Synthetic Bio in a Walk Mower?

One of the nice things about walk mowers if the absence of hydraulic oil leaks..  For an Equipment Manager that’s a nice weight off ones shoulders.  Years ago with our new riding mowers we hit about 1000 hours on them, and it seemed every hose that could go, did.  It’s really horrible when you’re watching a mower on a green and a hose blows up..  And we have a hose replacement program!!!   Every job has it’s down times..

So, it was great when we started using the walkbehind greens mowers again.  And then, I came across a green that had unbelievable spots on it.  The transmissions on our mowers are filled with Dextron ATF fluid (hydraulic !!) and turns out they have issues with seals..  So while this wasn’t a massive spill or leak, it was drops all over.

They’ve seen the light, discontinued this model, but we have 6 and will have them for awhile..  So, we had been using Terresolve Biodegradable hydraulic fluid for over 10 years in some of our riding greens mowers.  Jacobsen has had them make a synthetic version for them as well.  We have been experimenting with it in our riding greens mowers, fairway mowers, topdressers, and now with these :)

Very nice folks at the factory.  Whenever I need technical advice I call and there’s someone there to help.

Anyway, I started putting Jacobsens Greens Care Plus, which is a synthetic biodegradable hydraulic fluid in our Toro walk mowers.  So if we have future leaks, we won’t kill the turf..


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