... my wife let my buddy next door use my 2360 whilst I was away, to do some digging and raking...
But not any mowing. Seems odd the gearbox would just coincidentally let go due to internal failure right when your neighbor used the tractor for some dirt work without taking the deck off. You have to wonder if he drove over something like a rock or a curb and bashed the heck out of the center blade or spindle. Maybe I'm the only one who thinks this way, but dragging that nice expensive deck around while moving, scraping and levelling dirt just never seemed prudent.