tallguy104
Bronze Member
Determined to make it last a lifetime, I've been religiously cleaning, greasing, servicing and maintaining my new Kubota B2301 since I bought it earlier this year.
I've been warned that you never want to "stop-dead" the PTO during operation, hence why rotary-tillers and such have shear pins/slip-clutches.
Yet somehow I've managed to "stop-dead" my new tractor 3 times by hitting immoveable objects with my mid mount mower. It appears the MMM does not have a shear pin or anything. One time was on a low tree stump which I stupidly thought was low enough for the mower to go over (no it was NOT). The other two times were on large branches which had come down in the long grass, which I failed to see. In each case BANG the blades stopped-dead and instantaneously stalled the tractor
The tractor still appears to be working, however I can't stop cringing as I wonder how much damage I might have already inflicted on my new baby.
Can anyone tell this lay-man just what kind of damage / premature wear I may have caused?
I've been warned that you never want to "stop-dead" the PTO during operation, hence why rotary-tillers and such have shear pins/slip-clutches.
Yet somehow I've managed to "stop-dead" my new tractor 3 times by hitting immoveable objects with my mid mount mower. It appears the MMM does not have a shear pin or anything. One time was on a low tree stump which I stupidly thought was low enough for the mower to go over (no it was NOT). The other two times were on large branches which had come down in the long grass, which I failed to see. In each case BANG the blades stopped-dead and instantaneously stalled the tractor
The tractor still appears to be working, however I can't stop cringing as I wonder how much damage I might have already inflicted on my new baby.
Can anyone tell this lay-man just what kind of damage / premature wear I may have caused?