Anybody on here with a new PT-425?

larrydman · Jun 3, 2020

Yea Moss, that's the way my old one is. This new one is like the upper front is spinning half again as fast as the other three but only after it warms up. Terry said to give it a little more treadle, like maybe the rear is starved (my thought not his) He did say he saw no harm with loading the tires, I know they frowned on that with the old motors. I'm thinking about putting duals on it , but I didn't tell him about that. lol

spechols · Jun 3, 2020

I have a 2019 with 44 hours as of today. Got it used two weeks ago. Been running it for a week and only spin the rear tires when I am pushing hard with the bucket. Seems to be the rears but that is likely because I am loading the front with the bucket with weight.
Still looking for attachments like a grapple and box-blade.

Incline · Jun 4, 2020

larrydman said:
Mine is the opposite, the fronts spin and it does better in reverse. Does yours have the bigger wheel motors? (Part # P161X14, The old ones were Part # P142X14) Have you ever thought of loading the tires or wheel weights?

yes, the bigger wheel motors. Adding weight low would help generally as everything I do is on an angle but haven't done so yet. Weight, just on the back would probably cure my rear wheel spin but for the most part it isn't a big enough problem to correct.

The spinning of the fronts that you describe sounds more pronounced that what I experience and I'll be curious to see if Terry can help you figure out the cause of that.

larrydman · Jun 4, 2020

I haven't heard anything back from him yet. I'm going to try loading the fronts first and see if that helps. I need to do something or I won't have any grass left to mow.