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Hi, You have a common problem and a really good question.. There is no reason that a sealed lead acid battery cannot last somwhere in the range of 5-8 years. There are a few factors that effect the life time aside from what the NAPA guy mentioned and I'll get to that in a sec. Temperature...

Hi, Answering my own question with some info that may help others. LS has a nice online parts look up where if you enter your chassis serial number it will return the Production Date for you machine.. ( http://lspo.lsmtron.com/PartsList/wpc2000_MAIN.aspx )

Appologies if this is the wrong place to ask. Does anyone knows how to decode the chassis serial number for a LS MT225SH? I thought where this is a general discussion about the MT225 it would be a good place to start. thx

Hi, You cannot really trust that the NAPA guy knows enough about battries to make a good determination on it. Chances are he may only know how to connect the charger and maybe run a test but not really understand what the results mean or how to interperet them. When new, your battery should...

No.. Don't do it.. A subcompact is physically too small to handel most of the equipment you mentioned very well. Step up to a 'compact' tractor and you will be much happier. Compact tractors run about the same HP but are far more capable than the smaller subcompact. Compacts also give you...

Towing a trailer starts with the truck and it's tongue rating. It doesn't matter how capable the truck may be if the tongue rating is 200 lbs that it.. The load needs to be balanced to meet that limit. Car haulers and other trailers like them just by their nature have a geometry that leans the...

As the other guys have mentioned check the battery, it is most often the problem. Batteries need to be checked open circuit and with a load applied. If you can measure the current while loaded and the voltage droop you can calculate the battery's source impedance which is a strong indicator of...

Ah.. yes.. being above the rear axil and slightly forward it moves both back and down with the additional wheel weight.. Got it.. I had forgotten about the CG being above the axil. Thanks.

We've all experienced that uneasy feeling when a rear wheel begins to lift and sometimes it doesn't take much to do it. I once hit an almost flat but soft muddy spot on one side while creeping along mowing and nearly went over. So, does it really lower the center of gravity for a roll? I get...

You could not have said it better. I've worked decades in the power world and true or not it is always alive. When you think that way you get to go home.

This may sound obviuous but always keep the load as close to the ground as possible when moving a heavy load. If you do need to lift it keep in mind for every inch it goes up the payload weight must go down. Adding forks accelerates the load derating. There are ways to compensate as many of the...

If you are interested the lift capability you can find it in the manufacturer's specifications. Then considering that the bucket moves in an arc you could manually fill in the curve between the min and max heights for say every 10 degrees or whatever to get the derated weight at each point of...

Hi, As the other guys are saying. Check the plastic type to be sure. It is usally easy to do by looking at the bottom for the number inside the recycling triangle and the letters just below. Typically these will be 2 and HDPE or some variation of it. This indicates that it is chemical...

Like others have said it sounds like a pressure problem that doesn't necessarily release when you back up or turn the wheels. Try just tapping the peddle forward and/or back without moving the tractor. Just a tap is enough and it should free up. When there is too much pressure the control...

What does your receipt say, 2019 or 2023 model? If it's a 2023 model you didn't get what you paid for and there is a problem. Contact the dealer and call them out on it and see what they have to say and will do to make it right. Think about what you might want and stick to your guns. If they...