👑 Ferris FW15 👑 The Good Bad And Ugly After 1 year Of Use
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Engine Brand
Honda® GXV390
Engine Power Rating (hp)*
10.2
Displacement (cc)
389
PTO
Manual, Cable
Cylinders
1
Starter
Manual
Fuel Tank Capacity (gal)
0.55
Deck Size (in)
32
Cutting Height (in)
1.5 - 5
Spindles
Aluminum Greaseable
Deck Construction
14 and 12-gauge
Transmission
Peerless axle with differential chain driven by Hydro-Gear® RT-310 pump and motor
Drive Axles (in)
0.75
Caster Tires (in)
10.5 x 3 Lockable Wheel
Drive Tires (in)
13 x 5-6
Ground Speed-Fwd (mph)
0 - 4
Ground Speed-Rev (mph)
0 -2
Overall Length (in)
73.5
Overall Width (in) Deflector Down/Deflector Up
44 / 32.5
Dry Weight (lbs)
285
I work mine. I never ran out of gas. I walk fast & try to do most yards in 25 minutes. I had a big community garden I just stop cutting yesterday. I think it's a 90 minute lawnmower cutting in and out. But yes each yard I refuel my equipment before I leave the yard previously done. I wish it had at least 1.5 gallon tank & better mpg. My 36" Bobcat with a 15hp I burn almost 3 gallons on 12 yards. It's a 5 gallon tank
Awesome video Tony! Great tips getting the most out of your FW15.
Thank you Billy I appreciate your kind words I am just sharing my honest revue . I hope your having a good season Billy. also i know you sold your fw15 but did yours drink lots of gas as well ?
@@TonysLawnCare215 I agree, the Honda GXV390 is a gas hog. So far, we’re having a good season, thanks for asking. Hope the same for you as well.
@@BillyGoatLawnService Not for me Billy it started great grass was growing fast now it has bin 2 going on 3 weeks no rain and this week we will be in the high 90s heat wave time no lawns to cut sad it is like everything just hit a brick wall Dead stop no one's grass is growing So i am not making any cash and i kneed it bad lots of bills coming up now the heat with no rain is hurting my pocket i might have to take on a 9 to 5 now which i hate i love being my own boss. Billy hopefully thing turn around for me FAST !!! .
@@TonysLawnCare215 Not good news to hear this early in the season. We have been in your shoes many times over the first several years in business. Each year we make improvements to ride out both extended dry or wet conditions by offering other services other than just mowing. Droughts are the worse, especially when the summer heat and humidity kicks in. Anxiety levels are high with motivation levels are low. Not a good combination. I never complain about to much rain. Stay positive and push through it. At some point I want to make videos on how we handle different scenarios during 4 seasons.
@@BillyGoatLawnService Thank you my good man ! also i like that Billy a video on how to coup with the season's and how to adjust to still bring in the cash I like that cant wait to see your video my friend
I think ima grab one of these this summer, I’m burned out on push mowers and time masters/ turf masters breaking belts and pullies. I can add a bigger fuel tank easy that’s simple deal to bypass. But I gotta have a mower that’s heavy duty and over 30” but can work on damp lawns I can’t put my heavy mowers on. My special clients want their lawn cut rain or shine, obviously I don’t mow in the rain but like day after I can’t put a 860lb or 1260lb stander on without butchering the lawn. So I think ima get my next Ferris
We use a toro commercial self propelled full tank probably can cut 8 yards but we mainly use our walker or John Deere zero turns for most of our properties.
Someday I will own one. Mark from Michigan
Mark i know the feeling i was in the same mind set as you . i said 1 day i would own a FW15 and God made a way keep that thought it will be your fuel to chase after a FW15 to you get it in your Garage and say i did it i now own a FW15. it's a Good feeling to know you made a dream of owning a FW15 come true every day i look at mine i say the same thing in my heart .
Great information, great video. I’m considering this mower for personal use. I know it’s probably overkill. Where did you get the grass flap with Ferris decals?
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What is the name of the company or brand of the chute blocker you use on your fw15
I own one and I love mine but man you are not kidding she is very gas thirsty. I mean is unreal how much fuel consumes. The gas tank should be bigger. The reverse is a nice feature but you must have strong shoulders. She is a beast and good quality.
@@ralphplazachesmarhomes I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed that
Tony - Got any tips on replacing the drive chain on an FW15? Mine had a link break.... oddly it broke one link ahead of the master link. Anyway I got one on order off of eBay and I hope its easy to replace. Ive had my FW15 for 3 years mowing my own yard so not a lot of hours. Im listening to this review as i type and man i have to re-fill my tank 3 times to mow 3/4's of an acre. Also the handlebars are too narrow and really wears out my shoulders. Overall I wish I kept my 36" Gravely!
I never did that replacement job so i have no idea my friend . Hopefully you can get it fixed .Good Luck
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Great video i am getting my fw15 for my yard honda stop making residential mowers last year. Where did you get the side discharge gate from. I cant find it on the web
Here you are Mate grassflap.com/products/fw1550-h2l
one thing i noticed when watching vids on this mower is the engine seems to be working hard when the decks engaged. i dont necessarily think the honda uses a lot of fuel but is just under a heavy load when its mowing so that could cause it to use more fuel than normally. i cant say this for certain as ive not used this mower but thats just what it sounds like. do you notice that?
I appreciate your input as i still am puzzled buy how thirsty this machine is I really don't cut more then 2" here in PA in the summer heat jun/july i always leave it 4" for all my clients so my Ferris is never under a load and i never cut wet grass also i don't mulch i always side discharge Always
Got my fw15 and have had it about a month for and and absolutely love this beast. I order a accelerator grass catcher for do u use one and if so are they easy to intsall
I don't bag I just side discharge 👍
Can you add the side grass catcher to that grass flap unit?
Great ? yes you can but if i do add one i would have to take off the grass flap door and i dont want to do all of that just to catch grass. I just side discharge
I’ve seen tons of guys using the smaller accelerator grass cage which is what I use, so that fits these machines
1gal an hr? that is really thirsty. Can you run this at a slightly less engine speed to try and offset the fuel?
Great ? In shot yes i can but all mowers should always run at full RPM Which is 3600 RPM if you cut back on it then your really not cutting grass you will be ripping/pulling Grass And that will give you a terrible end result on a lawn you will loose a costumer that way Thanx for the ? makes sense but in theory Dont do it never change a mowers RPM
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Would you say it’s good on fuel?
not very good the 10.5Hp Motor is very thirsty
Did you watch the video?
@@righand yes. He says that it’s not good on fuel about 45 times
How much gas per an hour?
about 1 Gallon a hr so @ $3.76 a Gallon so by the 6 Lawn you already went though about $22.56 worth of gas at this point you are loosing money
@@TonysLawnCare215 dang son, that's a lot actually and getting up thier with my 27hp Kohler uses an hour. My Kohler 224cv timemaster 30 can mow 5 regular house yards without refueling so yeah that's too much. Can mow about to acres on a tank, the regular small normal tank.
@@Robert-j9k5i Exactly my point this thing drinks too much fuel