Re: Power Trac Dreaming
hi marr,
suggestion: don't take your bx machine let alone any other belly mower brand into hills or uneven ground. i promises you, that you are going to get stuck with that setup. the reason is that a belly mower, referred as mid mount is in my opinion a misnomer, this description nowadays is normally used for commercial mower deck suspension. why the belly mower set up can't get out of these situation without damaging the deck or blades is that the deck has no way to escape upwards.
popping the clutch to lift the front end could be disastrous and rops are a must.
if you want a machine that can handle uneven ground, dont buy a belly mower set up. for 20 to 30% the pt 400 series will do the job. but make sure you oil level is at all time just right, otherwise you risk to damage the engine.
if you need a tractor that can go at more of an incline the hill machine pt 1845/1850, aebi, or less expensive any hydrostatic commercial walk behind (many now have attachments for their larger models).
the commercial mid mount machine has in the above described situation and a good driver, enough tork to lift the front end in the air (pop a wheely) and clear the unevenness on the ground. with the bx belly mower setup or any other such type of mower deck you are going to be stuck.
my repair guy loves to see these homeowner tractors on steroids, 4x4 decks show up at our place for body work on the brand new beautiful belly mower deck. The reason why they come to us is our hourly rate is in the high teens per labor hour. at the kubata dealer it is in the fifties and you wait for weeks to get something done.
as i indicated before, we own several kubota machines and would not trade them for any thing. my star ship for smaller and complicated landscapes is a kubota ZD21 mower: fastest, best cut, stable, pops wheelies to get out of troubled areas, excellent on hills (sideways) and uphill, but has the same decease as any single axle mower, downhill it becomes at times a sled and you better have no pond at the bottom. inside joke among us hill mowing test pilo.