Beware of Husqvarna Garden Tractors!
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That's how the Craftsman units built by husky are marketed too.
Sleeve hitch available, here's the plow you can tug along behind.
I feel like it comes down to luck with stuff like this. I've seen people beat the dog snot out of "lawn tractors". Pulling heavy wagons, shoving dirt with a snow plow, no maintenance, beating them up hills, ect. Never have an issue.
Then I've seen people take exceptional care of a tractor and have it fail.
More of the latter than the former but it happens!
If he was told this tractor would handle it then its really no fault of his own. It's like the cub cadet xt3. I spoke to a cub dealer 6 months ago about one. Not recommended for ground engaging implements. Now all of a sudden the xt3 has a sleeve hitch and attachments listed! Nothing has changed!
If you want a new garden tractor be prepared to put down 6 to 7k.
Then I've seen people take exceptional care of a tractor and have it fail.
More of the latter than the former but it happens!
If he was told this tractor would handle it then its really no fault of his own. It's like the cub cadet xt3. I spoke to a cub dealer 6 months ago about one. Not recommended for ground engaging implements. Now all of a sudden the xt3 has a sleeve hitch and attachments listed! Nothing has changed!
If you want a new garden tractor be prepared to put down 6 to 7k.
If he is having that kind of issue using it as it is,I would not want to do no repairs to it because I would not be using it period. Its a live wire. That why I always make sure to tell people about my box store John Deere experience. By the time I fixed one thing two more would occur was never common hardware issue either was always a cable or something electrical.
The 630lb figure is the highest one I've been able to find too.
The deck is bullet proof, I'm sure Husqvarna dosn't build it. I do have a way of accurately weighing the deck, it might be eye opening. It's very heavy, with extra steel reinforcing. I've used this to sweep the street after mowing, it blows so much air it will work from 25 to 30 ft completely cleaning the grass clippings and such in one pass!
Thank you for the addition to this poorly built machine. (i'm referring to Husqvarna, not Tuff Torq, or Kawasaki).
Thats a great setup, one I would have been envious of back in the day when I used to live in Fairbanks AK!
Imagine this,
Husqvarna 967343902 HUS 50 SNOW THROWER
"All Lawn Tractors"
Husqvarna says their GT/TS is built to have a snowblower on the front (approx 2' t 3' out by the way). if this is 200lbs thats up to 600lbs of static load on the front of the frame, not to mention the dynamic loads with a self driven horizontal auger. Husqvarna says if it has there name on it they will cover under warranty at their convenience! The frame on the JD D100 series grass cutter has a stronger frame, Huh?
Also according to the answer from Husqvarna for warranty denial, any tire or device like chains will void your warranty. So this 50" snowblower has to used with the factory style turf tires. I bet they aren't telling customers this when selling them the GT/TS.
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Not much I can do but we’re a husqvarna dealer over here in Northern Ireland, and I can only say good gpthinhs about toot, from the chainsaws to the husqvarna riders. I like them, I’ll try to help, but not much I can do, I can get into the behind the scenes stuff but only the uk sites
I bought a tractor that was advertised as a Garden Tractor, capable of "Ground Engagement Work", verified by literature, with the available attachments that it was supposed to be designed for, verified by Dealer and transmission manufacturer, for $3200.00 on sale, with a 5 year chassis warranty.
By the way, a neighbor of mine, made the mistake of buying a Husqvarna trimmer from this same Dealer. The trimmer went back to the Dealer with less than 30 days on it and the Dealer refused to warranty it also. The Dealer actually made him an offer to give him $150 credit toward a new one. This Dealer is a fraud!
Hehe, I wonder how far you would get with a 50" blower hanging of the front, with turf tires only, in 4" of any type of snow, goin down hill, Hehe
Noel
Yep, at least as far as the first parked car while doing a flip over the wheel in an Olympic moment to make all proud!
Isn't giving the neighbor a $150 credit kinda like giving him a new trimmer. Once these dealers get the money in their pocket it's tough to get it back !!!
Depends on the model. They range from $160 to $350. If it were a $200 trimmer, $50 difference is a high rental rate.
I've been working on a GTH2548 Husqvarna lawn/garden tractor. So I took a dial caliper to the frame. Now mind you, this is a several years old GT, so it's plain to see how they are cheapening the frame metals, as this one measures .172", so right at 8 gauge steel vs the 12 gauge in the case of this sorry new bent frame. NO tractor "worthy" of being called a garden tractor has a 12 gauge frame!
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You realize you are going to have the newest restored tractor in history LOL.
That reinforcement redesign on the newer machine doesn't look all that strong either. Seems like some angle would be better than straight bar.
That reinforcement redesign on the newer machine doesn't look all that strong either. Seems like some angle would be better than straight bar.
And this is the reason I will not keep or use anything newer then the early nineties. When I was little my one uncle fixed up a little 5hp Crusader badged ride on lawn mower. He took the little single blade deck off of it and made me a dual wheel cart to pull behind it. One summer I took it up to my other uncle's to help him pick rocks out of his garden. After fabbing up some home made tire chains I pulled a rock out of his garden about half the size of my little tractor. Yeah, it was small, but it was built better then most of today's junk.
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