Dr All terrain mower - works well for some small areas

[AchingBack]

Have had mine since about 1991 and it is a work horse. The one thing I do not like about my model is that it has thin bicycle type wheels, not the much wider ones that you see on the newer models. I guess that I might be able to find wider tires and wheels to fit it, but why? Am getting a tractor with a cutter attachment to do what I used to do with the DR.

Richard

I have one of those, too. I ended up loaning it to my neighbor when I bought the all terrain model. Not only are those thin tires weak on traction, the machine has no reverse gear. Pulling it backwards out of a difficult situation is man killer. I'm glad you got a tractor.

 

[Ken45101]

Two things happened...it got harder to keep on the hill and keep from over turning and I ran out of gas

I HAVE rolled mine

 

[ruralruss]

I have had mine for 15 years. It just keeps on going. On slopes you need to lock the differential.

 

[AaronS]

I love the DR! I used these weapons of mass destruction:


to turn this:


into this:


A tractor with grapple and brush hog would have been much easier on the arms and back, but I had to use what was available.

 

[Bdavis]

I have had mine for 15 years. It just keeps on going. On slopes you need to lock the differential.

I know what I do not want to do with mine again - is run a tire off of the rim in the middle of a swamp
and it started raining.
That happened last week when cutting a trail and it was no fun. This old thing is heavy and I had no way to get my tractor back to it. Plywood , a floor jack and mud was not fun. From now on it is tubes all the way. I put a tube in both tires this week.

 

[hdmyers]

I love the DR! I used these weapons of mass destruction:


to turn this:


into this:


A tractor with grapple and brush hog would have been much easier on the arms and back, but I had to use what was available.

I'm happily going the other way..after cutting and clearing for two years... i'm letting it all grow back. This year i have muchos Monarchs...lots of Bees. No more cutting down for me..it looks nice to cut..and is great way to escape my wife from time to time...but i prefer the wildlife...i do only have 15 acres though. cheers.