New Husky GT52XLS (Demo) wont pull out of its own way....

[LoggerMike]

Just bought a 2018 (Demo) GT52xls.....Right Away the issues have started.... Had delivered on Sat, and imknew it started cause I cold started it that morning. Was Rough cause chock,spring wasn稚 quite strong enough to close, but was changed before delivery....Delivered, drove around again before parking for,the week....rained all week. We jjusr built a new house, so there tons of rough grading (bought Sleeve hitch Rake, and Grading BladeS) to start grading rough ground, spreading backfills and top soils, etc. So Last Saturday, one week after I got it, I go out to start it up to do some rough testing and adjustment on ground engaging equip. And the **** thing won稚 start, Koch, Nada Won稚 Fire. Call Dealer on Monday.morning, comes gets it. Delivers on Thursday, says Wire to choke was bad. Any he replaces it, get it home,. This Saturday, i go out, all ready to do some serious yard work, Tractor Fires Up 1st Time, Let her warm up, as itS actually cold here in Yulee Florida for a change (50degrees). Once she痴 warm, I attach the Rack 1st to take out into yard to make adjustments to the Hitch and Rake itself. Move to a Level area of the lot, Drop the Rake, hit the Forward pedal, give her the gas,.....she goes about 10? with about 3粕 high dirt/debris in front of rake tynes, and Tractor IMMEDIATELY begins to barely Crawl, and I mean barely.....I have throttle Wide Ope, Forward Pedal Pushed as far as it値l go.....barely moving. Lift rake To disengage resistance....tractor moves on slight faster. Go away about 10? hit reverse Pedal, and tractor goes faster backwards than forwards. Find another new clean, level area to rake, from it, give it the gas, forward pedal....5 movement...stops going forward at all. Lift rake, head to garage, shut dow it down, go find manual to research trans purge again....just In case they didn稚 purge the trans before correctly. I ran thru,the Purging Process twice, just to be sure. Fire it back up, find a NEW area to grade with very little debris,..go about 10 again, and again **** thing come to a basic stop....lift Rake. ...Put in reverse to back up over same area.stopped, hit forward pedal. Now **** thing is LOCKED UP IN REVERSE. BACKED into Garage, Called Dealer to Come get this POS....thank God It誕 under Full Warranty. Now, that I致e gotten that Off my chest, Anyone Have any ideas? 1stly, I am Absolutely not a fan at all of the these Automatic Transmissions...right away I,miss my Craftsman痴 Manual Trans....you couldn稚 kill that thing if you tried. Everything I researched about this tractor, says it痴 build for Ground Engaging Attachements, so it should be able to pull rakes and grader blades....

Thanks For heading me out.

Looking forward to,suggestions.

Mike,
Yulle, Fl.

 

[LouNY]

I read this post and almost just ignored it.
So you have a 24 hp lawn tractor with a hydrostatic transmission,
this is not an automatic like you have in your car, it will not downshift to a lower gear if you mash the forward pedal all the way down,
when that pedal is all the way ahead or down that is your lawn mowers highest/fastest gear.
It is never going to pull large loads of debri with your rake.
To get the most pulling power from the very limited amount that you have,
gently advance the throttle lever to full throttle after it has had a couple minutes of light load to warm up with,
at that point slightly advance your forward foot feed to start moving forward,
lower your rake and keep going as your rake fill gradually lift it.
If you press your forward pedal more then a 1/4 of it's forward travel you will mopst likely bog the unit out.
Continually doing so will over heat and ruin your transmission.
Hydrostatic foot pedals amount to placing a manual transmission in a higher gear the futher forward it is pushed,
the less pedal movement the lower/slower more pulling power effective gear.

 

[5030]

I didn't read it, I ignore run on posts for the most part.

 

[radios1]

maybe a bad(loose) drive belt.

 

[LoggerMike]

Thanks for your informative input. Question. How is one to properly explain circumstances of problems if they don’t have “Run On Posts”?

Regards.

 

[LoggerMike]

Going to be checking that with dealer. Thanks For the help.

Mike

 

[Roadworthy]

I read the whole post - verbose as it is. I think all the newer mowers have a hydrostatic transmission. My old Craftsman does not. They were classified as garden tractor and lawn tractor. The garden tractor supposedly has a heavier rear end. I hope that's what you got. In any case it may not be the tool for your job. Be sure to follow the recommendation for small application of the pedal for lowest "gear". I believe the same is true for the hydrostatic transmission in larger tractors.

 

[radios1]

Going to be checking that with dealer. Thanks For the help.

Mike

the Hydro-Gear G7 is a very good transmission, with good reviews. being that the tractor was a demo, there shouldn't be many hours on it..

 

[radios1]

I read the whole post - verbose as it is. I think all the newer mowers have a hydrostatic transmission. My old Craftsman does not. They were classified as garden tractor and lawn tractor. The garden tractor supposedly has a heavier rear end. I hope that's what you got. In any case it may not be the tool for your job. Be sure to follow the recommendation for small application of the pedal for lowest "gear". I believe the same is true for the hydrostatic transmission in larger tractors.

here's a mower with a manual transmission. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Troy-Bi...e-California-Compliant-Pony-42-CARB/307894289

 

[widefat]

Just bought a 2018 (Demo) GT52xls.....Right Away the issues have started.... Had delivered on Sat, and imknew it started cause I cold started it that morning. Was Rough cause chock,spring wasn稚 quite strong enough to close, but was changed before delivery....Delivered, drove around again before parking for,the week....rained all week. We jjusr built a new house, so there tons of rough grading (bought Sleeve hitch Rake, and Grading BladeS) to start grading rough ground, spreading backfills and top soils, etc. So Last Saturday, one week after I got it, I go out to start it up to do some rough testing and adjustment on ground engaging equip. And the **** thing won稚 start, Koch, Nada Won稚 Fire. Call Dealer on Monday.morning, comes gets it. Delivers on Thursday, says Wire to choke was bad. Any he replaces it, get it home,. This Saturday, i go out, all ready to do some serious yard work, Tractor Fires Up 1st Time, Let her warm up, as itS actually cold here in Yulee Florida for a change (50degrees). Once she痴 warm, I attach the Rack 1st to take out into yard to make adjustments to the Hitch and Rake itself. Move to a Level area of the lot, Drop the Rake, hit the Forward pedal, give her the gas,.....she goes about 10? with about 3粕 high dirt/debris in front of rake tynes, and Tractor IMMEDIATELY begins to barely Crawl, and I mean barely.....I have throttle Wide Ope, Forward Pedal Pushed as far as it値l go.....barely moving. Lift rake To disengage resistance....tractor moves on slight faster. Go away about 10? hit reverse Pedal, and tractor goes faster backwards than forwards. Find another new clean, level area to rake, from it, give it the gas, forward pedal....5 movement...stops going forward at all. Lift rake, head to garage, shut dow it down, go find manual to research trans purge again....just In case they didn稚 purge the trans before correctly. I ran thru,the Purging Process twice, just to be sure. Fire it back up, find a NEW area to grade with very little debris,..go about 10 again, and again **** thing come to a basic stop....lift Rake. ...Put in reverse to back up over same area.stopped, hit forward pedal. Now **** thing is LOCKED UP IN REVERSE. BACKED into Garage, Called Dealer to Come get this POS....thank God It誕 under Full Warranty. Now, that I致e gotten that Off my chest, Anyone Have any ideas? 1stly, I am Absolutely not a fan at all of the these Automatic Transmissions...right away I,miss my Craftsman痴 Manual Trans....you couldn稚 kill that thing if you tried. Everything I researched about this tractor, says it痴 build for Ground Engaging Attachements, so it should be able to pull rakes and grader blades....

Thanks For heading me out.

Looking forward to,suggestions.

Mike,
Yulle, Fl.

I own one of these, have never had a problem with it. Then again, I just mow with it. Does a great job at mowing.
Lot's of info on various forums about the deception that has been foisted upon the buying public in regard to "Garden Tractor" titles being assigned to modern machines that are nothing more than mowers.
The GT52XLS is oft pointed to as one of those machines.

What Transaxle does your unit have? Does it have Locking diff?

 

[LoggerMike]

Thanks for the update, after doing more research, my “initial interpretation” of how to work with an HST was completely backwards. Instead of ‘flooring it’ on the forward pedal, I should have been giving it less pressure to ‘engage’ “1st Gear”...”Like I said, this is my 1st ‘Automatic’...gonna take some getting use to. Even after 20 years, the 1st thing I still want to is grab down between my legs for the Gear Stick.

 

[LoggerMike]

It’s not the Locking Diff, but Is the Hydro G7.

 

[LoggerMike]

Only has 10 on it now, and it is the Hydro G7..... Just looking like I need to get my 30-yo Craftsman out of my head and relearn.

M

 

[radios1]

Only has 10 on it now, and it is the Hydro G7..... Just looking like I need to get my 30-yo Craftsman out of my head and relearn.

M

when it gets old, many years from now, changing the transmission fluid usually fixes a problem with slipping.

 

[nyone]

No matter how you cut it this is still just built for mowing. Doing any ground work with it and you will be blowing belts or the transmission.

 

[radios1]

No matter how you cut it this is still just built for mowing. Doing any ground work with it and you will be blowing belts or the transmission.

that's incorrect, the transmission is a Garden Tractor Transmission, designed for ground work, and has a very good reputation for that..

 

[nyone]

Designed for ground work at 650lbs? Good luck.

 

[radios1]

Designed for ground work at 650lbs? Good luck.

yes, it's a Garden Tractor, not a FARM Tractor, so it's attachments need to be sized for it..

 

[GT48DXLS]

Just bought a 2018 (Demo) GT52xls.....Right Away the issues have started....
Yulle, Fl.

I wish I could have helped sooner,

I would start here, this is my story, what I found out, and what was actually required to get an actual Garden Tractor from a Husqvarna, My machine cuts ground now and has 244hrs with two transaxle oil changes, etc, I love it now.

This is the entire build, not including the upgrades,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...qvarna-garden-tractors.1331005/#post-12300799

Upgrade,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...-for-this-modification.1331871/#post-12308435

What it takes to service a K66 in a Husqvarna, (your G-7 may be easier but just in case),

Stage 1,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...oil-change-guide-gt-ts.1338657/#post-12359377

Stage 2,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...oil-change-guide-gt-ts.1338673/#post-12359471

Stage 3,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...oil-change-guide-gt-ts.1338709/#post-12359921

Stage 4,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...oil-change-guide-gt-ts.1338815/#post-12360905

Stage 5,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...oil-change-guide-gt-ts.1338873/#post-12361253

Stage 6,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...e-gt-ts-center-console.1338935/#post-12361779

Stage 7,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...stall-mowing-deck-done.1339255/#post-12364397

Then how it all started, (the bad),

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...ransaxle-spec-question.1284425/#post-12019457

Then,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...-about-craftsman.1284057/page-6#post-12085603

Your Warranty,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...rs-part-3-the-warranty.1314091/#post-12154345

And,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...utting-grass-for-gt-ts.1314095/#post-12154375

This is good too,

https://www.mytractorforum.com/thre...-tractors-part-4-front-scoop-capable.1329731/

Remember, the transaxle can be rated for "Ground Engagement Work" but for the same durability, and support reasons, the chassis it's bolted on, also needs to be rated for "Ground Engagement Work". The chassis on the GT and TS are the same 12ga, 26lbs pan style chassis origionally developed for the 2006, 17hp YT lawn tractor, and it won't hold up like the c-channel, but you can get ahead of it with chassis bracing. I wish the best for you.