Oakfield1862
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I received the BCRM175 a few days ago, it took me the better part of a day to put it together because the directions are not very good. The directions need better step-by-step instructions and explanations.
Between looking at videos and their online pics, I was able to get it together. I mowed about half our horse pasture and it did great. Just tall grass, no saplings.
This video was very helpful to see the orientation of the arms etc.
I felt some vibration at the end of the first mow so the next day I checked the hammer blades and found a couple that had loosened. I removed, cleaned, and retightened each with red loctite.
I used a 36mm cresent wrench to check the 4 arm bolts. They all moved a little, but the last one moved the most, so I gave it a little more and "pop". The bolt/pin hexagonal head popped off. Upon further inspection, it was poorly welded on and rust could be seen on the inside. I could not find a replacement bolt anywhere (specialty fastener store in downtown Nashville, TSC, ACE, online, etc.)
After a delayed response and me calling a person named Ralph, who seemed suprised that I called him about the mower (his number is the number in emails and on the website). I did get an email from Jack (the engr), that they are going to send 4 new bolts from the factory in China.
It did a good job when it worked, it was significantly cheaper than the Peruzzo ($3350 vs. $8650). It weighs about 1000 lbs, 300 lbs heavier than the Ironcraft/Cosmo. So we'll see how it holds up. The rest of the hardware is either grade 8 or 10, besides these one-off bolts on the arm. I wish the design used something easier to find, but you get what you pay for.
Bolt #4 is the broken one. The arm came labeled for the wrong model and the numbers didn't match up, lots of improvements could be made in the manual.
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Between looking at videos and their online pics, I was able to get it together. I mowed about half our horse pasture and it did great. Just tall grass, no saplings.
This video was very helpful to see the orientation of the arms etc.
I used a 36mm cresent wrench to check the 4 arm bolts. They all moved a little, but the last one moved the most, so I gave it a little more and "pop". The bolt/pin hexagonal head popped off. Upon further inspection, it was poorly welded on and rust could be seen on the inside. I could not find a replacement bolt anywhere (specialty fastener store in downtown Nashville, TSC, ACE, online, etc.)
After a delayed response and me calling a person named Ralph, who seemed suprised that I called him about the mower (his number is the number in emails and on the website). I did get an email from Jack (the engr), that they are going to send 4 new bolts from the factory in China.
It did a good job when it worked, it was significantly cheaper than the Peruzzo ($3350 vs. $8650). It weighs about 1000 lbs, 300 lbs heavier than the Ironcraft/Cosmo. So we'll see how it holds up. The rest of the hardware is either grade 8 or 10, besides these one-off bolts on the arm. I wish the design used something easier to find, but you get what you pay for.
Bolt #4 is the broken one. The arm came labeled for the wrong model and the numbers didn't match up, lots of improvements could be made in the manual.
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