It all depends on whether the pulled appliance has a regular flat, steel tongue, with a hole in it, to accept a bolt or hitch pin. Yhe pulled appliance may have 2 flat steel plates, that would then slip over a single plate on the draw-bar of the tractor. This is the usual way of attaqchment. Now, if your attachment has something else on it, that will only fit your tractor, well yes, you might have to buy the one made for your tractor. But--I haven't seen anything that won't mate up to the standard drawbar on a tractor, be it Craftsman, or any other brand!

Yes, i think, if it runs ok, then fix it. The Dealer, of course, wants you to buy a new one! Isn't that why they are dealers? The parts you describe are not that expensive. As for more power--whut? Are you going to race with the neighbors? I've had lawn tractors that had 14 hp or more, and after i installed a used 12 h.p. engine, to replace a blown one, the tractor did the same thing it did when the original owner had it--namely, cut grass, towed a cart, all the things you would normally use it for. As for the larger rear tires--well, the larger the wheels, the lower the power from the wheels. Back in the days of steam engines on the rail-roads, the engines that hauled passengers had large driving wheels, to allow the engine to run at higher speeds, without over revving all of that massive machinery! but, the engines that pulled long lines of freight cars, had smaller drive wheels, to transmit more power to the drive wheels, but not as much speed. So, to me, it would seem the higher h.p. would be discounted by the use of larger wheels.

Yeah, it's an old thread but I still see more posts coming in on a subject that struck me as both very serious as to personal safety and property loss - but also one post, or poster's reaction was interesting if not humorous which I felt deserved a response... Contributor kompressor made an impressively verbose series of posts on this topic. Quite clearly this is a topic that was once very near and dear to kompressor and kompressor is projecting as an authority on US libel laws. Here's my tongue in cheek $0.02 on kompressor's extensive commentary... First kompressor states: "The OP should have read the terms of the warranty prior to paying his $1700.00" Then kompressor states: "You cannot run around the internet making wild accusations that you cannot PROVE happened in a court of law" Now wait a minute? Did I here correctly? kompressor just stated he paid $1,700.00 How does kompressor KNOW the OP really paid $1,700.00? kompressor made a 'wild accusation' about $1,700.00 but I fail to see where kompressor has proven in a court of law that he really did pay $1,700.00 kompressor claimed. Finally kompressor states: "The next day, the thread was GONE. WHY? Because of potential libel issues." Oh? kompressor just claimed some thread was removed because it was potential "libel". Did kompressor prove in a court of law that the thread was removed "Because of potential libel issues". Or is kompressor just going around the internet sayin' stuff? :o) Actually the OP can go around the internet saying stuff, much like, well, ... kompressor just did. The above was meant to be illustrative and tongue in cheek. On a more serious note kompressor states: "Yes, there is a warranty and the warranty states that if the tractor burns, the warranty won't cover the damage...end of story." All consumer warranties are subject to FTC regulations. I do not agree that it is the 'end of story' and do not believe it is true if the fire results from defective materials or design. Nor do I believe kompressor's statement to be true if it is a larger safety issue. Establishing this is of course a different matter. There is a very good up side to the OP (and others) sharing of his experience (or "wild accusation" as you will). Others may come forth with their own, uh, "wild accusations". Enough "wild accusations" and a statistically viable pattern might emerge that could be directed to the CPSC to take notice and open a case, maybe even induce a recall for a modification or something. A group may have greater influence. Maybe word gets out and people start taking extra precautions and that averts a potential injury, house fire etc. Maybe the manufacturer takes notice and identifies a potential problem and takes voluntary steps to address it. kompressor is correct in one regard - we just don't now the specifics of any one instance. Yet. But if we suppress the sharing of information because someone goes around on the internet saying stuff like "libel" we likely never will either. Safe mowing everyone!

OK. I'm having a similar but opposite issue. When the deck is raised high (8) the blades spin slowly. If I lower the deck to (3), the blades spin faster and I can mow. Seems opposite of the complaint which started this thread. Also, when I mow, the left most blade (3 blade Cub Cadet) doesn't seem to cut as well and I'll have to mow that area again making sure it gets hit by the center blade or right blade. All 3 blades were recently removed and sharpened and the balance was verified. The blades were put back on in random order. The mower was doing this prior to removing and sharpening the blades. Are these 2 related (I think they are) and what's my next move to fix it? Model RZT-L54 (17CRCACA009). Thanks!