Tchamp
Silver Member
Well yesterday was a first, my commercial mower quit on me up the driveway so i went to get my 2425 to move it back to the garage to work on. I have done this in the past and didnt think nothing of it. ( I forgot that i had taken the backhoe attachment off and didnt have the ballast on the rear ) i usually pick up the other machine and carry it back with no problem but this time as i picked the mower up i was on a slight grade and as i lifted, the mower spun around causing my unit to become unstable and as it did this i heard a pop then my unit just went over on the left side, as it did i side stepped off it and stepped away from it as it fell. I later found out that the pop was the upper swivel on the machine that lets it articulate from side to side and left to right. I am guessing the welds failed and then my unit went over. Was able to upright the unit by putting a chain on the pivot point on my loader arms and using my pickup i slowly righted it back to its upright position. It would not start or do anything then but the cause was from the wiring plug pulled away from the ignition switch, a quick fix. Now i am going to take the pivot arm to get it welded back together. ( the weld that was original was kinda sketchy in my my opinion. But it will not break there again when i am through. I am wondering if it had a weak weld intentionally. Oh well only thing that was really hurt was my pride, it was at the entrance of my driveway and by the time i went for my pickup there were three vehicles stopped to see if i need any help. Lol