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I’m glad the break occurred while the tractor was off. Less likely to have ingested casting bits.

If the mower is too big, the tractor has no business having a three point hitch. I got the smallest mower I could. The mower deck is the same width as the rear wheelbase.

I saw that in the image after the fact and wondered the same thing. Unfortunately I had to leave the tractor for a few days and won’t be able to look until later this week.

It could be the lift cylinder. I don’t know the innards well enough to know.

The crack looks clean to me, but I haven’t gotten in too close yet.

Having taken high level courses on failure mechanisms in engineering materials, I find it hard to believe that leaving the three point hitch up would cause this failure. Castings would tend to fail due to fatigue and lowering the hitch will (ever so slightly) cause more fatigue than leaving it...

B2301 was parked with a mower attached to the three point hitch. I heard the mower drop as I walked away to get a drink. Saw hydraulic fluid everywhere. Lifted the seat and the casting immediately underneath was broken. The tractor has about 220 hours on it. I am at least the second owner. I’ve...

Update: some penetrating lubricant solved the problem. Thanks for the suggestions.

Neither lever will move. As best I can tell, engagement lever is in the off position and the selector lever is in rear.

B2301 HST, approximately 130 hours. Neither PTO lever moves. Any trouble shooting tips?