A lawn maintenance vehicle caster wheel assembly including a suspension comprising: a fork, rotatably connectable to a structural member of an associated lawn maintenance vehicle; an arm, wherein said arm is rotatably connected to said fork at a first location, wherein said arm is rotatable about an arm axis; a caster wheel mounted to said arm, wherein said caster wheel is rotatable about a wheel axis; and a damping member, wherein said damping member is attached to said fork and said arm such that said caster wheel and said arm can rotate about said arm axis, wherein said arm includes a first end point, a second end point, and a first pivot point such that a first line between said first end point and said first pivot point forms a non-linear angle with a second line between said second end point and said first pivot point, wherein said damping member urges said first end point of said arm toward said fork, to rotate said arm about said first pivot point, the lawn maintenance vehicle caster wheel assembly further comprising a pin attached to said arm, wherein said pin defines an aperture, and by further including a threaded fastener, wherein said threaded fastener is threadingly engaged with said aperture, the lawn maintenance vehicle caster wheel assembly being characterized in that said damping member is a coil spring including a central axis, said central axis being oriented in a substantially horizontal orientation, wherein an elastic potential energy within said coil spring is adjusted by said threaded fastener, and wherein said threaded fastener is located within a central space of said coil spring and wherein the fork includes a cross bar, rotatably connectable to the structural member of an associated lawn maintenance vehicle, and a first fork side, which extends in a generally downward direction from the cross bar, and wherein the threaded fastener passes through an aperture defined by a tab which is attached to the first fork side. a fork, rotatably connectable to a structural member of an associated lawn maintenance vehicle; an arm, wherein said arm is rotatably connected to said fork at a first location, wherein said arm is rotatable about an arm axis; a caster wheel mounted to said arm, wherein said caster wheel is rotatable about a wheel axis; and a damping member, wherein said damping member is attached to said fork and said arm such that said caster wheel and said arm can rotate about said arm axis, wherein said arm includes a first end point, a second end point, and a first pivot point such that a first line between said first end point and said first pivot point forms a non-linear angle with a second line between said second end point and said first pivot point, wherein said damping member urges said first end point of said arm toward said fork, to rotate said arm about said first pivot point, the lawn maintenance vehicle caster wheel assembly further comprising a pin attached to said arm, wherein said pin defines an aperture, and by further including a threaded fastener, wherein said threaded fastener is threadingly engaged with said aperture, the lawn maintenance vehicle caster wheel assembly being characterized in that said damping member is a coil spring including a central axis, said central axis being oriented in a substantially horizontal orientation, wherein an elastic potential energy within said coil spring is adjusted by said threaded fastener, and wherein said threaded fastener is located within a central space of said coil spring and wherein the fork includes a cross bar, rotatably connectable to the structural member of an associated lawn maintenance vehicle, and a first fork side, which extends in a generally downward direction from the cross bar, and wherein the threaded fastener passes through an aperture defined by a tab which is attached to the first fork side.