I purchased my first ride on recently and have found it does a fairly good job on our relatively small lawn area. It is 4 speed and I think transaxle(?) arrangement.
The one problem I have is that at times it has little braking while going downhill on a concrete footpath. My understanding of what causes this is that when there is unequal traction between the rear wheels, all braking goes to the wheel with least traction. I think diff causes this. Unequal traction can arise from going around a curve, undulations in surface etc. So our mower in one area starts skidding on a concrete path with less than 13 deg slope.
Is this any different to other small transaxle mowers without diff lock? Is there anything to improve or supplement the braking?
Thx
