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Dealer called me - tractor's fixed. They said the fuel pump was indeed the issue. They're bringing it back to me tomorrow. They said no charge, it's a brand new machine and it shouldn't have happened. Very happy with them so far between sales and how they dealt with this issue.

My serial number ends in Hxxxx, not a 5-digit number. I'm guessing that's because they passed the 99999 number and had to start using letters and my machine has the revised part? I only bought it a few months ago and it looks like the manufacture year was 2022.

MA does that. The value they use is typically way under book value, though - particularly after the first couple years. They take MSRP and depreciate it by a set percentage. Year 2 is 60%, 3 is 40, then 25, then 10. So, after 5 years you could have a vehicle that was originally 75k but in...

I had a 2011 Tacoma 4.0 - TRD Sport Double Cab 6 ft bed - for quite a while. I towed at its limits a few times (~6000-6500 lbs) and it did better than expected for its size and power. It might still be my favorite all around vehicle. The only thing I recall really disliking was the seating...

MA is super easy to register as homemade, basically no questions asked up to 3k. Past that and there is a one time inspection. No trailer inspection here on mass produced trailers unless the GVWR is over 10k.

That's what I have. Been using it since I got the tractor.

I don't get any reduced flow from the tank side of the filter. I get really strong flow from the line going into the pump from the tank (past the first filter), and if I reconnect the line and disconnect from the outlet side of the pump it's also as strong as I would expect it to be from the...

Dealer says mine is the next machine to go in, so I'm hoping I have it back toward the end of next week. Figures it'd have a failure during a really busy time of year for them. Meanwhile, I used my little electric Makita pushmower to do the lawn because it was getting high again. I only have...

I pay more to register my trailer than my truck. $120/year for a small car hauler - 6000 lb GVW. Truck is $100 for two years and that's only because I have special plates and $40 of that is a charity contribution. Normal plates are $60 for two years in MA.

I ordered one of these today. Website says 4-6 week lead time, but I'm excited to get it. I'll update with my thoughts when it arrives.

Bleeding it worked. It starts and runs again - idles fine, got the deck and loader up. If you increase the throttle, you can tell it isn't quite right - it's kind of lazy to increase RPMs and such. At least it's good enough for the dealer to more easily load it. The guy who helped me with it...

If I were actually replacing the pump, I would. Dropping it was good enough to get at the lines and electrical connection at least to make sure it wasn't a blockage. I am at about 11. Fortunately, it only started acting up at the very end of my project today, so it didn't really cause any...

Awesome, might give this a try. I have the mowing deck all the way down because I needed space to access the pump and fuel lines and now I have no way to raise it. If I can get it to run, I can at least do that.

Thanks for confirming my thinking is probably right. Thinking back, it seemed to start sputtering and acting weird after spurts of higher demand use - I was using the loader to get a bunch of crushed stone for an old shed pad off the lawn. First time it acted up was when I was dumping that and...

Found this - seems like my exact situation. For him it was the fuel pump and it went bad in 50 hours. So, I guess it isn't unheard of: