The Ultimate Lawn Jockey's Dream

John Deere has put a new twist on its commercialpiston pump is driven by a belt directly from the
turf care equipment line with the preamble of itscrankshaft pulley. These piston type wheel
first ever zero-turn radius (ZTR) lawn mower.motors provide greater efficiency than the gear
The new Z Trak F620 mower complements thetype motors.
hydro and mechanical drive commercial DeereThe system uses steel hydraulic lines to supply a
walk-behind mowers and its collection ofradiant method of cooling the hydraulic oil, which
front-mounted riding lawn mowers.eliminates the need for an oil cooler.
The design of these new mowers allow operatorsThe operator can move at a variable speed of
to achieve close cut operation by providing clearzero to 8.2 mph forward and zero to 6 mph in
visibility of the deck. This front mounted deck alsoreverse. Mechanical levers provide control of
allows them to get under overhanging bushes andforward, reverse and turning. These are located in
under fence rails.front of and on either side of the operator's seat.
Power for the F620 mower comes from a 20 hp,The mower deck blades utilize a PTO shaft drive
624 cc, air-cooled, twin-cylinder, four-strokesystem that is engaged and disengaged by a
Kohler H20S gasoline engine. It comes with aDana Warner Electric clutch and controlled by a
Kohler specified heavy-duty, dry-type replaceableswitch on the operator control console.
air filter and Nelson silencer. The engine sportsThese new beasts are really easy to work on to
overhead valves and full pressure lubrication withwith a rotate for service system deck. This RFS
a full flow replaceable oil filter.allows a tilt of 90 degrees and lock for handy
Providing ground drive for the ZTR is a tandem,access.
variable displacement hydraulic piston pump. The