At the GIE+EXPO last week, Turf took a tour of the Exmark booth and saw the new 96-inch Lazer Z X-Series zero-turn mower, the company’s largest, most powerful and most productive gasoline-powered commercial zero-turn mower. Capable of cutting up to nine acres per hour, the 96-inch Lazer Z X-Series provides the increased productivity necessary to get jobs done more quickly and profitably. “Landscape maintenance professionals need mowers that enable each worker to get more work done, faster, with reduced maintenance and service-related downtime,” said Exmark director of marketing, Jamie Briggs. “The 96-inch Lazer Z X-Series leverages Exmark’s latest innovations to give our customers a powerful new option that mows faster, with increased operator comfort and maximum reliability in the field.” The rear-discharge UltraCut flex wing cutting deck features a full-floating 48-inch center deck with two 24-inch wing decks, for a total of 96-inches of cut width. Both wing decks can flex up to 20 degrees up and 15 degrees down, which minimizes scalping and increases productivity in undulating terrain. A hydraulic deck lift offers the ability to raise or lower the wing decks to ease loading and minimize trailering space. As a result, the 96-inch Lazer Z X-Series fits on trailers capable of handling a 72-inch zero-turn mower. Exmark designed the UltraCut flex wing deck to use four matching blades, which eases service and delivers cut quality in a wide range of mowing conditions. The deck is also designed to deliver mulching performance and is equipped with a factory-installed mulch ...