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A deck lift system raises and lowers the cutter deck assembly together with the engine deck and engine as a single unit in order to adjust the cutting height of the mower. A tractor frame supports a foot platform and/or a seat upon which the operator may sit. The tractor frame includes first and sec

A deck lift system raises and lowers the cutter deck assembly together with the engine deck and engine as a single unit in order to adjust the cutting height of the mower. A tractor frame supports a foot platform and/or a seat upon which the operator may sit. The tractor frame includes first and second spaced apart sidewalls that are connected together with at least a cross wall member. A depression is formed at the rear of a cutter deck in order to enable a clutch of the engine to be moves closer to the grounds and/or further forward than would otherwise have been possible absent the depression.

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1. A self-propelled power lawn mower comprising:first and second rear drive wheels that are independently driveable so as to enable the mower to conduct approximate zero radius turns about a zero radius turning axis; a foot platform for supporting at least one foot of an operator of the mower, said

1. A self-propelled power lawn mower comprising:first and second rear drive wheels that are independently driveable so as to enable the mower to conduct approximate zero radius turns about a zero radius turning axis; a foot platform for supporting at least one foot of an operator of the mower, said foot platform being located at an elevation less than an elevation of a top edge of at least one of said rear drive wheels, at least a portion of said foot platform being located forward of a rear edge of at least one of the rear drive wheels; a deck lift system for raising and lowering a cutter deck assembly, an engine deck, and an engine together as one unit in order to adjust a blade cutting height of the mower; a seat for supporting an operator in a sitting position; a tractor frame for supporting the foot platform and the seat, said tractor frame including first and second approximately parallel sidewalls and a cross wall member extending between said first and second sidewalls, said cross wall member of said tractor frame being located forward of a rear edge of at least one of said rear drive wheels; and wherein said deck lift system includes linkage that raises and lowers said cutter deck assembly, said engine deck, and said engine together as one unit relative to said tractor frame.