----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:26
AM
Subject: RE: (ET) first mow
If the
drone was loud, you probably have a bearing going bad. Spin each blade
by hand. If the drone was not loud, you probably have a 'beat' between
the differing speeds of the 3 blades. I have heard it, andhad it go
away. There is a lot of vibration in these decks.
As far as
the speeds; at least one poster has relayed a problem where the mounting of
the speed control prevented the lever from going far enough forward to close
the last switch. ET's are not constant speed machines; going up hill
they do slow down. I'm on flat ground, so I can't speak well to
this.
Larry
Elie
Well, my snowplow worked great this past winter - we had no
snow! But since I took so long to get the mower deck rebuilt, the grass
took off. So this past weekend I finally did some real
Elec-Trak work mowing the yard. Ahh! The front mount mower takes a bit of
getting used to, but I like it. From what I have read, I was worried that
the rear disharge mower wouldn't cut well in the long (and wet) grass. But it
did a good job and rarely bogged down. I really like how easy cleaning out
deck is!
Got a question though. I mowed in the higher of the two low
gears and the elec-trak slowed a lot going up small slopes. Mower speed stayed
about the same, so I think the batteries were up and I never went past
mid-dial on the amp gage. One clue is that when I shift (this is an E12S) the
speed forward from stop, I hear the click when I go to the 2nd position, but
not to the 3rd position. I also don't notice a speed change between the
2nd and 3rd position. So I'm guessing I have bad connection somewhere. Coudl
this be the cause of my lack of uphill power?
Thanks,
SteveS
E12S
BTW, the mower deck has an eerie bagpipe-drone-kinda sound -
I guess from the small speed differences of the three motors. It's
interesting. Reminds me of riding in multi-engine prop planes (long time
ago).