Question was asked about reliability and repairs. My machine had approx 2048 hrs when I bought it. Thats a lot. It needed a nee hydraulic cylinder for lifting implement. It was back ordered and when it came in, Dealer put that on at their expense. I have needed to replace the pto belt that connects then pto to the cutter several times but that is because of me hanging it up on stumps etc and burning the belt and making it stretch.
I damaged the hydraulic cylinder that turns the front end because I was bulldozing down thru 1.5 inch saplings on a steep hill and using the hydraulic power to push stuff around as I did it. Blew the sea out on the cylinder. Not a serviceable , so I had to replace it. $176.
I was cutting some brush and got hung up on something and threw the main deck belt on the rotary cutter. It broke a pully and brooke the belt and dented the deck cover from underneath.
That was about 175 for parts to fix. I just got off the phone with the dealer. I need to get new tail wheels (lead wheels, since they are in front?) the solid rubber wheels are splitting and have chunks out of them. Those will be 155 each just for the rubber wheel and metal hub with bearings.
Thankfully I have not broken anything else yet. But my wife runs it hard. Really hard. I told her there was an 8 foot wide drag harrow in the. Weeds be the orchard and she must not have believed me. I had just sharpened the blades. She rolled right up on that drag harrow. She has run over. Bright orange galvanized grounding rod for the electric fence. Constantly getting into rocks. Our main driveway is #3 railroad
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That reminds me I have replaced 3 blades. They are reversible and cost $35 each.
And their hydraulic oil is $79/ gallon.
Hope that helps