!: Cheap John Deere Lawn Mower Parts: October 2011

!: John Deere Mowers - Commercial Grade Equipment

John Deere has put their stamp of quality on the first zero turn mower, the all new Z Trak series. This adds to their collection of front-mounted riding lawn mowers and commercial walk-behind mowers.

A state of the art front-mounted deck design gives operators the ability to make close cuts due to the increased visibility of the deck. This makes quick work of difficult jobs with overhanging bushes and fence rails.

These monsters come with 20 hp, 624 cc, four stroke, twin cylinder engines from Kohler. They have heavy duty dry type air filters and Nelson silencers. You wouldn't expect anything less than full pressure lubrication and full flow oil filters from John Deere.

The ZTR sports a Hydro Gear hydraulic piston pump for ground drive. John Deere chose a piston type motor for its efficiency advantage over the related gear type motors. The piston pump provides oil flow through a common reservoir to a single, piston type wheel motor.

The ZTR uses steel hydraulic lines to supply a radiant cooling method for the hydraulic oil. This eliminated the need to use an oil cooler.

An operator can choose an infinitely variable speed of 0 to 8.2 mph going forward and 0 to 6 mph in reverse. The lever controls are on either side of the operator's seat and in front. They provide complete control of moving forward, reverse, and turning on a dime.

The mower's blades use a PTO drive shaft system that engages and disengages by a Dana Warner electric clutch which is controlled by a switch on the control console.

Deere designed this mower to make maintenance and service easy. The deck uses a RFS (rotate for service) system which allows a tilt of 90 degrees. After it locks in place, it is easy to access and work on.

Deck sizes on the Z Trak series are 48, 54 and 60 inches in width. Each mower comes with a hood mounted material collection system that holds up to nine bushels.