I expect this mower will last several seasons with decent care. kzfaq.infoUgkx1VWTrayKBdCKAjzAcZ_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.

Neat idea! I use my lightweight 1.5 ton floor jack with some boards to get my smaller vehicles unstuck. Board under jack, jack it up and get some boards / soil / rocks under the tires. Let it down and take off!

I’ve had a lawn business for 25 years and One of my main rules is “ never get stuck in the first place” when in doubt get ur cheeks off the mower and walk the ground

I prefer using my truck and burying it too, then calling someone with more chains to pull everything out. lol

That's wearing me out. Seems like some chain and a come along would've been a better idea.

Everytime I think about buying something used that's in excellent condition this comes to mind

Great video bud.... I love that old timer trick....So much so I made a kit and just keep it in both the tractor and zero turn tool boxes now... It's saved my ass a couple times when I was far away from the house and buried by myself......I got land on my property that gets that wet.... Folks in the comment section here suggesting 2×4's, calling friends to lift it up to move it and what not would still be out there trying to get it unstuck to this day.....😂

You my friend won the award for the best stuck in the mud zero turn. I thought when I had gotten stuck that I was in there deep. Nowhere near how you had yours. I was also closer to solid road so it was easy to get mine out. That was a neat trick I hope I never have to use it LOL.

Glad to see I am not the only one who gets into precarious areas lol nice fix

You made an awesome tiller. Thanks for the tip 😂😂😂

Gotten a few ag tractors stuck over the years. Satisfying when you can get yourself out. Well done.

Always straighten you front casters before trying to move it...yes it makes a difference

Next time just go to Harbor Freight and buy more chains, better yet, don't try to mow a swamp.

I would just leave the legs on since you’re mowing a swamp. Lol. I have gotten stuck more times than I will admit.

Living in south Louisiana we have to deal with mud also. Found out a zero turn will get stuck quicker than a tractor type mower, especially when you try to turn in soft ground. Great video. Gave me something to consider next time I’m stuck!

Your method reminds me of a story my father told me about a tow truck operator who made a bet with a dozer operator he could drive it out of the mud it was buried in. The operator said it was impossible and took the bet. The tow truck operator chained crossties onto the tracks. The dozer walked up on top of the mud. As the ties came out behind the dozer he took them off to chain them onto the front. A lot of messy work but he made some nice coin off the operator. The operator said it worth it because he now knew he would never have to call him again.

That metal piece is called unistrut. Usually used for framing/mounting of electrical equipment.

We always have that same question every time, "what would MacGyver do?" Fun to watch.

I’ve got the same model, lawn tires, & just got it stuck falling into a soft spot, up to its frame, on one side, in my backyard. I had just as much fun. Not! Glad I had a truck & a long enough cable. Had to put the transmissions in neutral before pulling. Mower works great on my small property, but bought a John Deere Z540M to mow my Daughter’s 2.5 acres of field. It took 4 mowings to transform it into a lawn. Going to keep it that way!👍🏻👌🏻☑️

Great tip I’ve been using my zero turn less and my garden tractor more But in this case both would have been stuck

"Expanded Metal Lath" Mud, snow, ice; solves them all.

I love it when a plan comes together!

The only way I could see it possibly working is if the bar had paddles or feet on the ends of the piece you bolted on, but excellent idea!

My mowers always getting stuck... thanks for the video!

I was mowing a customer's yard and my zero turn found a soft wet spot,, got it stuck. I didn't have the ingenuity to bolt on some bars,, I used a ratchet strap and a tree, and a couple 2x4's. I made a mess in the lawn. Haven't been back to that yard in 6 months!!!

I would not want to put such a strain on the hydro units. Easier to pull out with a truck or Jack it up throw a couple boards under it done.

Get er done and you did just that. American enginuity prevails once again by never giving up. Congrats 🎉 brother.

New to mowin. Thanks for the tip. I didn't even think... What if I get stuck?

Why tf you got a level?"😂😂🤚 Your botling a metal sheet on the rim😂

Great effort! You could also bolt a hub to your wheel and winch yourself out with a rope spooled around the hub which acts as a capstan.

I have the same mower and have buried it in the ditch in the front yard several times, all I do is pick it up and move it over, had to use my truck one time though...nice tires by the way

Very interesting that I’m glad that worked. I’ll keep that in mind. Thanks for sharing your secret

Where there is a Will, there is a Way, Grandpa's Favorite Words...

I just picked the front end of mine up and turned it both ways to pop the wheels out of the holes 🤷‍♀️

Most Excellent! Good Job!!!

Long wide boards under the tires i have gotten box trucks out of the snow like that. It's pretty much the same as making a bridge flat on the ground.

hey chud i think it was awesome that you showed all the failures. persistent and creative nice job

I would have used the plentiful wood to lay down on the ground instead of the round stock rebar. It would have stayed put having the larger surface area

👍🏼👍🏻wow amazing idea 👍🏻👍🏼

I've saw people put 2x4s on the drive tires when stuck in mud. It would run parallel to the ground opposite to what you did it was to increase the surface area the weight is on to keep from sinking much. I have never had to do it but I don't get in mud much and when I do I luckily don't get stuck but it's a neat trick to keep in case it's needed

Nice fix. But I wouldn't call those legs- they are clearly aerators!

Have you ever used that ZTR as a cement mixer?

You have more patience than I do. You did good.

That was pretty cool, Im thinking if it was me and three of my friends we would have just lifted my mower out of the mud and gone and had a beer, interesting solution though

damn I would have just taken my tractor out there and pulled it out or lifted it out LOL

I started to fixing mowers and flipping them

Good Job improvised and over came American ingenuity (:

Drainage grates for a driveway work perfectly. I pull mine and stick them under the tires bottom facing up and they get me out every time.

You need to try to make your zero turn a dually

LOL! $25 come along would have been a lot easier, but maybe not as cool!

2x6 across and under the in place of the rebar. I used 1x12 oak in line of the tires and across them 4x4's to lift my tractor out of a hole - in 4W it drove out.

All this rain we been having here in Florida my yard is way to wet to mow as well. after getting my bigger zero turn stuck a few to many times I walk around and check the yard first.

Why would there ever be a next time ,after the first?

Chud, I thought you were going to mount a pulley, on the rim with the 2 studs. Hook a cable around, somehow to a tree.... A spinning wheel is kinda like a winch, isn't it?!

I was only making a joke you did a good job getting it out if you ever have to do it again I recommend cinching your crossbar up against the tire much tighter it will work better

That is a cool trick!

thats an old farmers trick But it still works

Ya know, if you used a couple of planks and a 4x4 as a lever you could have had the damn thing out in 3 minutes

Thank you very much. I like your idea -- Especially since your system not only got the mower out of the hole but also allowed the mower to continue to drive out of the wet field. For the many (like me) who may get stuck in much smaller wet areas - and don't have the very good tires you have I would like to recommend a $54.95 item which is a FAST solution to get out of a smaller area after a mower has dug itself in --- available on Amazon. Search exactly --- " Portable Tire Traction Mats ". The ones in the black color set are 36 inches long -- DON'T get cheaper shorter ones. I bought these in 2012 when they were only $35 and the color than was orange. They are marked which side and end to use under the tire. They have saved me many times.

Hey man !! Just getting a little MUD ON THE TIRES !! Havin FUN !! I pull my neighbor out every once in a while !! Good excuse for a BS session !! LOL !!

why cut a over grown swamp like that to start with?

Dude, pick the deck up, then pick the front end up (by hand, the front is not heavy) turn mower 90 degrees and drive out of there. SMH

If mower has power then turn your wheel bolt addition trick into a winch spool and winch out. Or if mower has no power and to save your transmission then stake down a tackle block into the ground and tie off a come along. Super easy.

If you had a long rope and anchored one end firmly, then wrap the other end around the wheel bar you would pull or wind yourself forward like retrieving line on a fishing reel.

I've got an even better trick than that. 4x4 and a rope!

i just take my backhoe 555C ford lift it up and out drag it off My backhoe is a BEAST

This is good info. thank you for posting. by the holes in the wheels look like you been stuck like this before I can see that this machine is realy stuck I had machine stuck like this. before But Had to just leave it till the ground drys out Then went back to it a week or so later after it had dried out and then I could drive it out starting like this good battery

What a waste of a good Saturday! I don't think your Craftsman was going to cut that grass anyway!

it appears that you got some dirt in your pond .

Good job. next time throw a 2x4 behind the tire to suck under In reverse.

I just used a 2x4 for leverage to lift out of the holes, repeat til I can get traction. or a chain and a four wheeler.

Interesting video!! I understand that not everyone has other equipment available. I'm fortunate that I have a 700 Artic Cat 4-wheel Drive and a winch. But what if I'm somewhere I don't have access to the Cat. Very informative, LOVE your ingenuity!!!

Just buy two bags of cat litter at the dollar store and drive it out. It works on cars as well as construction equipment.

I thought it was a rule. if YOU got it stuck, YOU gotta get it unstuck. Doing stuff for others only hinders common sense.

Poor mower, I like the tires though lol

ive done this with a stuck farm tractor far from home all i had was 1 short log chain between the 3pt hitch arms wrapped it around one of the holes in the cast wheel/tire and a downed 10' tree log

Chain and truck quicker and easier

How many been mowing around your pond and just say I can get a little closer dang pond reaches out grabbed zeroturn

Great job. I liked it.

I gotta give you and A for ingenuity LOL I just was mowing my front yard and got my Dixie chopper stuck but i just went and got my kubota tractor and a long long chain now I am out and I am not going to mow again until it dries out , but not mowing the swamp is really the best idea

Anybody that would drive a Zero turn into a marsh like that should be stuck! SMH!!

Honestly 2 men could of picked the rearend up. Couldn’t believe you were in sandals lol

I had a Simplicity Conquest for 15 years but ended up burning to the ground when the engine was hunting, it back fired and burned to the ground. Thanks to Allstate I bought a new Simplicity Champion XT Zero Turn. So far I've used it on three occasions and got stuck three times. If I had it to do over again I'd buy another Conquest which would easily have lasted another 15 years. The hunting thing could have happened to any tractor. In the meantime I'll keep this idea in mind if towing it out of the mud with my Tahoe won't do it.

My Craftsman 5000 would get stuck on flat ground if it was slightly wet...I can't count how many times I had to pull it with the ATV!?? I'll never waste my money again.

Buy another set of rear wheels and use those bolt holes to bolt the extra wheels up to the original. That way you spread your weight over a larger area and get better flotation and traction on the wet soil. Also, letting some air out of the tires so the bottom flattens out and covers a larger area can help, just raise the mower up to compensate for lower frame height.

The metal is called unistrut

Just do what Shrek said: stay out of the swamp!

Fist bumps 👊👊👊👊👊, high fives/pats on the back ✋✋✋✋✋

Flat bar, aka unistrut.

Shouldn't have been near the mud to begin with. Mud and riding mowers don't work at all

When you have mud tires on your zero turn...I know I don’t want to live where you live!! Lol.

6:30 ..workin good! ..uh... that is chocolate ice cream isn't it?

Lol yeah grab a truck or pull it out with the altima done.

I can pick the back end of that mower up lol you wasted a whole day lmao

I thought I was the only one that ever got a zero-turn stuck. I made a lever out of a 10 ft 2 by 4 and a brick. Then I lift it up and put my Stihl lawn mower ramps under it. Works almost every time.

Now just throw a 2×4 under the back of it and it'll pop it right on out. Putting those on the tires first and then slide a 2×4 for behind the tires. 8 foot 2 by 4 all the way across and it'll come right out in reverse!

Way to much time on your hands. You said you just did this for your tractor..... Why not bring your tractor over with a rope to pull out. Duh.

That whole ordeal looks like just a good way to tear the s*** out of a lawn mower

My parents have one of these but it's the z6600 with the 54" deck. They have had it for some time. My dad is on hospice so it's ether my brothers or I using it when we go over to visit as it's to much on my mom to mow 2 acres.

Haha that is some soupy shot there bud.