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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
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Nice machines, nice lawn, nice tool box!
Why at idle? Most machines are designed to work at full governed speed.
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Thanks. Mostly noise and not flinging stuff at neighbors. My dad's 125 was at about 100-117Db mowing. Neighbor's lawnmowers about 75-85db.
Weedeaters 90-100db. This latest tractor build is about 87db at lower rpms and 95db at full throttle, meaning I am almost as quiet as a pushmower at lower settings. My JD is about 98 full throttle, so low/half throttle on the ford it keeps me more in line with the HOA, if you know what I mean. The engine is a B&S repower. It idles much higher than the original kohler to run newer hydraulic systems. The original kohler can idle about 800-900. B&S about 1100-1200. Still not top rpm though. The deck runs off an electric pto, so mowing is no strain on the hydrostatic transmission, and there is no real slope to the yard, so no real strain on the hydro. When the older hydro is under strain, you can hear it whine, and go to full power to keep it juiced, but out here, it's never taxed. The stress on the drive is so low, I can pretty much push the tractor by hand if needed. If I was plowing with it or towing / lifting something under strain on the hydro unit, then full power. This is loafing, like puttering about in a boat in a 'no wake zone' in a marina. As long as the grass isn't too out of hand, it works well, at partial throttle, more like a mulching mower. At the mountain house- No HOA- full "POWAHHHHHH!!!!!