house this morning, so I wish I had that right now... that beats the ol Toro snowblower

[forgop]

Originally Posted by Sled Dog

Good point about the engine sitting over the wheels, plus your body weight is almost over the rear wheels as well. We've gotten about 10" of fresh snow since I left the house this morning, so I wish I had that right now... that beats the ol Toro snowblower

I used a snowblower at my previous house with about half as much driveway as I have now. I'll just say I won't miss coming in frozen from all of the snow flying around as well.