Hydraulic noise

[MossRoad]

Mine does that, too. I think a very minor adjustment to the tension on the handle should solve it. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[ernemats]

My 422 also does that every so often, Terry told me how to adjust it but so far I have not adjusted it. Every so often I just push the brake down to off position .

 

[cqaigy]

Wow, I just got my 422 and I'm reading your post about your 5 year old and I'm thinking what a wimp i am cause all the trouble I had releasing and setting the brake. Thank goodness others responded about the brake loosing up. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Dakar]

I sure hope they loosen up. I nearly have to stand on mine sometimes. Even moving forward or backward to take the pressure off doesn't always help. As soon as I get time away from mowing with it, I was going to check out adjusting it.

 

[Clarke]

My 425's parking break is hard to release also. When the brake gets into that quirky position where you are trying to go back and forward to release it I lift the front wheels with the hydraulics makes releasing the brake much easier.

sg

 

[cqaigy]

<font color="red"> I lift the front wheels with the hydraulics makes releasing the brake much easier. </font>

That's a good idea. Has to be easier then hitting the sweet spot with the treadles

 

[Dakar]

Is it safe to lift the front wheels of the PT with a mower deck mounted? Obviously it should not be running, but if it is not engaged is there much chance of damaging anything, I am guessing not, since I inadvertently have lifted the front end a couple of times trying to get it out of float position. Both times the brush cutter was running, and there was no apparent damage.

 

[Clarke]

Power Tracs attachments are strong enough. Power Trac says to do this when you are to close to a fence or building to maneuver. This allows you to lift the wheels and articulate the wheels away from the obstruction and drive away.

sg

 

[cqaigy]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Power Tracs attachments are strong enough. Power Trac says to do this when you are to close to a fence or building to maneuver. This allows you to lift the wheels and articulate the wheels away from the obstruction and drive away.

sg )</font>
Another great tip from this forum. I was stuck up against a fence the other day and was finally able to raise the brush cutter up over the top of the fence, but it would have been much faster and easier to do as you said here. Are there any other sources on using your pt and attachments?

 

[Rip]

This forum is certainly the main and probably the only significant source for PT owning and operating information other than picking the brains of Scott and Terry at PT.

And there are various excluded areas of their brains where NO ONE is allowed to go under penalty of DEATH!! (or so it seems)

No such excluded zones here (at least for most of us).

Go back deep into the archives and go through every topic as there is a wealth of knowledge and tips that often do not pertain strictly to the thread title. Print out or save to your computer any that interest you, because you never know when a forum server will go up in smoke (it has happened), and all that information with it.

Good Luck, Rip