Infi-del
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So, I bought a Cub Cadet about 6 weeks ago at Tractor Supply. It's the Zero Turn 50" deck guy. Looked nice. Heard so many bad things about John Deere lately and my best friends JD Lawn mower burst into flames and burned to the ground being only 2 years old. So I went with the Cub Cadet. Information on the internet was half and half. So it was hard to judge. Well I've cut the grass with it three times and every damn time it's had a belt issue. The very first day it ate it's own mower belt. Apparently it jumped the track and got pinned static and then the drive pulley just burned it in two. I figured it was just one of those things. A belt's not hard to replace and Tractor Supply gave me a new one. But the next two times... the damn transmission belt jumps track. And that thing is a bitch to put back on. ESPECIALLY if it comes off on uneven ground with high weeds. So far I have YET to be able to cut my grass (About 5 acres) to completion without this damn thing crapping the bed on me. Runs smooth when it runs, cuts good when it cuts. But those damn belts won't stay on. And when they don't stay on the mower either won cut... or won't drive. Any of you guys know a fix for this. maybe oversized pulleys. Maybe an undersized belt? I doubt they're gonna take it back. I'm seriously thinking about filing a complaint about Cub Cadet. It's not Tractor Supply's fault, they didn't make the thing. And so far they've been nice about it. They're coming to pick it up to look it over and see if they can figure out the problem. We financed it so I'm real tempted to just take it back and tell them sorry about their luck and just eat the first payment. One little thing like that isn't gonna mess my credit up at all.