thanks for posting this. I have been eyeing this mower as well. Please do a few follow up videos of the likes, dislikes, problems, etc as you start getting them onto the job sites! Enjoy, and congrats
Hello - Thank you for your video - I've been looking at this mower for some time and the one thing that keeps me from pulling the trigger Is the Open Deck Design - Due to this design I've read a lot of guy's are slipping belts and having pulley issues on other Ferris models - Please update again when you have put some hr's on the machines - More info would be great - Thanks - Have a great spring
I have also been looking at these mowers if you could do more videos that would be great I have also heard the ferris mowers like to throw belts. I am also looking at the wright standers going to make a decision soon
+wes92395 well I found out the belt thing is a myth so I ordered two and pick them up tomorrow. I demoed it last fall and loved the quality of cut and comfort. It is the only other stand on (wright) that you stand between the tires and don't stand up so high. The wright doesn't cut nearly as nice and no wheelies going up hills like toro exmark and scag
Ya these are defiantly comfortable to run. And for us they were easy to get the hang of because the controls are so similar to the Toros we previously owned. They are very fast, cut quality so far seems pretty impressive, we have only ran them 3 days but so far I'm very happy with them. You will definitely like yours when you get them! My only complaint thus far is when you get off the operators platform it kicks the deck off. I was trying to mow a excessively steep hill going across it instead of up and down and I tried to walk behind it and couldn't. That's an easy fix though. These mowers will climb over anything you have the guts to try. Very stable mowers
+Jason Dow Hi JASON - Congrat's on the new mowers - We run stander x's but yes the cut quality is not great - but the open pulley and belts on the new ferris stander is just something that worries me - We mow commercial so there's always tons of trash and other things that can possibility get in there but not likely - please update more when you get some hr's on them - thx
+Larry A hi Larry I mow both commercial and residential and will running them next week. The residential lawns have lots of trees and lots of sticks. I will let you know how they do I hope the sticks don't cause me to kick belts
I've never had luck with the briggs . our new IS has a briggs and it's been nothing but trouble for us . Aluminum push rods that bend , main block gasket leaks bad , oil cap keeps popping off , cyclone air filtration is a joke , electric problems , carb gave us problems and last week it started knocking at only 460 hours . One of our Kawasaki engines has 900 Plus hours on it and runs great and we never had problems with it. Also have a Honda motor with God knows how many hours at least 1200 and it runs like new.
hows the efi? Just picked mine up yesterday but with Kawasaki. They didn't have the efi. I still have 0 hours on it, so Im sure I could exchange it. They said its $500 fuel savings over 600.
Gas is $2.00 a gallon at most right now. How do they claim $500 savings? The efi only uses about 2 tenths of a gallon less than the carb model, so I grabbed the Kawasaki.
Am I the only one that finds that the deck height adjustment doesn't make any sense? I set it at what it claimed to be 2.5'' and it cut much shorter than my other mower.
Did you or the dealer set the deck up correctly when it was new? Their not usually adjusted properly from the factory and some dealers may or may not bother leveling them.
I'm pretty sure the dealer didn't do anything to the mower even though they said they were going to "prep it" I haven't touched the deck and it does cut even, so that's the only thing I can think of is it just needs to be adjusted so it's in line with what it says on that deck gauge. I do wish they would have numbered the deck settings a little better. I kind of just play with the height a little until I find a height that looks good on the yard. I think the deck is about 3/4'' lower than what the numbers say.
Ok well it turns out I'm an idiot. I measured with a tape measure and it's accurate according to the scale. I went ahead and wrote in the height next to each hole so it was easy to read.
I love your Ferris stand on mower, I am going to go get mine at Hilliard lawn and garden. Keep up the good work man.
Nice mowers! they look better than the Z3X !
@Alexis ayala you're right, they should've put the bigger hydro gear zt4400 on it!
Been using it for about 2 weeks now with absolutely no problems .
Definitely Much Better Built than the evolution.
I like these alot. I like the standing platform between the wheels instead of behind them.
thanks for posting this. I have been eyeing this mower as well. Please do a few follow up videos of the likes, dislikes, problems, etc as you start getting them onto the job sites! Enjoy, and congrats
Will do, I'm gonna break the GoPro out over the next couple weeks of mowing and put together a decent video
+wes92395 I live in Minnesota I have both wright and now the new ferris side by side the ferris has a cleaner cut and disperses the clippings better
I finally used mine. I love it. So smooth compared to my wright.
Hello - Thank you for your video - I've been looking at this mower for some time and the one thing that keeps me from pulling the trigger Is the Open Deck Design - Due to this design I've read a lot of guy's are slipping belts and having pulley issues on other Ferris models - Please update again when you have put some hr's on the machines - More info would be great - Thanks - Have a great spring
So far no deck issues. In any mowing condition for that matter. No slip, great cut quality. 40hrs on the one machine now
I have also been looking at these mowers if you could do more videos that would be great I have also heard the ferris mowers like to throw belts. I am also looking at the wright standers going to make a decision soon
Never heard anything about the belts but I've also never really paid attention to ferris stuff previous to these new mowers coming out....
+wes92395 well I found out the belt thing is a myth so I ordered two and pick them up tomorrow. I demoed it last fall and loved the quality of cut and comfort. It is the only other stand on (wright) that you stand between the tires and don't stand up so high. The wright doesn't cut nearly as nice and no wheelies going up hills like toro exmark and scag
Ya these are defiantly comfortable to run. And for us they were easy to get the hang of because the controls are so similar to the Toros we previously owned. They are very fast, cut quality so far seems pretty impressive, we have only ran them 3 days but so far I'm very happy with them. You will definitely like yours when you get them! My only complaint thus far is when you get off the operators platform it kicks the deck off. I was trying to mow a excessively steep hill going across it instead of up and down and I tried to walk behind it and couldn't. That's an easy fix though. These mowers will climb over anything you have the guts to try. Very stable mowers
+Jason Dow Hi JASON - Congrat's on the new mowers - We run stander x's but yes the cut quality is not great - but the open pulley and belts on the new ferris stander is just something that worries me - We mow commercial so there's always tons of trash and other things that can possibility get in there but not likely - please update more when you get some hr's on them - thx
+Larry A hi Larry I mow both commercial and residential and will running them next week. The residential lawns have lots of trees and lots of sticks. I will let you know how they do I hope the sticks don't cause me to kick belts
Are you going to post some videos of the mower in action? Looks like a great machine congratulations!
I've never had luck with the briggs .
our new IS has a briggs and it's been nothing but trouble for us . Aluminum push rods that bend , main block gasket leaks bad , oil cap keeps popping off , cyclone air filtration is a joke , electric problems , carb gave us problems and last week it started knocking at only 460 hours . One of our Kawasaki engines has 900 Plus hours on it and runs great and we never had problems with it.
Also have a Honda motor with God knows how many hours at least 1200 and it runs like new.
There's a NEW EINGINE THAT CAME OUT ITS CALLED VANGUARDS OIL GUARD SYSTEM you can use it for 500 hours between oil changes
It looks like your deck lifts quite easy, mine is real heavy on the uplift. Any problems with the raw gas smell under thick grass cutting?
Looking at switching to Ferris with the vanguard, have you had any issues with the motor vapor locking?
sweet
Any update videos coming up on this mower from you?
Hello I'm thinking of purchasing a stander would you recommend the ferries
hows the efi? Just picked mine up yesterday but with Kawasaki. They didn't have the efi. I still have 0 hours on it, so Im sure I could exchange it. They said its $500 fuel savings over 600.
$500 fuel savings over 600 hours
Gas is $2.00 a gallon at most right now. How do they claim $500 savings? The efi only uses about 2 tenths of a gallon less than the carb model, so I grabbed the Kawasaki.
Do you find the key position awkward? I bought one of these also except ferris gave me 10% off.
I find the throttle to be in a bad spot but the blade engagement and key do not bother me
Beware: Good mowers but they have transmission issues.
Am I the only one that finds that the deck height adjustment doesn't make any sense? I set it at what it claimed to be 2.5'' and it cut much shorter than my other mower.
Did you or the dealer set the deck up correctly when it was new? Their not usually adjusted properly from the factory and some dealers may or may not bother leveling them.
I'm pretty sure the dealer didn't do anything to the mower even though they said they were going to "prep it" I haven't touched the deck and it does cut even, so that's the only thing I can think of is it just needs to be adjusted so it's in line with what it says on that deck gauge.
I do wish they would have numbered the deck settings a little better. I kind of just play with the height a little until I find a height that looks good on the yard. I think the deck is about 3/4'' lower than what the numbers say.
Ok well it turns out I'm an idiot. I measured with a tape measure and it's accurate according to the scale. I went ahead and wrote in the height next to each hole so it was easy to read.
Funny because I was thinking the mower didn't cut good, just turns out I was mowing too high. lol