I've had my B8200 now for a couple months and have gotten used to mowing and using it to pull brush or pullout fence posts. The belly mower on it uses the front PTO and the rear 3point lift arm to raise and lower.
Just as a mower it works pretty well.
Here's the questions:
It has a weird "pulsing" sound at 2500rpm that is only when the PTO/Mower blades are engaged. I just sharpened the blades. It made this noise more after I sharpened the blades. (I did hit a stump a few weeks ago.) After tightening the blade bolts up and making sure nothing was freewheeling I'm stumped.
2nd Q: The bellow mower is in the way every time I go to use the 3point. Is there a way to disconnect it from the lift arm and leave it suspended in the up position, or easily disconnect it altogether? If this doesn't get any easier I might just end up with a finish mower off the back. I liked the idea of the belly mower so my teen girls could mow more easily.
Great lil tractor with plenty of balls. It picked up an 800lb 8' disc yesterday like it wasn't even there. Only issue was having to leave the mower all the way down while I moved the disc around. I was afraid I was going to break the deck wheels on it.
Last one: Can I put longer lift arms on it? The stock ones are a touch too short for a few of my antique implements. A few of them rub the tires. So far I just moved them around I haven't actually put them to use because they are waaaay too close to the tires. I'm thinking longer arms will fix the issue or, I have to put new studs and well lil brackets onto all the old pieces... I rather leave the old plows and shovel original than jack with them.
I lied, One more Q:
How do I get the thing out of 4 wheel drive? There are two levels beside each other, the rear PTO and front 4 wheel drive but they seem to operate together.
Tks all!
jon
Just as a mower it works pretty well.
Here's the questions:
It has a weird "pulsing" sound at 2500rpm that is only when the PTO/Mower blades are engaged. I just sharpened the blades. It made this noise more after I sharpened the blades. (I did hit a stump a few weeks ago.) After tightening the blade bolts up and making sure nothing was freewheeling I'm stumped.
2nd Q: The bellow mower is in the way every time I go to use the 3point. Is there a way to disconnect it from the lift arm and leave it suspended in the up position, or easily disconnect it altogether? If this doesn't get any easier I might just end up with a finish mower off the back. I liked the idea of the belly mower so my teen girls could mow more easily.
Great lil tractor with plenty of balls. It picked up an 800lb 8' disc yesterday like it wasn't even there. Only issue was having to leave the mower all the way down while I moved the disc around. I was afraid I was going to break the deck wheels on it.
Last one: Can I put longer lift arms on it? The stock ones are a touch too short for a few of my antique implements. A few of them rub the tires. So far I just moved them around I haven't actually put them to use because they are waaaay too close to the tires. I'm thinking longer arms will fix the issue or, I have to put new studs and well lil brackets onto all the old pieces... I rather leave the old plows and shovel original than jack with them.
I lied, One more Q:
How do I get the thing out of 4 wheel drive? There are two levels beside each other, the rear PTO and front 4 wheel drive but they seem to operate together.
Tks all!
jon
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