Why Ferris

How Ferris suspension actually works

Ferris was the first manufacturer to build suspension into a mower, and it is still the only real reason to choose one.

Automotive-style coil-over shocks and control arms front and rear, so the machine's wheels move over the ground instead of the whole machine — and the operator — moving with it. Ferris first patented the system with Todd Gordon, who went on to be a winning NASCAR crew chief. That is not a marketing story; it is where the geometry came from.

A deck that stays level cuts level. On rough or rolling ground an unsuspended machine transmits every dip into the deck, and you can read the result in the stripe. This is why Ferris talks about a quality cut faster — the speed is only worth having if the cut survives it.

Over a ten-hour day, vibration is fatigue, and fatigue is mistakes and slower properties. This is the part nobody can show you on a spec sheet, and the reason we would rather you rode one than read about it.

Our technicians see it from the other end: a machine that is not being shaken apart holds its fasteners, its welds and its bearings longer. Suspension is a comfort feature that behaves like a durability feature.