Husqvarna TS354XD - First Garden Tractor

[Portland]

How is the "Electric locking rear differential" activated?

I’m not at home to take a picture of mine so I took a screenshot of Rock Crawler’s awesome YouTube video of the TS354XD. Basically there is a switch next to the instrument panel that activates and deactivates the locking feature on the differential.




If anyone’s interested in Rock Crawler’s video. Be did a great job with this walk around.

The dirty truth and lies about garden tractors today. - YouTube

 

[dieselscout80]

Thanks

 

[Portland]

Mowed the lawn at our new house for the first time yesterday. The TS354XD handled the job like a champ. It is a really well built machine.

Weird thing happened though, I left the mower on the trickle charger over the weekend to get a good solid charge on the battery (keys in the ignition, but turned to ‘off’) and now I have 53 hours on the display. The mower has a total of 2 actual hours on it but I guess if you leave the key in the ignition it still meters time? Anyone else have this happen? Any way to fix that?

 

[stevem5215]

Yes, some of the cheaper lawn machines do that. It happened to me as well on my Simplicity ZT-2500. The wife left the key on and killed the battery just after we had bought it. Put on 88hrs really quick that way.

Steve

 

[Portland]

Yes, some of the cheaper lawn machines do that. It happened to me as well on my Simplicity ZT-2500. The wife left the key on and killed the battery just after we had bought it. Put on 88hrs really quick that way.

Steve

I found a thread on another forum that said to basically disconnect the connector for the hour gauge and track your time manually until you’re close to what the hour gauge says then reconnect it. That’s not a bad idea. The other option is to buy a whole new hour gauge. Not sure the latter is necessary. I’m sure by the end of this mowing season I’ll easily have 50 hours logged as I will be using my lower ~2 hours a week.

 

[radios1]

buying it with a FEL and backhoe is cheaper than adding them on later, though.. does this have a ROPS?. I didn't see that either..

 

[jpilk99]

I know I'm late to the party, but, first of all - congrats/welcome. I'm a huge fan of Husqvarna equipment and have an LGT24K54 (Kawasaki engine). Never owner a Kohler so can't comment, but, the engine in this machine is fantastic. Reliable, strong... Just great.

I think the most important things you can do are:

Regular maintenance - oil, filter, cleaning the mower deck frequently so grass flies out... Other than that, just pay attention to it - listen to it, don't just run it, put it away, run it, put it away... It should last you a good long time if looked after.

Jay

 

[FLS1216]

Looks like my 2017 GT48DXLS except with a much nicer looking seat. Well done!

 

[Portland]

Thanks guys! I’ve logged about 8 hours on it thus far and I’m loving it. At first I didn’t know if I’d ever use the locking differential but I definitely do use it. I got stuck in a wet part of the property over the weekend. Once I engaged that locking differential it jumped right out of the mud. Love this garden tractor. Paired with a Polar 1500 dump cart it’s also a great tool to move stuff around the property.

 

[Gem99ultra]

Thanks guys! I’ve logged about 8 hours on it thus far and I’m loving it. At first I didn’t know if I’d ever use the locking differential but I definitely do use it. I got stuck in a wet part of the property over the weekend. Once I engaged that locking differential it jumped right out of the mud. Love this garden tractor. Paired with a Polar 1500 dump cart it’s also a great tool to move stuff around the property.

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I'm SO envious! I have a similar garden tractor, the Husqvarna GTH26V52LS, without the locking differential. And I too got stuck a couple of times last week. The difference is, my single drive mower would NOT pull out of the mud. It just sat there looking stupid with one wheel in the mud spinning.

The difference in the two mowers is that you were able to just flick on your locking differential and drive out. I, on the other hand, had to walk back to the house (quarter of a mile) and get my Honda Pioneer to come drag the mower out of the mud. Dang it - makes me want to go shopping!