I was mowing last Saturday night with the TC24D and the MMM. All of a sudden it sounded funny. The tractor was still running but I could tell all of a sudden it wasn't under load. The belt had broken on the MMM. I knew it was in need of replacing, just hadn't made it to the dealer. Got to thinking, I hadn't replaced the belt since June of '05. I think I did pretty good.
Last time I bought a belt from the dealer it was like $65 for a 159.8" belt. When they wrote it up the price had actually gone down. It was now only $40.57. When I first bought the tractor a fuel filter was $2 or 3 and then it jumped to $9.xx. It was back down to $5. Oil Filters were still the same at $9.95. But the air filter went down from $30 something down to $24.xx. Hopefully they haven't cheapened them up, but I was glad to see the prices go down a bit. Oh, I guess they did gouge me a little bit. I bought a set of plugs for the tractor side of the loader hydraulic connections. These were $8 something each. So for 4 of the plugs, 2 oil filter, 2 fuel filters, an out air cleaner, and the belt it $136. Don't think that was too bad. Should keep me in business for awhile.
Last time I bought a belt from the dealer it was like $65 for a 159.8" belt. When they wrote it up the price had actually gone down. It was now only $40.57. When I first bought the tractor a fuel filter was $2 or 3 and then it jumped to $9.xx. It was back down to $5. Oil Filters were still the same at $9.95. But the air filter went down from $30 something down to $24.xx. Hopefully they haven't cheapened them up, but I was glad to see the prices go down a bit. Oh, I guess they did gouge me a little bit. I bought a set of plugs for the tractor side of the loader hydraulic connections. These were $8 something each. So for 4 of the plugs, 2 oil filter, 2 fuel filters, an out air cleaner, and the belt it $136. Don't think that was too bad. Should keep me in business for awhile.