Great video. I have a Toro zero turn with the aggressive voodoo tires and I'm not experiencing any torn yard spots. Granted, it's not my first zero turn so I do have some prior experience. The most important thing is to slow down for turns and think them through. I always make sure I have both tires constantly turning in any number of directions. Anything as long as one is not sitting stationary grinding the lawn. As far as the front wheels go, I always give one of the control arms a light push forward or back to start the front tires into a turn and that helps to get them set up to push through the turn without doing any damage. You don't ever want to go just straight into reverse without setting the front tires up as I mentioned. Once you get it down you'll love the machine.
My Toro ‘08 Z4200 has the same oil drainage fun along with the oil filter. I just make do on how draining the oil. I wouldn’t trade the performance of that zero turn to a standard lawn tractor. I look for speed and ease of driving in tight conditions. Soon to upgrade to a ‘24 Toro Max 50”. Will be making a portable drill with water/fluid pump to speed up the oil drain.
I just bought a toro zero turn and stumbled on this video. Mine chews up the yard as I turn also. Or even if I’m going down hill and need to slow way down the back tires almost skip and it will tear it up a little bit. Had it about 3 weeks still learning. But it definitely cuts really nice. Thanks for the video.
Practice. You will get better as you learn how to use the Z Turn. You are pulling back on the stick when you go down hill/turning and the tires are going in reverse and chewing up lawn. You have to learn how to work one handle to go forward while at the same time the other goes in reverse so there is sort of a spin. It sounds like you are doing "O" turns verses the 3 point turn.
Run the engine to warm the oil before the drain and loosen the oil dipstick to allow air in to help the draining.. I have the same set up you do to change the oil on my HVarna 348XD 24 Hp Kaw tractor. They did include the tube. Do I like the set up, NO, but I will live with it. I would recommend you spend the money on the KAW Oil, don't go cheap there and use Kaw filters, especially to keep your warranty in effect also. Your last two gas fills before winter should be REC gas, not ethanol gas and put a Battery Tender junior on the battery over winter. Not a bad mower for your usage. :)
Kawasaki oil filter alternative is the SuperTech ST4386. Cost $7.40 at Walmart. There is a video comparison between OEM filter and SuperTech and seems that both filters are made in the same facility with the same internal components. Everyone that has a Kawasaki lawn engine with the HD filter keep an eye out about a alternative replacement being available. I'm helping with a top of the line air filter company and currently testing 4 filters in 4 different Kawasaki engines on 3 different brand mowers. So far everything is far better than the OEM paper filter. Everyone has heard about Kawasaki engines being "dusted" and wearing the rings out from ingesting dirt thru the OEM air filter, so I reached out to a company I've used for years with my race bikes and they made some filters and sent them to me to test.
Super Tech oil is good oil and what you are using I believe is a synthetic blend. I just bought a zero turn with the Kawasaki engine and it came with the oil drain hose.
that system really sucks go on line buy a hose brass on each end screws into block other end has knurled end drop hose hand unscrew knurled end way better oil change experiance
Great video. I have a Toro zero turn with the aggressive voodoo tires and I'm not experiencing any torn yard spots. Granted, it's not my first zero turn so I do have some prior experience. The most important thing is to slow down for turns and think them through. I always make sure I have both tires constantly turning in any number of directions. Anything as long as one is not sitting stationary grinding the lawn. As far as the front wheels go, I always give one of the control arms a light push forward or back to start the front tires into a turn and that helps to get them set up to push through the turn without doing any damage. You don't ever want to go just straight into reverse without setting the front tires up as I mentioned. Once you get it down you'll love the machine.
My Toro ‘08 Z4200 has the same oil drainage fun along with the oil filter. I just make do on how draining the oil. I wouldn’t trade the performance of that zero turn to a standard lawn tractor. I look for speed and ease of driving in tight conditions. Soon to upgrade to a ‘24 Toro Max 50”. Will be making a portable drill with water/fluid pump to speed up the oil drain.
I agree Don, Toro and Kawasaki didn’t do a great job at designing that area. Your hose extension was a simple solution 👍🏻🙋🏼♂️🙂
I just bought a toro zero turn and stumbled on this video. Mine chews up the yard as I turn also. Or even if I’m going down hill and need to slow way down the back tires almost skip and it will tear it up a little bit. Had it about 3 weeks still learning. But it definitely cuts really nice. Thanks for the video.
Practice. You will get better as you learn how to use the Z Turn. You are pulling back on the stick when you go down hill/turning and the tires are going in reverse and chewing up lawn. You have to learn how to work one handle to go forward while at the same time the other goes in reverse so there is sort of a spin. It sounds like you are doing "O" turns verses the 3 point turn.
Run the engine to warm the oil before the drain and loosen the oil dipstick to allow air in to help the draining.. I have the same set up you do to change the oil on my HVarna 348XD 24 Hp Kaw tractor. They did include the tube. Do I like the set up, NO, but I will live with it. I would recommend you spend the money on the KAW Oil, don't go cheap there and use Kaw filters, especially to keep your warranty in effect also. Your last two gas fills before winter should be REC gas, not ethanol gas and put a Battery Tender junior on the battery over winter. Not a bad mower for your usage. :)
Thank you for making this video!!! So helpful.
I bought a pack of those filters with the pre filter on Amazon. I think it came with 6 for about $20
Kawasaki oil filter alternative is the SuperTech ST4386. Cost $7.40 at Walmart. There is a video comparison between OEM filter and SuperTech and seems that both filters are made in the same facility with the same internal components. Everyone that has a Kawasaki lawn engine with the HD filter keep an eye out about a alternative replacement being available. I'm helping with a top of the line air filter company and currently testing 4 filters in 4 different Kawasaki engines on 3 different brand mowers. So far everything is far better than the OEM paper filter. Everyone has heard about Kawasaki engines being "dusted" and wearing the rings out from ingesting dirt thru the OEM air filter, so I reached out to a company I've used for years with my race bikes and they made some filters and sent them to me to test.
Super Tech oil is good oil and what you are using I believe is a synthetic blend. I just bought a zero turn with the Kawasaki engine and it came with the oil drain hose.
No drain tube? Funny,mine came with one along with owners manual. Hmmm
Now I know what to get you for your birthday!! 🤣
Nothing you can do about the caster, but if it is the rear wheels chewing up you lawn, slow DOWN as you turn. Voila! No more damage.
that system really sucks go on line buy a hose brass on each end screws into block other end has knurled end drop hose hand unscrew knurled end way better oil change experiance
Garden tractors are crap. You will get better. It takes practice.
Get rid of that oil drain valve and replace it with a Kawasaki drain hose. That plastic valve is worthless.