OT: Zero Turn Drive Tires

[NWADawg]

Have to replace tires on the ZTR. Has anyone tried replacing with same size ATV tires with more aggressive tread?

 

[Palos verdes]

Still gonna get stuck.

 

[NWADawg]

Still gonna get stuck.

Are you speaking from experience?

 

[the dog is on the loose]

Not unless you want to tear your yard up when turning on a dime.

 

[NWADawg]

Not unless you want to tear your yard up when turning on a dime.

Here is what I'm looking at. It's not quite as aggressive as most ATV tires but much more than my turf savers.

 

[garddog]

No, no, no. Don't tear your transmissions up by putting extra stress on them from tires that are not designed for it. You can go wider, but put a turf tread back on.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Even that tread will destroy your yard.

 

[NWADawg]

No, no, no. Don't tear your transmissions up by putting extra stress on them from tires that are not designed for it. You can go wider, but put a turf tread back on.

Thanks for the input. I definitely don't want to replace a transmission any time soon.

 

[the dog is on the loose]

Zero turn mowers have hydraulic “wheel motors” on each wheel and they are tough as nails so putting an aggressive tire on it won’t hurt anything but the drawback is those tires are hard on turf. Turf savers are the best for yards but not worth a crap for mud lol.

 

[T-TownDawgg]

Not only that, but the sheep's foot design won't help with soil aeration

 

[garddog]

Zero turn mowers have hydraulic “wheel motors” on each wheel and they are tough as nails so putting an aggressive tire on it won’t hurt anything but the drawback is those tires are hard on turf. Turf savers are the best for yards but not worth a crap for mud lol.

Only high end 10k plus machines have the heavy duty transmissions. I sold ZTR mowers for the last 10 years and had 2 customers tear the transmissions up putting aggressive tires on them. You have ones like dixie chopper that put hydraulic hubs on the high end machines and they came factory with more aggressive tires. Normal Zeros have ZT 2500, 2800, 3100, or 3400 on them. And you will damage the lower ones by putting undue stress on them or you will have belt slippage that eats belts up fast.

 

[Big Sheep81]

I put those on the rear of my golf cart. Roar like a jet engine on payment but I can climb a wet hill now. They will, however, turn up the turf when I scratch off........