Wildbill34
Silver Member
Well,
Finally got a call from my mechanic buddy about finishing up the tractor (he was not feeling well light night). I got over there and he pretty much had it all back together with the exception of the cab and ROPS. So there I stood with camera in hand and nothing to take pictures of. So we put the cab and ROPS back on and took it for a spin. I have to say, it sounds better than when I first bought it. My neighbor down the street said he couldn't belive how quiet is was compared to what it was doing. He even said he didn't ever remember it being that quiet. Makes me wonder if this was, over time getting louder and louder and I didn't recognized it. I suspect it was...Sometimes when you hear things all the time you can tune them out and once they are fixed you kind of go wow, is that what its supposed to sound like.
Finally was able to get the snow out of my and my outlaws drive way. Things are all good and the repair cost was case of beer for my mechanic buddy, and $65 dollars in parts. A far cry from the $2200 quoted from Deere!
Finally got a call from my mechanic buddy about finishing up the tractor (he was not feeling well light night). I got over there and he pretty much had it all back together with the exception of the cab and ROPS. So there I stood with camera in hand and nothing to take pictures of. So we put the cab and ROPS back on and took it for a spin. I have to say, it sounds better than when I first bought it. My neighbor down the street said he couldn't belive how quiet is was compared to what it was doing. He even said he didn't ever remember it being that quiet. Makes me wonder if this was, over time getting louder and louder and I didn't recognized it. I suspect it was...Sometimes when you hear things all the time you can tune them out and once they are fixed you kind of go wow, is that what its supposed to sound like.
Finally was able to get the snow out of my and my outlaws drive way. Things are all good and the repair cost was case of beer for my mechanic buddy, and $65 dollars in parts. A far cry from the $2200 quoted from Deere!