... and then suddenly the thing went all like BOOOOOOM!

Do you think I can maybe just put a patch on this?

Well, I supposed that the lesson for me here is to never inflate a 7-year-old tire to its rated-pressure.

So, the zeroturn gets to sit and wait for two new front tires to arrive; the lawn has been too wet to use the rider for mowing anyway; I used a regular power mower to do the front yard, the rest of the yard can wait.

The battery needed some coaxing to bring it back to life; dunno if it will make it to the end of the mowing season; this is the tractor's second battery; they only seem to last 3-years each.  After sitting all winter, the engine started without too much persuasion.

I'd really like to put a mulch kit on the mower deck ... naaah ... maybe next year.