corwin5
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Folks,
This past weekend, I was using my LT5 rotary cutter in some dense weeds and unfortunately came upon a "hidden" tree stump.
The tractor immediately stalled and after re-starting, the LT5 ran with a distinct vibration.
Thinking that I had "dinged" one of the 3 blades pretty severely to put the cutter out of balance so much, I looked under and found that one of the blades actually came free from the attachment point; it appears as if the bolt attaching the blade to the rotary piece actually pulled through and is now distorted so that, even if I could locate the blade (no luck yet), the hole to attach the blade is warped and wouldn't accept the blade, as is.
The cutter is less than a year old and I've been very pleased ( up to this point), but I would have expected the shear pin to have broken and relieved some of the apparent stress on the blade attachment. I'm sure that this isn't a warranty item, but I certainly would have expected the shear pin to alleviate some of this type of damage.
Anyone have a similar incident? Does anyone have acces to a parts list for a Rhino LT5 cutter? Rhino has discontinued in favor of a new product line and I'm having problems locating a repair manual.
Thanks in advance.
This past weekend, I was using my LT5 rotary cutter in some dense weeds and unfortunately came upon a "hidden" tree stump.
The tractor immediately stalled and after re-starting, the LT5 ran with a distinct vibration.
Thinking that I had "dinged" one of the 3 blades pretty severely to put the cutter out of balance so much, I looked under and found that one of the blades actually came free from the attachment point; it appears as if the bolt attaching the blade to the rotary piece actually pulled through and is now distorted so that, even if I could locate the blade (no luck yet), the hole to attach the blade is warped and wouldn't accept the blade, as is.
The cutter is less than a year old and I've been very pleased ( up to this point), but I would have expected the shear pin to have broken and relieved some of the apparent stress on the blade attachment. I'm sure that this isn't a warranty item, but I certainly would have expected the shear pin to alleviate some of this type of damage.
Anyone have a similar incident? Does anyone have acces to a parts list for a Rhino LT5 cutter? Rhino has discontinued in favor of a new product line and I'm having problems locating a repair manual.
Thanks in advance.