I've run cub cadet lawn tractors my whole life and recently got a 22hp, 2 cylinder, 46" deck ( to fit through my gate) and with the wideset front tires the steering angle is able to go extremely sharp. That lawn tractor is the closest tractor I've seen to a zero turn. Needless to say I'm very happy with my purchase and I'm glad to see you thought highly of the machine
I expect this mower will last several seasons with decent care. th-cam.com/users/postUgkx1VWTrayKBdCKAjzAcZ_Eg4dhHTae3LkN also recommend Also, I ran across the problem with it not starting the 2nd time I used it. There is a safety switch which is pushed in by the chute or mulching piece being attached to the deck. I took the cover off and it wouldn't start. Put it back on, no problem. It takes only a minute with 2 easily accessible wingnuts and no tools. This mower starts up first crank each time and it is a joy to use. It also mows in reverse by putting the key to the reverse area after starting and pushing in the triangular button. It will stay in reverse mode until you turn it off. All in all, for my homeowner needs, I really like this mower-and at 70 bucks a cut here in Miami, it's already more than 1/3 paid for itself in a month.
I've got the slightly smaller version - had three of them - and do some pretty rough stuff with it. Never been bogged even once. I love it. It has never let me down. And all the clowns who say otherwise from their lounge chairs just don't know. Has the same motor as practically everything else except Kabota- which costs 6 times as much. Cub Cadet has certainly arrived in the big time now.
I've mowed 5 ft . Johnson grass and reeds on acreage with a residential 46in. Cub cadet ztr. Takes awhile and had to double back a few times, but got er done. Mower is 15 years old now and still going strong.
i got a Cub Cadet snowblower. It’s awesome. Handles the snow like a boss, hand warmers, 4 forward and 2 reverse speeds… so far in 5 winters all i had to do is change the spark plug once and shoot some Gumout in the carb and it’s still a lower back saver. Great brand.
what made it even tougher on the mower was you throwing multiple passes of grass onto the next pass. So it was basically mowing like a dozen foot pass or even more than that when you add in all the other passes of grass into that row.
I have a RTZ SX 46” KH, it is a smaller version but basically the same, it even has 4 wheel steer. I love mine. I purchased it last hear and it does a phenomenal job.
I have an older residential model of cub cadet’s steering wheel design before they added power steering. I bought it because of the steepness of the hills I mow. I will definitely replace it with this mower. 3 yrs of residential use mowing 5 acres of hillside terrain and I have no complaints. Only thing I’ve added was a suspension seat (not an option when I bought it but standard on the 972) and a steering wheel knob. I have no issues with turf tear out doing 180 degree turns without the three point turn that lap bar machine require. Great machine.
I want one but with a 46-inch deck...I want to be able to use it in my little town and not to use it for a living...just make my life easier. I wonder how hard it is to maintain?
i understand that everyone likes the 'back and forth' action, but that kills equipment. AND grass. start at the outside edge, and mow in a counter-clockwise direction. this throws the cut grass away from the mowing area, and means you only have to cut the grass ONE time. it also minimizes clumping. or don't. work the machines to death. it is your choice.
The reason is you don't have as much grass to pick up with the rake so you can go over it twice shoot it in one line Direction maybe two then you rake it this makes a lot easier hopefully that makes sense happy trails
You could tell the rep knew his product and had great confidence in it. The mower did very well in the first field. I wouldn’t even use my mower in a field such as the second test. A bush hog behind a tractor would be more appropriate for that application. I do understand it was all done as a demonstration of the Z’s capabilities. It’s amusing to see how things shift over the years. Do you think we’re headed back to the steering wheel on a sit down mower? Good content. I’ve seen many on this machine done by other companies but so far yours has been the best. Thanks.
I started my business with a used rzt 54” cub. Used it a year then bought one new. Same residential rzt 54”. I use it daily for my business and i would be comfortable mowing grass that tall with it. I since bought a 36” wright stander and have plans to buy another “commercial” mower. I love my cub. It has made me a lot of money. It didn’t cost much and I have yards where I know what I am doing and look way better than my competitors who are using 10-14k$ machines in same neighborhood. Same size yards. I have a 4 acre account I have been doing for 4 years with my residential rzt cub. Looks just as good or better than the property next to it that I see my competitors using wrights on. I call that profit when I’m doing the same size property with that much less cost. Profit not payments is what natters I can only imagine their higher end mowers would be that much better than my lower end rzt
Well said ...kills me guys spending crazy money on some brands and then out performed it's great to see test and try brands don't just think a name means the best in it's class
@Robert McCall Nice to hear someone else looks at that also. I could see gaining more for myself at least buy have 3 cubs like I got already out working for me.. 3x3,000.. three used trailers 1k a pop.. 12k goes a lot further that way. Granted left out cost of 2 additional pick ups. There’s 3 crews. Train them.. teach them some more.. and out perform the competition with effort and attention to detail. A poor operator can’t be made up with more expensive equipment
@justin Bowers JB lawn care I have no experience with walk behinds but wonder if that may be the appropriate addition to my set up.. what brand walk behind do you like?
Brian's lawn care, Michigan tested GPS set up on 60 inch, went good. Impressive machine, I use John Deere, went to buy bigger mower, Cub Cadet dealer had hard time starting it, JD started right up. JD isn't big box store junk, bought at JD dealer.
not bad.....and honestly anybody else channel I would have not click on this video. Top Notch is always honest and very open. Great Video!!! I have never thought about CubCadet as a lawnmower that I would buy.
Have to give Cub credit. That mower was pretty impressive for the stuff you put it through. They just might have a good contender for the commercial market. Well done Cub!
This mower produces the most visibly pleasing finish with nice long even contours, unlike other mowers with independent mower decks which bounce up and down giving a lumpy rough appearance.
We love Cub Cadet. We have their lawn tractor so nothing this big…. and its awesome. We have a hill in our yard that gets hard on the knees and CC was our choice.
Last year I used a 21 cub cadet for all summer and fall cutting 15 yards a week. That it still runs with zero mechanical issues is pretty impressive to me (having hiked the governor to the point where I called it the "turbo cub".) No candle to my old ariens classic 21, but still it made some money and got me some exercise.
I owned a Toro z-Turn a few years ago. It would slide down the slope into the ditch nearly every time I cut the grass. This machine impresses me how well it stayed on the slope.
Good video. I have a Cub Cadet Z-force 48 with the steering wheel and Kawasaki engine. My yard backs up to a lake and I'm the only one that can cut down to the water without ending up in the lake on it. It's a beast! I like having the same engine with a smaller deck because it never even starts to bog down and will mow in reverse.
At only $16,000.00.. Dam, that's expensive, but if you got that kind of money, that's deff the mower for you! That thing is a Monster Mower! Cuts better than most brush hogs too.
We have the Pro Z 700 60 inch deck, 31 hp Kawasaki carburetor. The 700 and up series are beasts of mowers. We’ve put our mower through the wringer. We’ve cut grass on our 10 acre hill with no problem at all getting back up with the beast of the Kawasaki engine. It has about 200 hours on the meter right now. The manual says to change engine oil and filter every 50 engine hours.
You need to get or make your own adjustable side discharge chute (OCDC). I made one for my ZTR and I couldn't live without it, I'm always adjusting it as I mow so that I can control where the clippings go, it saves me work and time. I know that I could do that job faster with the same machine as long as I had my adjustable chute. You should always mow anti-clockwise when mowing long wet grass wherever possible (sometimes you can't avoid it like on trim cuts) so that you don't over load the poor machine (throw the grass clippings out over grass that has already been cut).
Tell Justin cool camera-gymnastics there. You don't have to worry about a long mowing video. That's why we watch it. Don't care about the equipment much, looooooooove the mowing. It's therapeutic. A well moved garden is quick peak at heaven's pastures.
The only lawn mower my father would buy is a cub cadet... I remember back in 1995 he bought a new one about his 5th one and paid close to $8,000 for it... He had several pieces of rental property that he cut plus owned a subdivision that had lots that were vacant, and he kept them up as well ..i can't tell you how many hrs my butt was on that mower cutting grass as well... That's how I use to get a tan.... Lol riding the lawn mower... Man oh man they sure had come a long way... I can't imagine the price tag on that baby....
My 2007 zero turn cub cadet with a 42 inch deck would cut that easy. And, my new 2019 cub cadet 60 inch zero turn would as well. First cut it high as the mowers will go and wait for about 2-3 hours, give it time to dry out a bit, and cut it again. I have cut grass over knee high with my two cubs and neither one bogged, clogged, or quit one time. Awesome mowers!
I love my 1974 John Deere H3 140 48” cut mower, it cuts better than my Bad Boy cuts, nothing is like the old mowers, they build them just like a big tractor, dual rear brakes, hydraulic lift deck, hydraulic connections in the front for dozer blade, hydraulics at the rear for Tiller and a three point hitch, 😎
I am half listening to videos today as I am doing other things. The word "Derby" caught my ear as that is where I graduated from '84. Then I saw the shirt, yep graduated there also. Then I head about hills, I do not seem to remember any. (I am in PA and my back yard is 500' above my front yard.) In any case. I have a Cub Cadet 2166 and it still runs fine. Last week I had to replace the steering wheel gear as it got chewed up from 15 years of service... I am in the slow process of landscaping and when I finish I will bet getting a bigger unit.
I've watched a couple videos with this machine. It seems great and very versatile. From grass to snow. The boom cutter. How do you bill to use it? Do you figure what to charge? Your yearly expences and divide by the square yards and then add your profit margin??
I have a z force 54" I mowed a field thicker and taller than that this morning. The z force is the highest level of residential. I have 450hrs of hard use around horse pastures, wooded, and yard.
This place I moved into there is a cub cadet that wasn't running it's my new project I got it running now it just needs the blades put on and sharpened and the deck back on it
Never understand why you always throw the grass back into the uncut grass that’s just making the mower work twice as hard. I thought you guys are suppose to be professional in this business, I kind of have my doubts
brett stevens thank you..... No offense to the sales rep. But I can’t stand listening to sales reps try and sell you on how great their product is. Because nine times out of 10 I don’t believe half of the stuff coming out of their mouth
Well I own three and they will cut anything you can drive through! Might have to make a second pass but it does one heck of a job. Maintenance is a breeze and all mowing looks great!
Wow, You kicked the S#@T out of that mower! That tall grass is brushhog material! Now that's how you do a review! I am impressed! Awesome vid that machine is a beast!
Definitely...now if can do that good on waist high grass it'll have no issues mowing your lawn LOL. Expensive, but dang they do a great job. I have no use for one, I just have a regular XT1 lawn tractor which does great, but doesn't do so well at mulching, it blows grass out all over the place from under the deck, the mulch plug is nice but doesn't do much when the grass gets thrown out from under the deck anyways, but it does an awesome job at cut quality, and the hydrostatic transaxle saves quite a bit of mowing time, I wouldn't think so but compared to my previous gear drive mower I was surprised....cut about 1/2 hour off my mowing time.
I like the sound of the big engine! I wish my Husqvarna PZ72 had that engine, it has the Kohler 31hp EFI engine on it. For the most part it handled the near waist high grass well with some lay down but not much at all. I couldn’t justify a $16k mower now though with just the 30 or so mostly large rural lawns I mow up here in the sticks of NW Wisconsin. PS don’t you hate mowing wet grass but it sounds like you didn’t have much of choice with your rains you’ve had.
I owned a rztl -50 untill about four hours ago the only issue I had where they have their oil drain plastic connecter vibrated open, causing all the oil to leak out of the engine and then big big bang seized up my engine. It was only a 2018 model was not impressed, but I’ve been a cub guy for a while mainly because of their warranty. I just bought today the ZT2 -50 I did notice they had changed the oil draining much better design. I’ve only driven it to cut my postage stamp of a front yard But I will say drove very nice. I will find out next week what I really think of it and don’t worry I won’t pull punches.
Get some Kavli blades. There's a web guy that used them on a small push mower and cuts thigh high grass like it's only two inches high... bagger, side-throw, and MULCHING! Mower doesn't even bog, nevermind stalling. His Scag does near head-high grass -- only 2 passes -- with those blades (KAVLI) and the SCAG laughs at the grass and thick brush! Awesome blades. Hey, I never saw a zero-turn mower with a steering wheel. That's kinda' cool!
I love this video BUT I would be very interested in a "How you maintain...." a mower like this or any of the equipment you use. From blades to grease, belts, oils, filters, all of it. How easy to get the deck off and clean it and does it have a hose hookup to clean it?
@@dsmith3134 Not arguing but isn't mowing wet grass and leaving it stuck on just as bad? If you get it cleaned off and then dried, between using the blades running on a dry surface and a leaf blower to get the rest of the moister off, it is clean and dry with nothing holding wet against the deck and blades. I agree you have to be vigilant in keeping your mower deck clean but when I pull it in for the night, it is clean and dry. Also, on my LT2-46 riding mower, the spindle bearings are sealed and you really can't grease them even with a fitting on it, it is all for show....why do they do that anyway? I'm guessing your "Pro" is much better than my little home mower. My last cub lasted 26 years, only had to replace the spindles once, at year 24. The neighbor took it and is still using it but I thought it was time for a new one that turned better, and I wish I had a ZT but money was tight.
Best way to mow tall grass is to either go really slow on the first pass then do a double and maybe a triple cut. ORRRR, jack it up on the first pass, maybe double cut, then put it down by a couple notches and double cut again, repeat till done.
Brian... test out a demo John Deere X739 4 wheel drive with all wheel steer for hills and cut quality. It is $12,000 garden tractor, and will mow just fine, it is reasonably fast, and you can point and just mow up, down, or side ways, and it don't matter, wet or dry conditions. With the 60 inch deck, you can cut a true circle around a 14 inch pole or tree! Plus you can blow snow with it, or pull out your stuck zero turn from a wet ditch. I also run Ferris zero turns, so the voice of experience here. Plus, the John Deere will hold it's value much better than the Cub or the Ferris, or any zero turn or stander out there. It is available in diesel as well. Blessings
Toro sw4200, 42" zero turn with a steering wheel. It's an Ex-Mark in disguise. I couldn't be happier with it. Knocked an hour off mowing the lawn vs a 48" mower.
GREAT VIDEO and thx to Jefferson too. I have logged over 2000 hours on my commercial steering wheel mower and will never buy a lapbar mower again. The turf tear reduction technology of this mower eliminates tearing up your clients lawn when you turn. Secondly, this steering wheel mower can be operated with one hand and eliminates the head tilt that lapbar users typically find themselves doing to keep a straight line. Sounds like a small thing but after 8 hours of mowing, its HUGE. Last and but not least is the hill side tracking and stability. I can put a new employee on my mowers and have them mow a steep retention pond without worrying about them putting my expensive mover in the water. The training and learning curve is short and sweet..
You know, these Cub Cadets have a way better cut quality than the Exmark radius. I tried out a 52 inch radius on 10/22/20 and it had great stripes, but lots of stragglers. I would say that the top five mowers are Scag, Cub Cadet, Bobcat, Hustler, and Wright. I have experienced all of these machines and they’ve each made a mower I like. Exmark makes a very good walk behind mower. The older turf tracers have a really good cut. But still, that’s one mower that I’ve tried. Not hating on them, it’s just my honest and unbiased opinion.
Would love to see how one of these would do on one of our job sites lol we mow around gas lines and some grass is only a few inches and other grass can be up to 4+ foot high with the occasional swamp and pond
Have a Cub Cadet zero turn. It has a 26 hp twin Briggs&Stratton engine. I keep very sharp blades under the mowing deck. I never throttle up over half speed, cuts very well. I think it can cut almost good as this monster!
I have a RZTL CUB CADET Zero turn 23 hp 42” and I go out and cut an acre or two and I have no issues cutting tall thick tall grass yes at a slow pace but it gets the job done. South Texas
Nice Mower! See if Deree will let you demo the 1600 Turbo Series III Wide Area Mower for thoes city properties. It's got a 60HP Turbo Charged Yanmar Diesel Engine, 11' width of cut, 42" Wing Decks, 62" Center Deck, Hydrolic Deck Motors, 2wd, and on-demand 4wd, Hydrostatic Drive, High - Low Range Transmission, Traction Lock, Turn Brakes, top speed in High range (transport mode) is 15 MPH. She's $68,000 new.
Grass lays over when it’s wet, and cameras don’t always capture everything, you people hating on the rep and basically calling Brian a liar are ridiculous. I think he’s done enough good and helped enough of us to deserve to chat for a while. If you don’t like it then whatever.
My scag velocity + 52" will cut that with no problem! 2 weeks ago I cut a new clients lawn that grass was 4 feet tall and I'm 5'9 and it was to my Waist , scag didn't loose any power when passing though .
Cub Cadet might be a dorky sounding name to many of us, but they have really stepped up their game in the past 10 years. Cub Cadet will crush any John Deere in any class or size. JD has consistently been bringing less bang for the buck while CC has been making huge leaps forward for the money. I will also tell you John Deere has triple the return rate of Cub Cadet at Home Depot.
Works on the same principle as a bumper car; keep turning the wheel and thing reverses. Having a steering wheel is not new to riding lawnmowers, in fact the hand bar is relatively new. I don't like the holes in the floorplate though. It seems with the gearing for the steering right there, any mud, dirt or grass can get down into there and muck things up.
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I've run cub cadet lawn tractors my whole life and recently got a 22hp, 2 cylinder, 46" deck ( to fit through my gate) and with the wideset front tires the steering angle is able to go extremely sharp. That lawn tractor is the closest tractor I've seen to a zero turn. Needless to say I'm very happy with my purchase and I'm glad to see you thought highly of the machine
I expect this mower will last several seasons with decent care. th-cam.com/users/postUgkx1VWTrayKBdCKAjzAcZ_Eg4dhHTae3LkN also recommend Also, I ran across the problem with it not starting the 2nd time I used it. There is a safety switch which is pushed in by the chute or mulching piece being attached to the deck. I took the cover off and it wouldn't start. Put it back on, no problem. It takes only a minute with 2 easily accessible wingnuts and no tools. This mower starts up first crank each time and it is a joy to use. It also mows in reverse by putting the key to the reverse area after starting and pushing in the triangular button. It will stay in reverse mode until you turn it off. All in all, for my homeowner needs, I really like this mower-and at 70 bucks a cut here in Miami, it's already more than 1/3 paid for itself in a month.
Cub cadet zero turn more that's what me and my daddy getting a 54 inch horsepower mower thank you
You won
I use a Cub Cadet walk behind to mow my yard., had the mower for 3yrs now., Best machine ever....
I've got the slightly smaller version - had three of them - and do some pretty rough stuff with it. Never been bogged even once. I love it. It has never let me down. And all the clowns who say otherwise from their lounge chairs just don't know. Has the same motor as practically everything else except Kabota- which costs 6 times as much. Cub Cadet has certainly arrived in the big time now.
Renny1953 couldn’t agree more
Cub Cadet has stepped up the game. I went from Dixie chopper to Exmark and now checking out the Cub Cadet or Wright mowers.
First Cub Cadet product I would consider in probably 20+ years.
I've mowed 5 ft . Johnson grass and reeds on acreage with a residential 46in. Cub cadet ztr.
Takes awhile and had to double back a few times, but got er done.
Mower is 15 years old now and still going strong.
Is Johnson grass the same species as guinea grass- panicum maximum?
i got a Cub Cadet snowblower. It’s awesome. Handles the snow like a boss, hand warmers, 4 forward and 2 reverse speeds… so far in 5 winters all i had to do is change the spark plug once and shoot some Gumout in the carb and it’s still a lower back saver. Great brand.
what made it even tougher on the mower was you throwing multiple passes of grass onto the next pass. So it was basically mowing like a dozen foot pass or even more than that when you add in all the other passes of grass into that row.
That’s exactly how it’s designed to work and it can handle it just fine.
@@oldcountryman2795obviously it couldn’t handle it. He had to mow back over each line multiple times. It’s just poor operator technique.
I have a RTZ SX 46” KH, it is a smaller version but basically the same, it even has
4 wheel steer. I love mine.
I purchased it last hear and it does a phenomenal job.
I have an older residential model of cub cadet’s steering wheel design before they added power steering. I bought it because of the steepness of the hills I mow. I will definitely replace it with this mower. 3 yrs of residential use mowing 5 acres of hillside terrain and I have no complaints. Only thing I’ve added was a suspension seat (not an option when I bought it but standard on the 972) and a steering wheel knob.
I have no issues with turf tear out doing 180 degree turns without the three point turn that lap bar machine require. Great machine.
I literally have 0 need for a mower like this. But damn I want it.
Well, your man card gets an extra star on it. Same if you own a Corvette or late 60's, early 70's muscle car.
So there's that for motivation...
Ron W 2007 corvette thooo
I was thinking the same thing lol
likewise
I want one but with a 46-inch deck...I want to be able to use it in my little town and not to use it for a living...just make my life easier. I wonder how hard it is to maintain?
i understand that everyone likes the 'back and forth' action, but that kills equipment. AND grass. start at the outside edge, and mow in a counter-clockwise direction. this throws the cut grass away from the mowing area, and means you only have to cut the grass ONE time. it also minimizes clumping. or don't. work the machines to death. it is your choice.
You do not understand how a zero turn mower is designed to work. Going in circles defeats the purpose and leaves windrows.
You should carry kievel blades with you for this application
The reason is you don't have as much grass to pick up with the rake so you can go over it twice shoot it in one line Direction maybe two then you rake it this makes a lot easier hopefully that makes sense happy trails
They have had some great tractors way back in the 70's
You could tell the rep knew his product and had great confidence in it. The mower did very well in the first field. I wouldn’t even use my mower in a field such as the second test. A bush hog behind a tractor would be more appropriate for that application. I do understand it was all done as a demonstration of the Z’s capabilities. It’s amusing to see how things shift over the years. Do you think we’re headed back to the steering wheel on a sit down mower? Good content. I’ve seen many on this machine done by other companies but so far yours has been the best. Thanks.
Appreciate it bill, I'm not sure if the steering wheel is the wave of the future but it looks like cub has mastered it
I started my business with a used rzt 54” cub. Used it a year then bought one new. Same residential rzt 54”. I use it daily for my business and i would be comfortable mowing grass that tall with it.
I since bought a 36” wright stander and have plans to buy another “commercial” mower. I love my cub. It has made me a lot of money. It didn’t cost much and I have yards where I know what I am doing and look way better than my competitors who are using 10-14k$ machines in same neighborhood. Same size yards. I have a 4 acre account I have been doing for 4 years with my residential rzt cub. Looks just as good or better than the property next to it that I see my competitors using wrights on.
I call that profit when I’m doing the same size property with that much less cost. Profit not payments is what natters
I can only imagine their higher end mowers would be that much better than my lower end rzt
Well said ...kills me guys spending crazy money on some brands and then out performed it's great to see test and try brands don't just think a name means the best in it's class
Been running cab cadet for years I love my walk behinds they never let me down..getting a pro z next year
@Robert McCall
Nice to hear someone else looks at that also.
I could see gaining more for myself at least buy have 3 cubs like I got already out working for me.. 3x3,000.. three used trailers 1k a pop.. 12k goes a lot further that way. Granted left out cost of 2 additional pick ups. There’s 3 crews. Train them.. teach them some more.. and out perform the competition with effort and attention to detail. A poor operator can’t be made up with more expensive equipment
@justin Bowers JB lawn care
I have no experience with walk behinds but wonder if that may be the appropriate addition to my set up.. what brand walk behind do you like?
@@aaronhoughtaling395 I have 3 cab cadet cc 760s walk behinds..
It's the Cub Cadet Batmobile. That thing is huge.
Brian's lawn care, Michigan tested GPS set up on 60 inch, went good.
Impressive machine, I use John Deere, went to buy bigger mower, Cub Cadet dealer had hard time starting it, JD started right up. JD isn't big box store junk, bought at JD dealer.
not bad.....and honestly anybody else channel I would have not click on this video. Top Notch is always honest and very open. Great Video!!! I have never thought about CubCadet as a lawnmower that I would buy.
Thanks man.
I love my new one 24 HP 50” cut ,tilt steering ,cruise control ,rear bagger ,I am a cub fan now.
Hopefully it's not from lowes or HD
@@philipprebble7089 Agway ,my local dealership.
Good unbiased review I live in the state of Maine and the grass up here thick and quick
I loved the demo video . First class photography’s. Looked like fun to drive. I will never need one , but I found the whole video very relaxing.
Have to give Cub credit. That mower was pretty impressive for the stuff you put it through.
They just might have a good contender for the commercial market. Well done Cub!
I agree
This mower produces the most visibly pleasing finish with nice long even contours, unlike other mowers with independent mower decks which bounce up and down giving a lumpy rough appearance.
Really impressive mower. I thought it was awesome. Kinda anxious to see it perform on a hillside and/or sloping area. Thanks for sharing.
We love Cub Cadet. We have their lawn tractor so nothing this big…. and its awesome. We have a hill in our yard that gets hard on the knees and CC was our choice.
Last year I used a 21 cub cadet for all summer and fall cutting 15 yards a week. That it still runs with zero mechanical issues is pretty impressive to me (having hiked the governor to the point where I called it the "turbo cub".)
No candle to my old ariens classic 21, but still it made some money and got me some exercise.
I owned a Toro z-Turn a few years ago. It would slide down the slope into the ditch nearly every time I cut the grass. This machine impresses me how well it stayed on the slope.
I tested this on a 30* plus slope for our dam contracts and you all would be surprised. It can do 70% of what our ventrac 4500s do.
Good video. I have a Cub Cadet Z-force 48 with the steering wheel and Kawasaki engine. My yard backs up to a lake and I'm the only one that can cut down to the water without ending up in the lake on it. It's a beast! I like having the same engine with a smaller deck because it never even starts to bog down and will mow in reverse.
Awesome cubcadet is my favorite I’ve been running them for years so happy to see true commercial can’t wait till I can afford it
All I can say is I am glad you have him on tape saying all of this.
At only $16,000.00.. Dam, that's expensive, but if you got that kind of money, that's deff the mower for you!
That thing is a Monster Mower! Cuts better than most brush hogs too.
That's a lot for a 35 hp though
ExMark Lazer-Z X with similar engine and deck size costs more than that. And it has the lap bars, lol.
cant judge a book by its cover. it may seem cliche but it applies to many things! shoutout to Cub Cadet for being bold. for real!
We have the Pro Z 700 60 inch deck, 31 hp Kawasaki carburetor. The 700 and up series are beasts of mowers. We’ve put our mower through the wringer. We’ve cut grass on our 10 acre hill with no problem at all getting back up with the beast of the Kawasaki engine. It has about 200 hours on the meter right now. The manual says to change engine oil and filter every 50 engine hours.
You need to get or make your own adjustable side discharge chute (OCDC). I made one for my ZTR and I couldn't live without it, I'm always adjusting it as I mow so that I can control where the clippings go, it saves me work and time. I know that I could do that job faster with the same machine as long as I had my adjustable chute. You should always mow anti-clockwise when mowing long wet grass wherever possible (sometimes you can't avoid it like on trim cuts) so that you don't over load the poor machine (throw the grass clippings out over grass that has already been cut).
Tell Justin cool camera-gymnastics there. You don't have to worry about a long mowing video. That's why we watch it. Don't care about the equipment much, looooooooove the mowing. It's therapeutic. A well moved garden is quick peak at heaven's pastures.
I have a Cub Cadet tank lz 60 it is an awesome mower built way more commercial than most "commercial mowers"
The only lawn mower my father would buy is a cub cadet... I remember back in 1995 he bought a new one about his 5th one and paid close to $8,000 for it... He had several pieces of rental property that he cut plus owned a subdivision that had lots that were vacant, and he kept them up as well ..i can't tell you how many hrs my butt was on that mower cutting grass as well... That's how I use to get a tan.... Lol riding the lawn mower... Man oh man they sure had come a long way... I can't imagine the price tag on that baby....
Damn Cub cadet done stepped their game up
Holy Crap!!! That is Tractor Trailer sized Mower.... :)
My 2007 zero turn cub cadet with a 42 inch deck would cut that easy. And, my new 2019 cub cadet 60 inch zero turn would as well. First cut it high as the mowers will go and wait for about 2-3 hours, give it time to dry out a bit, and cut it again. I have cut grass over knee high with my two cubs and neither one bogged, clogged, or quit one time. Awesome mowers!
I love my 1974 John Deere H3 140 48” cut mower, it cuts better than my Bad Boy cuts, nothing is like the old mowers, they build them just like a big tractor, dual rear brakes, hydraulic lift deck, hydraulic connections in the front for dozer blade, hydraulics at the rear for Tiller and a three point hitch, 😎
I am half listening to videos today as I am doing other things. The word "Derby" caught my ear as that is where I graduated from '84. Then I saw the shirt, yep graduated there also. Then I head about hills, I do not seem to remember any. (I am in PA and my back yard is 500' above my front yard.)
In any case. I have a Cub Cadet 2166 and it still runs fine. Last week I had to replace the steering wheel gear as it got chewed up from 15 years of service... I am in the slow process of landscaping and when I finish I will bet getting a bigger unit.
I've watched a couple videos with this machine. It seems great and very versatile. From grass to snow. The boom cutter.
How do you bill to use it? Do you figure what to charge? Your yearly expences and divide by the square yards and then add your profit margin??
I have a z force 54" I mowed a field thicker and taller than that this morning. The z force is the highest level of residential. I have 450hrs of hard use around horse pastures, wooded, and yard.
This place I moved into there is a cub cadet that wasn't running it's my new project I got it running now it just needs the blades put on and sharpened and the deck back on it
Never understand why you always throw the grass back into the uncut grass that’s just making the mower work twice as hard. I thought you guys are suppose to be professional in this business, I kind of have my doubts
Yea that’s a dumb thing to do if you wanna keep ya mower mint.
I've got a Pro Z 154S in my fleet, absolutely love this machine
skip to 20 min mark that's when he actually starts cutting.
brett stevens thank you..... No offense to the sales rep. But I can’t stand listening to sales reps try and sell you on how great their product is. Because nine times out of 10 I don’t believe half of the stuff coming out of their mouth
He cuts a bit slow. I've seen cub cadets mowing way faster. I guess he's just getting acquainted.
Good information though
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Átila did u see how wet the grass was plus being tall
Átila ok mkj
Well I own three and they will cut anything you can drive through! Might have to make a second pass but it does one heck of a job. Maintenance is a breeze and all mowing looks great!
I bought a 1984 782 f diesel cub cadette and it mowes great hood cutting mower with a 50 inch cutting deck on it
OH MANNY!!!THE MOTHER OF ALL MOWERS!!!
I would like to see a comparison of it and the Scag together in the same wet tall grass
Exmark and Ferris as well as the Scag
Great video and awesome camera angles. Do you like the steering wheel?
The steering wheel isn't bad. Definitely better than I thought it would be. Thanks for the comment Stan.
I love mine, especially when you need a drink or holding a extended grabber for debris. Only need one hand to keep on mowing. Love you channel Stan
Wow, You kicked the S#@T out of that mower! That tall grass is brushhog material! Now that's how you do a review! I am impressed! Awesome vid that machine is a beast!
Definitely...now if can do that good on waist high grass it'll have no issues mowing your lawn LOL. Expensive, but dang they do a great job. I have no use for one, I just have a regular XT1 lawn tractor which does great, but doesn't do so well at mulching, it blows grass out all over the place from under the deck, the mulch plug is nice but doesn't do much when the grass gets thrown out from under the deck anyways, but it does an awesome job at cut quality, and the hydrostatic transaxle saves quite a bit of mowing time, I wouldn't think so but compared to my previous gear drive mower I was surprised....cut about 1/2 hour off my mowing time.
I like the sound of the big engine! I wish my Husqvarna PZ72 had that engine, it has the Kohler 31hp EFI engine on it. For the most part it handled the near waist high grass well with some lay down but not much at all. I couldn’t justify a $16k mower now though with just the 30 or so mostly large rural lawns I mow up here in the sticks of NW Wisconsin. PS don’t you hate mowing wet grass but it sounds like you didn’t have much of choice with your rains you’ve had.
You won't find a better mower than Cub Cadet, and we've tried them all. It will take anything you throw at it
When my mom and dad lived on 3 1/2 acres, 3-blade 1968 cub cadet was the only thing to cut the yard. (Push mower around alot of trees!)
I owned a rztl -50 untill about four hours ago the only issue I had where they have their oil drain plastic connecter vibrated open, causing all the oil to leak out of the engine and then big big bang seized up my engine. It was only a 2018 model was not impressed, but I’ve been a cub guy for a while mainly because of their warranty. I just bought today the ZT2 -50 I did notice they had changed the oil draining much better design. I’ve only driven it to cut my postage stamp of a front yard But I will say drove very nice. I will find out next week what I really think of it and don’t worry I won’t pull punches.
That Machine is awesome. And so glad they picked you too video it in action. Fantastic job.
if i was a millionaire i would be able to justify this mower :) looks and sounds fantastic
Get some Kavli blades. There's a web guy that used them on a small push mower and cuts thigh high grass like it's only two inches high... bagger, side-throw, and MULCHING! Mower doesn't even bog, nevermind stalling. His Scag does near head-high grass -- only 2 passes -- with those blades (KAVLI) and the SCAG laughs at the grass and thick brush! Awesome blades.
Hey, I never saw a zero-turn mower with a steering wheel. That's kinda' cool!
I love this video BUT I would be very interested in a "How you maintain...." a mower like this or any of the equipment you use. From blades to grease, belts, oils, filters, all of it. How easy to get the deck off and clean it and does it have a hose hookup to clean it?
Don’t use a hose hook up cleaner. Unless you like replacing spindles. .
@@dsmith3134 Not arguing but isn't mowing wet grass and leaving it stuck on just as bad? If you get it cleaned off and then dried, between using the blades running on a dry surface and a leaf blower to get the rest of the moister off, it is clean and dry with nothing holding wet against the deck and blades. I agree you have to be vigilant in keeping your mower deck clean but when I pull it in for the night, it is clean and dry. Also, on my LT2-46 riding mower, the spindle bearings are sealed and you really can't grease them even with a fitting on it, it is all for show....why do they do that anyway? I'm guessing your "Pro" is much better than my little home mower. My last cub lasted 26 years, only had to replace the spindles once, at year 24. The neighbor took it and is still using it but I thought it was time for a new one that turned better, and I wish I had a ZT but money was tight.
I have a 1984 782 d diesel cub cadette and it is a great mower I love it
To mow it at that height, when it's soaked is fairly impressive. Cost of the equipment would be a concern.
I so wish cub cadet where i live was like yours and would stand by there mowers
Best way to mow tall grass is to either go really slow on the first pass then do a double and maybe a triple cut. ORRRR, jack it up on the first pass, maybe double cut, then put it down by a couple notches and double cut again, repeat till done.
Man, what a fine cut in this very tall wet grass!!!!
Brian... test out a demo John Deere X739 4 wheel drive with all wheel steer for hills and cut quality. It is $12,000 garden tractor, and will mow just fine, it is reasonably fast, and you can point and just mow up, down, or side ways, and it don't matter, wet or dry conditions. With the 60 inch deck, you can cut a true circle around a 14 inch pole or tree! Plus you can blow snow with it, or pull out your stuck zero turn from a wet ditch. I also run Ferris zero turns, so the voice of experience here. Plus, the John Deere will hold it's value much better than the Cub or the Ferris, or any zero turn or stander out there. It is available in diesel as well. Blessings
I enjoyed seeing the different camera angles to get an idea of what the experience felt like.
Cub cadet are the best out of all commercial mowers and I don't care think what people think about cub cadet there excellent mower's
@29:00 I was actually blown away at how well it did in the second pass as wet as it was and how tall that stuff was.
i like mowers with steering wheels, i ran into my garage with a zero-turn & traded it for a vintage moped (true-story)
Toro sw4200, 42" zero turn with a steering wheel. It's an Ex-Mark in disguise. I couldn't be happier with it. Knocked an hour off mowing the lawn vs a 48" mower.
GREAT VIDEO and thx to Jefferson too. I have logged over 2000 hours on my commercial steering wheel mower and will never buy a lapbar mower again. The turf tear reduction technology of this mower eliminates tearing up your clients lawn when you turn. Secondly, this steering wheel mower can be operated with one hand and eliminates the head tilt that lapbar users typically find themselves doing to keep a straight line. Sounds like a small thing but after 8 hours of mowing, its HUGE. Last and but not least is the hill side tracking and stability. I can put a new employee on my mowers and have them mow a steep retention pond without worrying about them putting my expensive mover in the water. The training and learning curve is short and sweet..
You know, these Cub Cadets have a way better cut quality than the Exmark radius. I tried out a 52 inch radius on 10/22/20 and it had great stripes, but lots of stragglers. I would say that the top five mowers are Scag, Cub Cadet, Bobcat, Hustler, and Wright. I have experienced all of these machines and they’ve each made a mower I like. Exmark makes a very good walk behind mower. The older turf tracers have a really good cut. But still, that’s one mower that I’ve tried. Not hating on them, it’s just my honest and unbiased opinion.
15 minutes 33 seconds of talking shit we just wanted to see what the mower could do
I have a cub cadet & it's a beast.
Would love to see how one of these would do on one of our job sites lol we mow around gas lines and some grass is only a few inches and other grass can be up to 4+ foot high with the occasional swamp and pond
I love the sound of that mower.
Have a Cub Cadet zero turn. It has a 26 hp twin Briggs&Stratton engine. I keep very sharp blades under the mowing deck. I never throttle up over half speed, cuts very well. I think it can cut almost good as this monster!
Looks like a great mower seems to be doing great in that tall grass
What a beast! I love this mower. ❤️👍
Yes -yes we do move picnic tables with them lol
I have a RZTL CUB CADET Zero turn 23 hp 42” and I go out and cut an acre or two and I have no issues cutting tall thick tall grass yes at a slow pace but it gets the job done.
South Texas
I also installed mulching blades on my zero turn so I won’t leave bulges of grass behind
That shadow does a pretty darn good taking pictures😉
Nice Mower! See if Deree will let you demo the 1600 Turbo Series III Wide Area Mower for thoes city properties. It's got a 60HP Turbo Charged Yanmar Diesel Engine, 11' width of cut, 42" Wing Decks, 62" Center Deck, Hydrolic Deck Motors, 2wd, and on-demand 4wd,
Hydrostatic Drive, High - Low Range Transmission, Traction Lock, Turn Brakes, top speed in High range (transport mode) is 15 MPH.
She's $68,000 new.
Grass lays over when it’s wet, and cameras don’t always capture everything, you people hating on the rep and basically calling Brian a liar are ridiculous. I think he’s done enough good and helped enough of us to deserve to chat for a while. If you don’t like it then whatever.
My scag velocity + 52" will cut that with no problem! 2 weeks ago I cut a new clients lawn that grass was 4 feet tall and I'm 5'9 and it was to my Waist , scag didn't loose any power when passing though .
You will have to mow a bunch of contract to pay 17,000 + dollars!
Great video Brian, now that is how you do a review! I am not a fan on zero turns with a Steering wheel! Cub cadet mowers came a long way!
Only thing I dont like is the dual rear tires. They leave ruts compared to one large tire. Maybe even in wet areas, tracks would fit?
I've used duallys before and with this big of deck they are great. Less scalping and better on hills.
I find this so satisfying for some reasons
this mower looks fluffy guy friendly.
Cub Cadet might be a dorky sounding name to many of us, but they have really stepped up their game in the past 10 years. Cub Cadet will crush any John Deere in any class or size. JD has consistently been bringing less bang for the buck while CC has been making huge leaps forward for the money.
I will also tell you John Deere has triple the return rate of Cub Cadet at Home Depot.
I think this mower is actually a beast and would do best for scommercial applications like very large multiple acre properties and DOT work.
Been running cab cadet for 13 years....getting a pro z next year
Cadets are, ight duty mowers need a lot of up keep if used a lot
Well this bad boy looks pretty impressive. The naysayers can nitpick all they want but the job this unit is doing is pretty darn good.
Works on the same principle as a bumper car; keep turning the wheel and thing reverses. Having a steering wheel is not new to riding lawnmowers, in fact the hand bar is relatively new. I don't like the holes in the floorplate though. It seems with the gearing for the steering right there, any mud, dirt or grass can get down into there and muck things up.