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<blockquote data-quote="cowtrek" data-source="post: 425538" data-attributes="member: 2847"><p>We've got a PZ Zweegers drum mower (212 centimeter cut, which is about 7 1/2 feet) that we bought new in 89 and it works like a champ. We bought it instead of a disc mower because it looked to me like 32 gears and bearings in a cutterbar gearbox would be a maintenance nightmare. Zweegers only uses 6 gears and a common shaft in the gearbox above the drums. The Zweegers has been a REALLY good mower. It uses 8 little blades almost like a Kuhn blade but with no twist and a little 'hump' in the middle to keep them oriented right. They're reversible and have a quick-change tool that's easy to use. I wore out one set of skid disks underneath after about 13-14 years of use and replaced them; bout $300 bucks but not bad for that length of use and I used to cut roadsides and ran over a lot of gravel and pavement so that cut into the lifespan of the skid disks I'm sure. I did have to have the input shaft gear changed out at about 12 years old but I've cut some VERY heavy stuff over the years; thick bahia, seenybeans, smutgrass, thick native grass with blackberry vines, and other really tough to cut stuff and 95% of it I cut at 6 mph with my 72 horse NH 5610 and it had its hands full! I was cutting some heavy smutgrass at the time the input gear took a dump. The only other problem I've had was I broke the drag link from the 3 point frame to the main frame that allows it to swing back if you hit something and also allows the mower to swing straight back behind the tractor for road transport. I was mowing a guy's place that was ate up with hog wallows and the tractor and mower were pitching back and forth like a rowboat in a hurricane and it just flat overloaded it. It took out one U-joint when it swung back too far before I could get stopped but it wasn't a bad repair. Other than that it's been a really good mower. </p><p></p><p>I can't speak to the Reese mowers myself but like you I've always been interested in them. Our NH dealer at Shiner used to carry the PZ Zweegers until they got bought out by PZ Greenland and the he started carrying Kuhn mowers. He had carried Reese mowers for awhile but he told me he didn't sell many so he dropped them. The Reese's used to be quite a bit cheaper than a comparable Kuhn (or other main brand, not the Italian knock-offs) disc mower but now the prices are pretty comparable so personally I think I would go Kuhn now. Reese seems to have raised their prices quite a bit, don't know if it's an exchange rate thing or what, but it's certainly not a good way to increase market share. I've heard varying stories from folks who've had them, most love them some hate them. Like you though, most folks you ask about them (most have never owned one or heard of them) just snort and deride. Good luck! OL JR <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cowtrek, post: 425538, member: 2847"] We've got a PZ Zweegers drum mower (212 centimeter cut, which is about 7 1/2 feet) that we bought new in 89 and it works like a champ. We bought it instead of a disc mower because it looked to me like 32 gears and bearings in a cutterbar gearbox would be a maintenance nightmare. Zweegers only uses 6 gears and a common shaft in the gearbox above the drums. The Zweegers has been a REALLY good mower. It uses 8 little blades almost like a Kuhn blade but with no twist and a little 'hump' in the middle to keep them oriented right. They're reversible and have a quick-change tool that's easy to use. I wore out one set of skid disks underneath after about 13-14 years of use and replaced them; bout $300 bucks but not bad for that length of use and I used to cut roadsides and ran over a lot of gravel and pavement so that cut into the lifespan of the skid disks I'm sure. I did have to have the input shaft gear changed out at about 12 years old but I've cut some VERY heavy stuff over the years; thick bahia, seenybeans, smutgrass, thick native grass with blackberry vines, and other really tough to cut stuff and 95% of it I cut at 6 mph with my 72 horse NH 5610 and it had its hands full! I was cutting some heavy smutgrass at the time the input gear took a dump. The only other problem I've had was I broke the drag link from the 3 point frame to the main frame that allows it to swing back if you hit something and also allows the mower to swing straight back behind the tractor for road transport. I was mowing a guy's place that was ate up with hog wallows and the tractor and mower were pitching back and forth like a rowboat in a hurricane and it just flat overloaded it. It took out one U-joint when it swung back too far before I could get stopped but it wasn't a bad repair. Other than that it's been a really good mower. I can't speak to the Reese mowers myself but like you I've always been interested in them. Our NH dealer at Shiner used to carry the PZ Zweegers until they got bought out by PZ Greenland and the he started carrying Kuhn mowers. He had carried Reese mowers for awhile but he told me he didn't sell many so he dropped them. The Reese's used to be quite a bit cheaper than a comparable Kuhn (or other main brand, not the Italian knock-offs) disc mower but now the prices are pretty comparable so personally I think I would go Kuhn now. Reese seems to have raised their prices quite a bit, don't know if it's an exchange rate thing or what, but it's certainly not a good way to increase market share. I've heard varying stories from folks who've had them, most love them some hate them. Like you though, most folks you ask about them (most have never owned one or heard of them) just snort and deride. Good luck! OL JR :) [/QUOTE]
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