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Originally Posted by Dave01
You'd be surprised what a difference it can make. Yes, you may have a heavier operator on the tractor, but that weight is distributed over both rears, plus some on the fronts, so doesn't have all that much impact. If you fill the tires you can put 7 plus gallons in so the better part of 60 lbs. on each tire, the weight going directly to the ground under that tire. You can go with 70# wheel weights or filling the tires, or both though personally I think that is a lot of weight for just mowing.
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We've never had serious trouble with traction until this mower. I think I'll try weighting the wheels before changing tires. The way I have the deck set-up is that it rolls on the ground with no weight on the tractor, that is probably making a big difference. You can lift the deck and normally it will stop spinning. But that is not practical to have to do so when turning uphill or just to backup. Are the weights for this machine interchangeable with other models?