Love your lawn but hate cutting it? Looking for a powerful and efficient machine that is less demanding? Welcome to "zero turn", a lawnmower that steers using its rear wheels.
Zero turn mowers are designed to cut so closely around objects that trimming is nearly obsolete. A major advantage of zero turn mowers is that they pivot 180 degrees without leaving a circle of uncut grass.
Typical zero turn mower designs have the rear wheels connected to a hydrostatic transmission that makes the wheels turn by using pressurized fluid. Steering controls the flow of fluid through the transmission, rotational speed, and direction of the wheels.
The question is: do you need that much maneuverability? Are there a lot of obstacles in your yard? If so, maybe a zero turn mower is what you are looking for.
