On Jacey's thread about complications from extreme mowing, I thought he was talking about me.
The grass had gotten really high because of all of the rain we've had here lately. So I used the MMM on the TC24 and mowed it last weekend. The cut looked like crap because it was so tall. Monica went down to here Mom & Dad's house on Friday to spend the night for a viewing and funeral and Saturday. I start to mow Friday night. Made it about 20'. The belt came off the mower deck. I assumed I had stretched it the prior week. I took the deck apart and put it back on - of course, that is easier said then done. I start mowing again. Made it about 10' this time, the belt broke. I immediately call Monica and tell her to pick me up a belt the next morning - she was in Jackson and that is where the dealer is located. So since I'm done mowing with the tractor I get my new push mower out that I bought last year because the wheel on the old one broke and I can't find one to fit it. I start mowing around my pine trees. Then all of a sudden the mower starts smoking. One of the tree limbs knocked the oil filler cap off. Bent the dip stick and slung oil every where. Figured at that point, I after breaking 2 pieces of equipment, I wasn't moving on to the Echo string trimmer and break it too - errr three. Next morning I loaded up the tractor and went into Mom's to do a little bit of clean up where I took down so dog kennels and till the ground from an taking down an above ground pool. As I was unloading the tractor. I also noticed the belt took out the tensioning spring on the mower deck. It went from about 4" long to about 10". Had to make another quick call as it was then 11:20 for the FIL to run to the dealer to get the spring before they closed at 12:00. Great dealer, I called them and they had the spring ready for him to pick up when he got there. All-in-all $68 for the belt and $2X something for the spring, almost $100 and now I get to take the mower deck off the tractor and put the new belt on it. Guess while I have it apart, I'll change the oil in the gear box.
The grass had gotten really high because of all of the rain we've had here lately. So I used the MMM on the TC24 and mowed it last weekend. The cut looked like crap because it was so tall. Monica went down to here Mom & Dad's house on Friday to spend the night for a viewing and funeral and Saturday. I start to mow Friday night. Made it about 20'. The belt came off the mower deck. I assumed I had stretched it the prior week. I took the deck apart and put it back on - of course, that is easier said then done. I start mowing again. Made it about 10' this time, the belt broke. I immediately call Monica and tell her to pick me up a belt the next morning - she was in Jackson and that is where the dealer is located. So since I'm done mowing with the tractor I get my new push mower out that I bought last year because the wheel on the old one broke and I can't find one to fit it. I start mowing around my pine trees. Then all of a sudden the mower starts smoking. One of the tree limbs knocked the oil filler cap off. Bent the dip stick and slung oil every where. Figured at that point, I after breaking 2 pieces of equipment, I wasn't moving on to the Echo string trimmer and break it too - errr three. Next morning I loaded up the tractor and went into Mom's to do a little bit of clean up where I took down so dog kennels and till the ground from an taking down an above ground pool. As I was unloading the tractor. I also noticed the belt took out the tensioning spring on the mower deck. It went from about 4" long to about 10". Had to make another quick call as it was then 11:20 for the FIL to run to the dealer to get the spring before they closed at 12:00. Great dealer, I called them and they had the spring ready for him to pick up when he got there. All-in-all $68 for the belt and $2X something for the spring, almost $100 and now I get to take the mower deck off the tractor and put the new belt on it. Guess while I have it apart, I'll change the oil in the gear box.
