Love the new tractor and have learned a lot. However, after it was delivered (and after using the flail mower for awhile) I went to open the hood to stare at stuff.
1: Couldn't get the pin out of the front guard without using a hammer and drift. Had to use a small round file to remove a lot of orange paint from the hole before it would finally work properly.
2: Driving back up the driveway with the PTO shut down and the flail mower raised up to around position 6, the driveway made the tractor lean to the right a little causing the mower to loudly rub against the right rear tire lugs. Turns out the telescopic stabilizers were adjusted to different lengths with the right side being shorter than the left.
3: I went to lower the ROPS so I could mow under the fruit tree branches. Dang near an hour later I finally got it down. The right set bolt required a two foot cheater bar on the wrench to get it to barely turn mangling the welded hook along the way. The left set bolt came out without major problems but was not easy.
Luckily I have a 5/8 X 18 tap and die so after working on the bolts and nuts I can pretty much turn them by had when moving them.
My questions are:
1: Should the dealer have looked under the hood when it was delivered to him? They would have noticed the stuck pin if they did.
2: The dealer supposedly put the FEL, tires and flail mower on at the dealers shop. Should I be worried that since they had the mower improperly installed that they may have goofed up some other things or is it easy to miss-adjust the stabilizers.
3: Am I the only one who has had to use a tap and die on the nuts and bolts of the ROPS or is this a common problem. How did they get the bolts in without noticing.
4: HOW DID I LIVE 65 YEARS WITHOUT A FRONT END LOADER??
1: Couldn't get the pin out of the front guard without using a hammer and drift. Had to use a small round file to remove a lot of orange paint from the hole before it would finally work properly.
2: Driving back up the driveway with the PTO shut down and the flail mower raised up to around position 6, the driveway made the tractor lean to the right a little causing the mower to loudly rub against the right rear tire lugs. Turns out the telescopic stabilizers were adjusted to different lengths with the right side being shorter than the left.
3: I went to lower the ROPS so I could mow under the fruit tree branches. Dang near an hour later I finally got it down. The right set bolt required a two foot cheater bar on the wrench to get it to barely turn mangling the welded hook along the way. The left set bolt came out without major problems but was not easy.
Luckily I have a 5/8 X 18 tap and die so after working on the bolts and nuts I can pretty much turn them by had when moving them.
My questions are:
1: Should the dealer have looked under the hood when it was delivered to him? They would have noticed the stuck pin if they did.
2: The dealer supposedly put the FEL, tires and flail mower on at the dealers shop. Should I be worried that since they had the mower improperly installed that they may have goofed up some other things or is it easy to miss-adjust the stabilizers.
3: Am I the only one who has had to use a tap and die on the nuts and bolts of the ROPS or is this a common problem. How did they get the bolts in without noticing.
4: HOW DID I LIVE 65 YEARS WITHOUT A FRONT END LOADER??
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