squonk 48,205 #26 Posted 37 minutes ago 20 hours ago, pfrederi said: New chapter in the Charger 12 I loaned my nephew for about 14 months...She threw a rod see previous posts in this thread. So I put on another K301. Took it out to mow some. Did a terrible job. When I loaned my nephew the tractor I had gone over the deck painted under side with POR and put on a NEW set of blades, so I was surprised how poorly it mowed. I guess my nephew decided to mow his rock garden. I think no more loans to family!!!! Those look like the blades off of my sister in law's mower! She had a brand new MTD tractor and insisted on lowering the deck as much as possible and going as fast as it could go. Ran over tree roots and folded the deck under itself and bent the blades. My brother in law managed to get it warranted but they said don't come back. She did it again and I'll pulled the deck back into shape. She did it a 3rd time and he got the front of the deck reinforced. Then she hit the roots again and the tractor stopped dead and tossed her off. She finally got the message 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites