Zero Turn mower for moderate slopes?

[Jaybr]

The wife mowed around the house yesterday and came to the realization that having separate mower for the yard and the other areas won't be such a bad thing, so she'd like to keep the 54" hustler for the yard and get a bigger mower for the rest of the mowing. She also decided she could live with the seat on the CC.

We were still going to go look at the Wright and a few others, but calling around I could only find one dealer with a Wright in stock, and they are a Kubota dealership that also carries CC and a few other brands including Ventrac. I asked the very helpful salesman how the Wright compared to the CC and he told me nothing compared to the CC on slopes other than the ventrac and it's really slow and very expensive. He also said the owner of the dealership uses a CC 972 with dual wheels at his house with very hilly yard and a pond, and that he use to use a 4 wheel drive Kubota (that he put in the pond several times) but the CC is more stable.

That conversation sealed the deal for me (and the wife) and I'll be picking up a CC Pro Z 972s this afternoon hopefully.

 

[Runner]

The wife mowed around the house yesterday and came to the realization that having separate mower for the yard and the other areas won't be such a bad thing, so she'd like to keep the 54" hustler for the yard and get a bigger mower for the rest of the mowing. She also decided she could live with the seat on the CC.

We were still going to go look at the Wright and a few others, but calling around I could only find one dealer with a Wright in stock, and they are a Kubota dealership that also carries CC and a few other brands including Ventrac. I asked the very helpful salesman how the Wright compared to the CC and he told me nothing compared to the CC on slopes other than the ventrac and it's really slow and very expensive. He also said the owner of the dealership uses a CC 972 with dual wheels at his house with very hilly yard and a pond, and that he use to use a 4 wheel drive Kubota (that he put in the pond several times) but the CC is more stable.

That conversation sealed the deal for me (and the wife) and I'll be picking up a CC Pro Z 972s this afternoon hopefully.

 

[Jaybr]

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Got the June pricing a little early

Mowed all the areas along driveway and pastures that I couldn’t get with tractor this evening with no issues, holds slopes great! Didn’t have time to mow around pond yet but don’t expect any issues.

 

[Rdrcr]

The wife mowed around the house yesterday and came to the realization that having separate mower for the yard and the other areas won't be such a bad thing, so she'd like to keep the 54" hustler for the yard and get a bigger mower for the rest of the mowing. She also decided she could live with the seat on the CC.

We were still going to go look at the Wright and a few others, but calling around I could only find one dealer with a Wright in stock, and they are a Kubota dealership that also carries CC and a few other brands including Ventrac. I asked the very helpful salesman how the Wright compared to the CC and he told me nothing compared to the CC on slopes other than the ventrac and it's really slow and very expensive. He also said the owner of the dealership uses a CC 972 with dual wheels at his house with very hilly yard and a pond, and that he use to use a 4 wheel drive Kubota (that he put in the pond several times) but the CC is more stable.

That conversation sealed the deal for me (and the wife) and I'll be picking up a CC Pro Z 972s this afternoon hopefully.

I demo’d quite a few mowers on my often damp and steep hills on my property (Ventrac was outside of my budget), nothing compared to the commercial, steering wheel equipped CC. I have no complaints and zero regrets with my purchase. But, a diesel option would be hillside mowing nirvana!

Mike

 

[Ronald G]

The seat is the most important thing in a mower, you need to be secure to safely operate it.
As far as my experience a zero turn has no business on a slope a tractor type mower is much more stable as far as sliding down into the ditch.
If the wife doesn't like it then don't question it. Get her what she likes, unless you want to take over all the mowing.
You have quite a lot of choices, go check them all out until she finds what she is comfortable with. Need I mention how fortunate you are.

 

[Rdrcr]

^^^^
The OP already bought a commercial CC ZTR with 4-wheel steering designed for mowing slopes and hills. They are fantastic mowers.

Mike

 

[ruffdog]

Slopes? Hills?
It’s had to beat a commercial Cub Cadet for both performance and safety.

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I have a Cub Pro Z 560 S KW. The 4-wheel steering is fantastic on the steep hills and the suspension seat absorbs the bumps pretty well. Plus, these things are built like tanks!

My only complaint, which is typical for heavy commercial gasoline powered ZTR’s is fuel consumption. I use about a gallon plus per acre.

Mike

^^^^
The OP already bought a commercial CC ZTR with 4-wheel steering designed for mowing slopes and hills. They are fantastic mowers.

Mike

He made a good choice. My dad's neighbor had VERY steep slopes to mow and had dealers demo their products. He ended up with the CC with the steering wheel because of the ease it did the slopes.