New Boomer 30, starts but shuts off when hit the pedal

[dhanleykr]

Hoping someone may have a suggestion for me on this issue before I get the dealer out to look at it. I have a new Boomer 30 (only about 80 hours) and it starts fine, idles fine...and I let it warm up quite a bit...but when I hit the pedals (forward or back - it's hydrostatic) it just shuts off. It has been pretty cold here lately (-5F last week) but was a little warmer yesterday (20's) and it still happened, so not sure if this has something to do with it.

Dealer was out only a month ago to service it, oil, lube, etc.

 

[jinman]

Sounds like a seat safety switch problem to me. I'm not sure of the circuits on a Boomer 30, but your weight could be shifting in the seat. Try shifting around before pressing the pedal. I haven't looked at any diagrams for your tractor, but this just seems to be an operator safety system malfunction.

 

[dhanleykr]

Thanks for the note Jim...Definetely would make sense actually, because it starts beeping also, which would make me think it is the seat safety system. I'll try wiggling around a bit more before I get someone out look at it. Could it be due to the cold weather you think or simply a malfunction?

 

[jinman]

I really don't think it's the cold weather, but it could be moisture. Though, all you have to do is look at my location to see I'm not a cold weather expert. The frustrating part of all this is that your tractor has very little info available online.

 

[beardley]

I haven't had this issue with the boomer yet, but I had a cub/yanmar that would do this. It would only happen when it was really cold. Turns out that the foam in the seat stiffens up and I didn't weigh enough to activate the switch. I figured it out when I noticed the lights would dim when I would first touch the pedal. Took my 5 years to figure it out! Pull yourself down into the seat and see if that does it.

 

[RickB]

I really don't think it's the cold weather, but it could be moisture. Though, all you have to do is look at my location to see I'm not a cold weather expert. The frustrating part of all this is that your tractor has very little info available online.

These seats have a switch mounted in/under the lower cushion. If the cushion takes on water & freezes, the cushion won't compress the switch. Hence, the rest of the circuit thinks no one is in the seat and reacts accordingly. An all-too-common annoyance.