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Any opinions on ZT Gravely mowers

16 years ago

I have been looking at ZT mowers and I noticed the Gravelys do not have any grease fittings at all. Is this so they can sell you replacement parts later? I was looking at the ZT 2760 model anybody own one of these?

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tomhoffman
16 years ago
Just from looking at Gravleys in the past, the tractors seem to be very heavy duty and have good following.

For my part. I have a ZTR (not a Gravley) that has tons of Grease Zerts in every moving part location, plus aircraft linkeages for all cable connections and uses Archer Aircraft Oil and a 6 stage air cleaner.

They want you to have long life and as few repairs as possible. It is a expensive Commercial machine.

May be the one you are looking at is a consumer model.

What are they asking for it and I would ask them the dealer the question you just posed here. See what they have to say.
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garden_fool
Original Author
16 years ago
The ZT 2760 is $6000. I asked the sales person why it didn't have grease fittings and he said Gravely didn't put them on any of their mowers. I thought they might have some sort of specially designed sealed bearings or something but he didn't know.
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tomhoffman
16 years ago
That seems strange, but it is probably true. Some Gravely owner will probably chime in here soon.

I have a Walker, and it most definitely is designed for commercial use and I use it for a 1/2 acre lot. I had 3.5 acres when I bought it and am looking to move to 4-5 acres in a couple of months.

Here are some used ones listed on Ebay. Some times you can find a real nice one there for a good savings, if you are willing to go and get it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Used ones on Ebay
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tomhoffman
16 years ago
This one might be worth the drive from TX.

Here is a link that might be useful: Worth the Drive
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