TC21 casualty

[jeffghs]

I had a major casualty this morning on my TC21. I was clearing my fence line and I stopped to cut some brush with my chain saw and noticed a puddle of oil. I went back and checked the tractor to find a major leak coming from the housing just forward of the mid-mount pto. I knew it wasn't good at that point and had my neighbor help pull it out of the pasture. After cleaning it up a bit, I found a major crack in the housing. All fluid had drained in about a half hour. The dealer came and picked it up this afternoon, now just waiting for the call to see how it will all work out. Hopefully will be warranty repair.

 

[dqdave1]

From the photo, it may have been leaking for a while.

 

[jeffghs]

No, it had not leaked at all before. It kind of spewed everywhere after this. I wiped the crack area down just before the photo. Also, I forgot to post earlier 227 hours on the clock.

 

[dqdave1]

Good luck; I would think it it is a warranty issue. Hope your dealer is going to work with you.

 

[jbrumberg]

Good luck; I would think it it is a warranty issue. Hope your dealer is going to work with you.

Ditto: Jay

 

[Soundguy]

How old is it?

soundguy

 

[jeffghs]

It is a 2005 model. I bought it new in August of 2006.

 

[Soundguy]

You do anything big with the loader recently?

soundguy

 

[jeffghs]

Pulling brush that I was clearing. Anything over 3 inches was cut by saw and pulled out with the loader. Smaller stuff was popped out with loader and toothbar.

 

[Soundguy]

Hmm.. maybee factory defect that just opened.. hard to say wiothout seeing a cross section and looking at other stress and mounting points.

soundguy