A while ago i mentioned that I ordered some new tires--> https://www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewreply/602854/
Well, i finally got them on the Rider a couple of weeks ago and Woo-hoo they are awesome. Now, What I had on there before was a soft turf saver type tire, and it would have been great if my yard was perfectly flat and never ever wet. They would spin all day long when trying to go up any incline, and forget mowing on the bank that borders my lawn, that was a huge PITA.
These new tires grip everything, and allow me to have much better control of the mower, the only problem is that every once in a while I give it too much gas and rip the yard up. still learning the limits of their grip. Before I could spin quite a bit and not even damage the grass, but spinning now means ripping up yard.
The next problem to conquer was understeer. I couldn't turn sharply, even at very low speeds, the front tires had absolutely no grip. adding weight to the front might have helped a little, but I like to pretend my little mower is a farm tractor, so i got lug tires for the front wheels too. I got those on yesterday. Now I'm making nice tight turns around trees and I find i'm not having to shift my weight around on the mower to get it to go where I want. I'm seriously considering a snow blade of some sort now. amazing what 150 bucks for some good tires can do. I can't express it well enough in writing... I guess I should throw a picture or two up now. it'll have to wait until i get some taken.
Well, i finally got them on the Rider a couple of weeks ago and Woo-hoo they are awesome. Now, What I had on there before was a soft turf saver type tire, and it would have been great if my yard was perfectly flat and never ever wet. They would spin all day long when trying to go up any incline, and forget mowing on the bank that borders my lawn, that was a huge PITA.
These new tires grip everything, and allow me to have much better control of the mower, the only problem is that every once in a while I give it too much gas and rip the yard up. still learning the limits of their grip. Before I could spin quite a bit and not even damage the grass, but spinning now means ripping up yard.
The next problem to conquer was understeer. I couldn't turn sharply, even at very low speeds, the front tires had absolutely no grip. adding weight to the front might have helped a little, but I like to pretend my little mower is a farm tractor, so i got lug tires for the front wheels too. I got those on yesterday. Now I'm making nice tight turns around trees and I find i'm not having to shift my weight around on the mower to get it to go where I want. I'm seriously considering a snow blade of some sort now. amazing what 150 bucks for some good tires can do. I can't express it well enough in writing... I guess I should throw a picture or two up now. it'll have to wait until i get some taken.