stoddardt02
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Hi all. I am new to the site and looking for a little help. I have a 3060 that I bought new last spring. I just use it for cutting may 4 acre yard and a few acres over at my fathers. I have just over 100 hours on it so far. Within a couple hours of owning it the first belt broke. I went through a few more last summer and each time was told it must be something I was doing wrong. After the 5th one last summer they said there was a retrofit kit for a pulley that had been designed wrong on the deck. They put it on at the end of the season last year and I mowed with it for a few weeks. This spring I got it out and the second time I went to mow the belt broke again. I got another belt and when I out it on it looked way too long. The idler pulley and the main pulley on the deck were touching each other. I took the mower back to the shop again and they looked at it. They agreed the belt looked too loose but said it was the same belt that had been on it and specified from Dixie. They moved another pulley and jacked the engine back. This tightened up the deck drive belt a little but now the hydro belt is very tight. Also with the belt tighter it moved the arm the idler pulley is on to the left. It hits the frame rail when you try to raise the deck. My salesman tried calling Dixie and told me today that he got no answers. He said that they will order another belt and "when" this one breaks to try the shorter one. I asked him about being able to raise the deck past 4 and he said that no one mows in 5 anyway so it not a problem. It is a problem when I cant load it on the trailer without it hanging up. I am just frustrated and was wondering if anyone had heard of anything similar or had any ideas where to go from here. I attached a couple pictures for you to look at to see if the mounting looks correct.