Landpride RCD1884 - Timing Blades and Issues
Hello everyone, First post here. I have about 50 acres in Pennsylvania that I mess around farming myself, food plots, small projects cleaning up etc. Nothing Major. Purchased an MX5200 with LandPride Grapple and an RCD1884 cutter. This cutter has given me trouble galore since I have bought...
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After fixing the disks and replacing the blades that were totally trashed, they again were off and smacking together from the first startup.
I open the outboard gearbox and here's what I find. Input and Output gears are shredded on the outboard gearbox.
May 12, 2022
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Of course LandPride pulls the CYA 5 year limited warranty clause of "well if you hit a rock or something we won't cover it" so 2 grand for a new gearbox for a 5k cutter. Absolute BS. There's nobody cutting a pasture in PA who isn't going to hit the occasional object. Hell, when I was a kid i've ran over steel pipes, chain fence, cinderblock's you name it....kept on hammering without issue at all.
Is this something any of you all have experienced before? Any solutions for me? I can re-build the gear box but I see that there's ample stock of replacements online. Maybe this cutter is under-gunned for what I need to do with it....not sure. I just find LandPrides lack of attenuation of warranty to be pretty disheartening, but I need to get back on board here. I just have NEVER EVER IN MY LIFE seen a gear box get sheared like that.
Clutch was ran out 3 times since buying in 2018 brand new off the showroom.
