Greetings all! After trolling the boards and gaining a lot of information and perspective to make my purchase I thought to go ahead and officially join you all.
I just took delivery of a brand new X728 w/54 deck and 45 loader. I noticed that many folks like to post a pic of their sparkling new machine with their first posts after delivery. Not me; I decided to attack an over grown area of my lot that hadn't been been cut since a local farmer cut it for hay last year. The result: my sparkling new tractor is now dressed in camo grass.
I must say how impressed I was with how this machine blew right through my thick overgrown mix of mostly very thick and tall weeds.
Now my first question to you all...
Upon delivery I noticed the tractor had 20 hours on the hour meter. I though hmmm, sounds like a little much for a new machine, but I plan on putting hundreds on it so just a minor blip. The dealer spent some time with me going over operation and removal/installation of the deck and loader then I grove it around for a little bit and put it away. The next day I removed the loader and went to cut my overgrown lot when I noticed 22 hours on the meter. Ok.... then I cut the lot which was exactly a 2 hour operation. Before I reinstalled the loader the meter read 28 hours... whoa! So, I installed the loader which took like 5 minutes... then I read 29 hours. So, I drive the tracter to my back yard and backed it in its stowed location then a final check of the meter I read I'm now up to 30 hours!!! This is getting ridiculous.. at this rate I'll burn through my warranty before my first oil change.
Yes, I'm going to contact my dealer. But does anyone have any ideas? Is the "hour" meter truly a hour meter?
I just took delivery of a brand new X728 w/54 deck and 45 loader. I noticed that many folks like to post a pic of their sparkling new machine with their first posts after delivery. Not me; I decided to attack an over grown area of my lot that hadn't been been cut since a local farmer cut it for hay last year. The result: my sparkling new tractor is now dressed in camo grass.
I must say how impressed I was with how this machine blew right through my thick overgrown mix of mostly very thick and tall weeds.Now my first question to you all...
Upon delivery I noticed the tractor had 20 hours on the hour meter. I though hmmm, sounds like a little much for a new machine, but I plan on putting hundreds on it so just a minor blip. The dealer spent some time with me going over operation and removal/installation of the deck and loader then I grove it around for a little bit and put it away. The next day I removed the loader and went to cut my overgrown lot when I noticed 22 hours on the meter. Ok.... then I cut the lot which was exactly a 2 hour operation. Before I reinstalled the loader the meter read 28 hours... whoa! So, I installed the loader which took like 5 minutes... then I read 29 hours. So, I drive the tracter to my back yard and backed it in its stowed location then a final check of the meter I read I'm now up to 30 hours!!!
This is getting ridiculous.. at this rate I'll burn through my warranty before my first oil change.Yes, I'm going to contact my dealer. But does anyone have any ideas? Is the "hour" meter truly a hour meter?
