When we got home from class this past Saturday afternoon I decided it would be a good idea to go get a little wood to keep the house nice and toasty as we got what I hope is our last little dash of winter cold, wind, and snow. With that in mind I plugged in the tractor to get it warmed up and went to finish up some chores and get my wood cutting supplies. After about thirty minutes I came back to the tractor, put everything in the loader, and hopped on ready to go do some manly wood cutting. What happened next was not part of my plan...
I put the tractor into second gear and let out the clutch while turning the steering wheel to the right so as to avoid the van parked in the drive. There was one major problem ... the steering was not working and before I could get the tractor stopped the van stopped it for me! This pretty well sums up my last few days. After backing away from the crunched van I was able to muscle the steering wheel the other way and head out to the timber to get my wood. Needless to say, the steering never came back and I found a puddle of fluid underneath the front end of the tractor.
Since I purchased this tractor from the dealer it has a 50/50 90 day warranty and yesterday morning I decided to test it out. I called up the salesman I bought it from and he said he would have a guy out there after lunch. I was not able to be home then because of the back load of work in town (did I mention it has been a tough few days), but when I came home the tractor was gone. Thankfully the took it back to the shop to check it out and get everything working.
Now, I need to decide if I'm going to bite the bullet and pay them to fix a the tach and the temperature gauge. I suppose I will at least call and find out how much it would cost. Hopefully things will dry out this week and I will get the tractor back when I'm able to get some work done. Whatever happens, I'm just glad I ended up with this dealer and at least a partial warranty! It is nice to have them helping out because I know it would have taken me a long time to fix this ... if I even could.
Isn't that an awful feeling? I remember as a teenager pulling up to a gate in a hurry at the end of a long day when my brakes went out. No luck trying the parking brake either! And of course somebody was there to see it all.
ReplyDeleteI guess on the brighter side - great that the steering failed during a slow speed start.
ReplyDeleteHang in. Sometimes the bumps in the road are just designed to alter the course..
Yep ... awful feeling is about right! But, I agree Art ... slow is better than really chugging along! Hopefully this bump in the road is short lived and not too expensive ;)
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