Countax c60 lacking power

[weirdfish]

I’ve been cutting the field with my newly acquired countax c60 ride on, it slopes about 12degrees and I don’t have the box etc on the back, just the bare mower.
I’ve got the cut height fairly low and it was coping ok until today when it started to really struggle to climb the slope, even with no cut engaged and the deck lifted.
Anything I should be worried about.

 

[weirdfish]

An update on this, allowed the mower to cool down whilst I watched the rugby, decided to try it again and it was a lot better.
Could this be down to hydraulic oil heating up too much and affecting the drive?

 

[V8Druid]

hydrostatic transaxle -- IIRC it's sealed so difficult to refill if it loses any .. Angus @modelman093 is 'the man' for this sort of query ... was his game - garden machinery / mowers/etc. -- huge knowledge in this field

 

[Furniss]

Don't these have a cooling fan on the box ?
Think mine does

 

[V8Druid]

Don't these have a cooling fan on the box ?
Think mine does

yes they do .. had to replace mine a while back when it shed its blades after contacting a lump of stick on the ground

 

[weirdfish]

A further question regarding this mower, can you get a mulching attachment.
I would rather mulch the field instead of collecting the grass.

 

[Furniss]

A further question regarding this mower, can you get a mulching attachment.
I would rather mulch the field instead of collecting the grass.

I think you buy a kit with différent blades and à bung so grass cant escape the decking.

 

[weirdfish]

Any links as to which one will fit?

 

[Furniss]

Any links as to which one will fit?

Depends on your deck size

 

[weirdfish]

44” I believe

 

[V8Druid]

the mulching set up is a plastic insert in the deck which doesn't allow the grass to escape until totally massacred ... TBH not a lot of cop unless you cut it two or three times a week .. even weekly you still need a collector behind you picking it up

 

[Furniss]

the mulching set up is a plastic insert in the deck which doesn't allow the grass to escape until totally massacred ... TBH not a lot of cop unless you cut it two or three times a week .. even weekly you still need a collector behind you picking it up
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Yeah my sweeper is bolloxed and I blocked back up with a bit of ally and put mulching blades on, it's crap, going to get gardeners to do it rather than splash out another 5k on a mower !