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Old 04-29-2013, 12:38 AM
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Nice looking mower you just sold. I worked one summer in high school putting hours on prototype mowers for Snapper. Hydro transmissions were pretty nice. We also had a few zero turning radius (ZTR) mowers that you controlled with only a stick, sort of like the cyclic control on a helicopter. Also a hydro tranny, but with a different user interface. I thought they were pretty cool, at least as far as lawn mowers go.
Much prefer an upper scale tractor w/ hydrostatic trans done right these days. I doubt any of the low-end variety garden tractor hydro stats are worth having though. The cheesy fan belt drive hydro on the JDs are a joke.
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