Destroked 450
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- Harned, Ky
Took the 6610 and batwing mower to a neighbors to mow a field that had to many weeds to make hay. One spot in the field has about 4 stumps were they had cut down some dead trees a few years ago, I knew they were there and was watching for them, I felt a light bump and stopped, looking back I saw I had straddled one and bumped it with the drawbar. I backed up and went around making a circle around that area to avoid any more stumps.
About 1 1/2 later the tractor surged a couple times and that's when I noticed the fuel gauge was on empty, what the h--- I fueled it up before leaving the house. I stopped at the end of the field (100 ft away), shut the mower down and stepped down to see if I was losing fuel, just as my feet hit the ground the tractor died, yes it was out of fuel, 35 gallon gone in 1 1/2 hours mowing, nothing leaking but the bottom of the tank was wet.
Luckily I was only 100 yards from the truck with two 5 gallon jugs of fuel, as I was pouring one jug in I noticed fuel leaking on the ground under the tank. crawled under to find a plastic nipple broke off in the tank.
Apparently the stump hit a little metal guard that surrounded that fitting and when the little guard bent back it broke the plastic nipple.
Anyone got any suggestions on how to fix this, that plastic tank is over $1000 if it's still available.
About 1 1/2 later the tractor surged a couple times and that's when I noticed the fuel gauge was on empty, what the h--- I fueled it up before leaving the house. I stopped at the end of the field (100 ft away), shut the mower down and stepped down to see if I was losing fuel, just as my feet hit the ground the tractor died, yes it was out of fuel, 35 gallon gone in 1 1/2 hours mowing, nothing leaking but the bottom of the tank was wet.
Luckily I was only 100 yards from the truck with two 5 gallon jugs of fuel, as I was pouring one jug in I noticed fuel leaking on the ground under the tank. crawled under to find a plastic nipple broke off in the tank.
Apparently the stump hit a little metal guard that surrounded that fitting and when the little guard bent back it broke the plastic nipple.
Anyone got any suggestions on how to fix this, that plastic tank is over $1000 if it's still available.