Remote control lawn mowers for slope mowing applications
Today’s popular riding mowers are generally rated to handle inclines of up to 30 degrees safely without the risk of injury to the operator. A landscaper should outfit 5 or 6 of his staff with lucrative string trimmers when it comes time to mow a client’s slope that is too steep to operate his equipment. This has long been a problem for the professional lawn care provider as well as government maintenance crews working on DOT (Department of Transportation) highway crews. As government officials raise safety standards related to ramp mowing accidents, hills and banks of 30+ degrees are left unattended along portions of our nation’s highways and other government-owned property. Parks and recreational facilities are among some of the other properties affected by the new safety regulations.<\/p>\n
Summit Lawn Mower, based in New Albany, Mississippi, has a new and interesting solution to your slop mowing problems with their remote controlled mowers. By keeping the operator out of harm’s way, safety concerns aren’t much of an issue. By not having a person at the helm of the machine, combined with an industrial grade rubber track drive system, commercial models like the TRX-34PRO are able to achieve a very low center of gravity giving them mowing capabilities on slopes that top out at around 40-50 degrees while still being functional. I don’t expect to see these 34-60 inch robotic machines replace the bulky tractor mowers that the DOT guys need to maintain hundreds of acres along our highways. While their current line of commercial mowers are used by lawn care professionals in mountainous regions around the world, the company plans to launch an industrial, hydraulic-powered line of mowers to meet the mowing needs of large slopes that state Department of Transportation departments may be interested in.<\/p>\n
Commercial grade remote control lawn mowers are affordable for homeowners
In addition to remote-controlled lawn mowers that are practical only for commercial applications, Summit also offers zero-turn wheel models that are practical for use around the home. Unlike hydrostatic designs that use a motor for propulsion, these electric powered machines use high torque electric motors for propulsion using an AC generator that acts as an onboard generator to keep the battery charged during use. As with commercial models, the transmitter has two control levers. One controls the machine in all directions while the other starts and stops the gas engine. This easy-to-operate design makes the ZTR Series popular with the elderly and disabled who want to rekindle the joy and satisfaction sometimes associated with maintaining their own lawn. While remote-controlled lawn mowers have really impressive slope-mowing capabilities, ZTR series models are limited to being practical on 30-degree inclines due to their front-wheel drive design.<\/p>\n
The company also offers a full line of parts and upgrades such as video control, remote deck height adjustment, and headlights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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