Deck Done, and The Cub Cadet ZT1 Mower, My Thoughts.

 Finished power washing the deck today, glad that's done! I said I took "part" of the privacy lattice down, below are two pics, one with it on and one with it off. In the first picture you can see we got part of the railing and privacy lattice done, the second picture shows what we removed. All the privacy lattice on the roadside was left up.

Of course, now everything has been power washed.

About the Cub Cadet ZT1 Mower.  

As for cutting grass, it seems to do a good job, but for me there are a few drawbacks. For example, you have to stop to take a drink, light a cigarette, etc., being you need both hands on the controls. I've done both by using one hand to control the mower on a flat straight away, though that's nort a big deal stopping for a few seconds.

Another thing that concerns me is mowing at the edge of the culvert by the road, were talking about a few feet two maybe 5-6 feet deep. Being you have no front wheel steering, one act of putting to much power the one way will send the front of the mower right into the culvert, ouch!

I also have a small bank I have to mow; you can't go up or down it, you have to go across it. So going across this small bank you have to give more power to the one rear wheel to keep the front of the mower rolling down the hill. Remember, the front wheels on a Zero Turn Mower just hand there and go wherever, just like on a grocery cart.

The same holds true when getting the mower out or putting it away in the shed. I use two 2x12's made into ramps, 8-foot long and it's a pretty good slop with the ramps in place... it's not really bad, but bad enough using a ZT mower.

Again, the problem is no front steering, so when you go up or down the ramps you need to give each wheel the same amount of power else it will shoot the front end right off the ramps. With the old mower with front steering, you don't have this problem because the rear wheels are receiving the same amount of power, and you have control of the front wheels. On a ZT mower you have no control of the front wheels. The front wheels on a ZT mower are like two dummies' just hanging there going in whatever direction the rear wheels push.