k0ua
Epic Contributor
I am just finishing up mowing one of my extreme slopes in the side yard, with the big Kioti because the JD lawn mower wont make it up the hill. I looked back and noticed that the left gauge wheel (I installed them) in my rotary cutter was digging in as I went up the hill. I was apprehensive that probably what had happened was the the keeper pin had come out of the CAT1 link pins and I was dragging the mower up by one lower link.. But looking back while on the tractor, all seemed well. I raised the mower and it seemed to be level, at least as much as I could ascertain from the seat. So I drove to a level area and bailed off of the tractor to see what was broken. It did not take me long to notice a rather large rock that was jammed between the steel wheel and the frame of the mower. The rock of course was preventing the wheel from turning (locked into some of the casting ribs on the inside of the wheel) and was tearing up the ground. Moral of the story is, when something doesn't seem right, get off and check it out!
James K0UA
James K0UA