MX8 cutter snapping stabilizer bars?

[ddivinia]

Heres a pic of mine after my dealer did mine....under warranty of course....One big question....The pin doesnt reach thru the hole as the round bars are thicker than the old square ones, did you get longer pins? When I say dont reach I mean the ball bearing that locks in place doesnt reach all the way thru, its short by like 1/8 inch or so.....

I will have to check mine. I got new pins with mine. I suspect they reused the old pins.

D.

 

[beefeater]

The short pins sound bad, thinking about the everything that can go wrong will philosophy. I see them popping out with use or travel if they do not go all the way through

 

[beefeater]

Ok Update time.

I finally got a chance to test the new round stabilizer bars and pins.

After 10 solid hours of cutting time, no problems. The new bars seem to be up to the task, thankfully. I recommend anyone with the old flat bars upgrade to the new ones.

The MX8 and the 4720 are a nice combo. The tractor has plenty of power and size to handle the mx8 up and down steep hills. In transport mode, I can tow the MX8 in high range C gear up and down steep dirt roads to get to fields.

I do recommend going very slowly when backing up and slow in the turns to minimize stress on the stabilzer bars and 3 point retaining pins.

The MX8 cuts full grown hay fields and pasture grass without missing a beat. No bogging down. Bushes and small trees are no problem either.

Run at about 4mph when cutting grass or hay due to bumpy field conditions.

Very pleased overall.