Don't Do This To Your Zero Turn Mower!

[Music] [Applause] [Music] all right hey there folks this is Josh Tony Ridge farmer welcome back to another gorgeous day on the farm I got my goofy hat on because I don't want to get sunburnt I ain't got any hair today folks what we're going to be doing is trying out an awesome new mower with a suspension system like you've never seen so come along today we're going to be testing and trying this new Toro Z Master with my ride suspension [Music] I ain't afraid of lie times like this if you've missed my freedom I did is what you can kiss all right everybody welcome back to the Stoney Ridge Farm Channel this is the New Egg Mobile and it's awesome guys I built that the other day right off the Sawmill you got to see that video there'll be a link at the end of this video if you're into chickens if you're into farming this would be your thing so this again is another instrumental tool in managing a large property like this and this is a 60 inch cut we're going to walk all the way around and we're going to talk to you a little bit about maintenance about upkeep and about what I do to keep my mowers running smooth so this is called the Z Master 2000 and it has the Kawasaki 730v engine in it Kawasaki means quality guys it really does it has the awesome air filter system back here two inch hitch built in to the mower awesome little fit and finish stuff with Toro Toro does a great job with their fit and finish we're going to talk about this this is the my ride suspension we'll talk about that in just a second so as we walk around the machine oh pretty much you've got a belt diagram down here this is where you check your oil which is something that you definitely need to do every single time you run the mower easy access to the battery heavy duty rollover protection system right here and this is the first time this mower has ever been in the grass so I'm really excited to run it now this Kawasaki engine Powers the hydraulic motors but pushes a different kind of Tire here so this tire has a different kind of tread than you would typically expect to see on a zero turn mower this is a Turf tire but it is siped right here in other words it gets better grip okay so it gets better grip for going up and down Hills and you can't really tell but we live on a hillside right here and it's very important to be able to get up and down Hills appropriately now we have a discharge chute right here easy access for all of our belts everything we need to access right there pockets and holding areas so we have a USB charging port which is something I have not seen on a zero turn mower just yet this is a cell phone pocket easily enough this is a iPhone Pro 14 big great old big phone right here guys and it fits in there just fine the other mower I had it did not fit nice seat very comfortable fit and finish wise man this seat looks like it belongs in a Lambo super cool super nice so as we walk around a little bit more ergonomic grips that we use right here it's all about the grips it's all about being comfortable on the ride and that's where the my ride suspension comes in so you got a great old big thing here if you wanted to tote a bag of chips with you or it's a snack or something like that pack of nabs got a nice big cup holder right there if you had a griddle big tumbler you could fit it in there one of those big yeti tumblers I just use a water bottle here's where your fuel is now you have a fuel gauge which is right over here on the right hand side of the seat there's a fuel gauge right down there and you can keep an eye on your fuel that's a feature that most Zero Turn Mowers of this grade do not have is a fuel gauge so you just have to look down at a plastic tank down there and see how full it is this is for your PTO so when we get ready to engage our PTO all we do is flick that little toggle switch right there so if you're going up and over curbs Mash that it stays up stays up into position if you want to lower it back down release that handle right there so mash it up holds into place want it back down do that this is how you adjust and we mow at about four and a half to five inches here on the Stoney Ridge Farm but if you wanted to change that it's as simple as lifting it up pulling a pin and dropping it into the next position I think we're going to go on with a four and three quarter right there discharge chute Will Blast grass out to the side I don't know if you guys saw me pull up here but I was mowing and it was slinging grass and I'm a little bit behind on getting my mowing done for the season right here so this is probably the fifth mow of the season but the first time I've been on this Zero Turn Mower now I'm on the my ride suspension this thing rocks back and forth It's really really comfortable uh let's just give you a little detail on that there's some shocks and springs in the suspension right here that's really important so you can Mash right there you can see this is a free floating apparatus there is the shock and a spring right there this free floats really really cool again called my ride suspension on the front you have a shock and on the rear you have a shock so shocks and springs on front and rear and you can adjust these it's just this simple you just dial it into where you want to be I've got it dialed into the number three setting it's based upon your weight so if you decide to get one of these you can look at this and it's again based upon your weight so that is the my ride suspension system now the deck is super heavy duty guys you can see it's got a bull nose right here and it also has a nice little spot for a step right there so that you don't scuff up your mower I will say that this Toro does a good job at helping keep their mowers looking new in other words the paint holds up better everything seems to hold up better and this mower will look like this in four years if you take good care of it now stay tuned to the end I'm going to tell you exactly what I do to take care of my mower before I put it up and it's not using a water hose don't use a water hose so without further Ado let's get out here and get the mowing [Music] folks I don't know if you can tell but this suspension seat set up the my ride suspension is floating me along the ground you can see the mower bouncing but I'm not bouncing along with it this is the smoothest and fastest mowing zero turn that I've ever been on guys super impressed now you might see the stripes in the lawn right here the stripes were put in here by the ventrac mower typically I've been mowing with the ventrac but now that I have the new z-master 2000 I think we're just going to stick with the Z master and mow in the yard and we'll take the ventrac out and mow the farm this thing is super awesome and that Kawasaki engine is just powerful much more powerful than the last mower I had super impressed guys please post any comments or questions that you might have I'll try my best to get to your questions [Music] oh [Music] foreign [Music] folks if you like this kind of content please jump in hit that like button subscribe the channel we'd love to have you back here on our 150 acre first generation Farm project we've got a lot more than mowing the yard going on here on the Stoney Ridge Farm chainsaw reviews tool reviews moving the cows raising animals and all kinds of fun stuff that goes along with building a first generation farm and managing a large property like this we're on 150 acres here [Music] that was the smoothest ride I have ever experienced in a zero turn mower unbelievable guys the my ride suspension and again I'm not telling you this because I want to sell you a mower I don't get paid to sell you a mower I'm telling you that was awesome I don't know if you saw from the Drone footage or from any of the other footage that I was going over this land it's really bumpy right through here it doesn't look that bumpy it mowed it really smooth but if you look out through here you can see hump hump hump my septic field is right here and there's humps all throughout here so as I came up and down through here it was basically normally it would beat the snot out of me but it didn't beat the snot out of me this time it did awesome so the my ride suspension is a total Game Changer the tires on this thing they're really cool they did a great job they are there's a learning curve to those tires I'll tell you that um the grass is a little bit moist the sun's getting ready to go down so the Dew is kind of coming up out of the soil and they were a little bit slick they like to spin just a little bit however if you mow slow if you slow down a little bit you didn't have any spinach but I was rolling man I don't know if you guys noticed how fast I was going but I was smoking it on this thing so I can't say enough about the Kawasaki engine too so the Kawasaki engine is really a game changer the other one that I had the last mower I had had a 26 horsepower and it was a different brand Kawasaki man that thing just is next level so this mower in my opinion I had a John Deere 777 that's a 32 horsepower John Deere mower and this thing would chew it up and spit it out the tailpipe I mean honestly and that was a commercial mower I don't know what the equivalent is now but I think they're like 16 Grand something like that I'll post down there with the MSRP of this thing is check out your local Toro dealer demo one try one out guys um we'll have many many more mowers on the farm to test and try but that my ride suspension was super cool super awesome now let's talk to you about maintenance so before I park the mower the last thing I do I don't rinse it off and a lot of people want to rinse their mower well that's the worst thing you can do a couple of the worst things you can do with your mower rinsing it when you're done and putting it up wet you've heard of Road hard and put up wet don't ride it hard and put it up wet this is a blower I simply just take the blower [Music] that's the turbo button this is a Toro blower also [Music] foreign I just give it a good blow up [Music] so every time I ride it every time I mow I give it a good one sober [Music] so every time I mow I give it a good once-over with the blower if you do that and you don't mow in the wet it will stay clean all year long and at the end of the season that's when you'll go ahead and you'll do your full on Grime and Grub clean okay do not do not do not mow wet grass don't get out in mow wet grass that clogs things up it tears things up it will tear up your mower it'll tear up your zero turn if you're riding a regular lawn tractor right now guys I posed this challenge to you go try out a zero turn mower you will not regret it there is a bit of a learning curve on a zero turn mower but I'm telling you it is a game changer it will nearly double the speed at which you mow unless you just like sitting on a putt-putt lawn tractor go try a zero turn try one out I'm telling you you will not regret it guys look at the mo look at the cut we've got I've still got to go move the cows so this is where I say goodbye to you guys I'll keep you posted we'll do some reviews throughout the season if there are any problems I'll let you guys know hit that like button if you have any questions post them down there the MSRP for this machine will be right down here and uh yeah go into your Toro dealer and haggle with them a little bit guys we'll see you next time on the Stony Ridge Farm I hope you enjoyed this video and I hope you enjoyed these tips on mowing I don't care if it is a lawn tractor if it's any kind of mower don't mow wet don't mow wet that will drastically reduce the lifespan of your deck and your blades and your spindles which is what spins the blades up underneath there guys we'll see you next time on the Stoney Ridge Farm all right okay let me just say get on my blooper and it's got foot pedals that's really really comfy ah