marc2000gt
Bronze Member
I purchased a used RDTH60 in February, and until last week all was well. Then one of the plastic idler pulleys started screaming. It doe not turn smoothly by hand and wobbles. So I was able to finish mowing, and when I got off the tractor at one point, I noticed one of the wheels on the mower was tilted to the side. Then after raising the mower, I noticed the bushings were bad on three of the wheels.
This mower is only supposed to be a couple of years old, and was used in a pecan orchard. It does not look old or abused, so I have no reason to doubt it being a couple of years old. Does this stuff sound pretty normal for this mower already? The pulley is not greasable, so nothing could be done there, but what about the wheel bushings? How often do they go out? I have been greasing the unit regularly, but I don't know how it was taken care of before.
This mower is only supposed to be a couple of years old, and was used in a pecan orchard. It does not look old or abused, so I have no reason to doubt it being a couple of years old. Does this stuff sound pretty normal for this mower already? The pulley is not greasable, so nothing could be done there, but what about the wheel bushings? How often do they go out? I have been greasing the unit regularly, but I don't know how it was taken care of before.