Hydraulic noise

MossRoad · Jul 26, 2004

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 · Jul 27, 2004

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 · Jul 27, 2004

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 · Jul 27, 2004

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 · Jul 28, 2004

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 · Jul 28, 2004

I lift the front wheels with the hydraulics makes releasing the brake much easier. 

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

Dakar · Jul 28, 2004

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 · Jul 29, 2004

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 · Jul 30, 2004

( 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 )
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 · Jul 30, 2004

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