beenthere
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- Joined
- Aug 16, 2001
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- Southern Wisconsin, USA
- Tractor
- JD_4x2_Gator, JD_4300, JD_425, JD_455 AWS, added JD_455, JD_110, JD_X485(sold)
Sounds like you are a purchasing agent. Recall them well.. 
Thanks guys. Whatever we get, it will be new. I'm now under the impression that we may need to revert to Woods or some brand that's heavier than the JD MX6. A warranty is good and all, but I'd prefer to use an implement that's built well enough to not break in the 1st place. Having it repaired is time away from ones work, just to haul it to some shop and have it repaired.. Been there, done that.
From what I've read the failures were due to a gearbox output shaft design flaw that had nothing to do with impacts or slip clutch failures but much to do with the mower being unsuitable for its implied and intended use. Some failed while mowing light duty grass etc.
That's what they all say...
Loaned my brush hog to a good friend, and it came back busted. Said he didn't hit anything while brushing out his woods trails. Later I walked his trails and was amazed at the diameter of the stumps that were ground down to zero height.
Fact is, no one really knows .. often including the operator.
Reminds me, I need to be sure the clutch on my deere brush mower is not rusted tight.
DANG Jim, you are kind of a slow learner, aren't you?? lolI've owned the MX6 with the Spain gearbox and sheared the shaft clean off at the snap ring in high grass and light brush. Yes, the pto shaft did slip on this one. I rebuilt the box with a new aftermarket gear set and sold the unit. I now own the newer version with the so called heavier Chinese box. Yesterday I was out hogging some 1" saplings and brush when that one did a clean snap off just like the first one. There was no heavy thud or anything. It just plopped off and you could tell that something happened as it went quiet. The shaft did slip a few times before that happened and I slowed down to a near crawl for the rest of my cutting. No stumps or rocks were in the way and no heavy saplings were getting cut. My blades were sharp. The gearbox is under 4 years old and was a replacement. JD only warrants the replacements for a year.
DANG Jim, you are kind of a slow learner, aren't you?? lol
I would have bought a Woods cutter in the first place, let alone buying a second MX6 after the total failure of your first one!!
I'd kinda be like that woman in the tire commercial, throwing that cutter through the dealers picture window!! ha ha
SR