Who says you can't use a ZTR mower in the winter?

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Originally Posted by Sled Dog

I was wondering about that too..... i'm surprised it gets such good traction.

When I was younger, my dad had a Wheel Horse garden tractor that he put chains on and still spun the tires. It was a heavy garden tractor as well.

I think the ZTR is better suited for plowing though if you think about it. The engine is located behind the rear tires, which is obviously where most of your weight it distributed. For a garden tractor, more than 50% of the weight is distributed in the front even with your body weight included.

My ZTR weighs in the neighborhood of 650 lbs I believe with most of that weight in the back. The blade is somewhere around 150 lbs they estimated with the mounting kit.

Granted, I only pushed a 2-3" accumulation, but even when I pushed the bigger piles, I never spun the wheels at all.