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Heavy-Duty Deck and Construction Features

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Mower test & Review of the Cub cadet Pro z 972 sd (aka the Billy Goat)

What happens here

The presenter highlights the exceptional durability of the mower's deck, which is triple-plated with 7-gauge steel, resulting in a thickness of over half an inch at the spindle housing. He also points out the 5/16 inch side skirts with a 3/4 inch polymer wear guard, designed to protect the deck from obstacles. The lack of grease fittings is noted as a maintenance-reducing feature due to high-quality sealed bearings, which are equivalent to those found in a half-ton pickup truck's front hub. Additionally, the heavy-duty 3/8 inch steel rear bumper plate and frame rails provide robust engine protection.

Goal: Understand the robust construction and durability enhancements of the mower deck.

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  • Cub Cadet Pro Z 972 SD Mower Cub Cadet — Demonstrating construction features

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Uh municipalities do the same thing. So, we've actually triple plated this deck. There's three plates of steel on this deck. Three plates of seven gauge steel. The uh top plate and the front plate are seven gauge. There is also a ring on top of the deck around a spindle housing that is also seven gauge. Then there is what we call a boomerang underneath the deck that is also seven gauge that goes around the entire spindle plane giving you three plates of seven gauge steel that is over a half of an inch thick at the spindle housing. Uh it's it's the heaviest deck out there in that regard. Then your side skirts. We've all seen it. We all have them, right? We look at the side of our deck and there's no paint left on it, whatever color it is because we run them up against houses, foundations, fences, all that stuff. So, we did a 516 side skirt. I seen that right away. Most companies will use like a seven gauge side skirt. So, this is heavier than that. Then, we add this 3/4 in polymer wear guard to help protect that deck. So you can run that thing right along the foundation of the house, right along the fence row, get as close as possible without destroying the deck. And this is, of course, replaceable. We also have no grease fittings on this deck at all. There's actually no grease fittings on this unit. Um, and some people think, well, why'd you go non- greasable? Well, when's the last time you greased anything on your truck? That stuff's all sealed. Okay, right. Agriculture equipment is going to non- greasable because you can get such high quality bearings. Now, the bearing set that's in this spindle is the same bearing set that's on the front hub of halfton pickup truck. It's inch and 3/8 shaft with double rolled steel ball bearings. Very heavy duty. So, this deck we actually give a 5year 1750 hour warranty on or 3 years no hour limits. So, with a very heavy uh uh rear bumper plate right here, you can see how thick that is. It's 38 steel uh on the back bumper plate as well as the entire frame rails. That's going to give you a lot of protection back there for the engine. And then we also put very very small thing to put in here, but we actually have a hitch kit built in. You can easily flip that hitch plate around and be able to hook it bolts on with three bolts. You can flip it around and then you can bolt it back on to have it on the outside. The front end of the steering wheel unit is a cast iron front end. You can see this is cast iron steel. Okay. Yep.…

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