He Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy
So we went into Hattiesburg yesterday to pick up my new lawn tractor. It is a cool Cub Cadet XT3 with lots of power for the hills and slopes I have to cut. I got a brief walk-thru on the controls; we loaded it up, and trailered it back home. With a lawn that actually needed cutting a week ago I wasted no time.
I changed into old clothes, got my hearing protection and anti-vibe gloves, climbed aboard and started the engine. Boy it was loud but sounded great. I lowered the cutting deck and engaged the PTO and….nothing L I made a few passes in the back yard but the blades just would not spin. I stopped and restarted and this time the blades worked-yeah! I cut the back yard then the blades stopped again. I had to keep toggling the PTO (power take off) button to keep the blades cutting. I got about a quarter of the yard cut and Randy figured out the problem…I didn’t weigh enough !!!!! Oh yeah—you heard right. [Sounds of fireworks going off and lots of clapping] Evidently, the seat has a cutoff sensor that is meant to stop the blades and then the motor if you leave the seat without the Cub stopped and the parking break set. Every time I leaned too far forward, hit a bump, or twisted in my seat the blades quit. While it helped to know what was wrong, it was also frustrating because the top of the front yard was really bumpy and I had to go really slow.
Randy made an adjustment to the seat sensor today and I did some finishing work around the blueberries and muscadines, but he still wants to talk to the dealership. As he told them yesterday, he is not going to get a bigger wife just so that she can mow the yard-LOL
Never a dull moment here—lots of quiet ones—but never dull.