So I really put my rig through it's paces yesterday out hunting. Had to go through some pretty old grown up trails, over saplings, fallen logs, and pretty good mud holes to get to a downed wild hog. It was flawless.
Last night we went out riding some trails and made a crossing on the edge of a small pond. My S4 pulled through it much better than my buddies Polaris.
While going up the next hill, I got stuck. What I thought was my rear tires spinning was the belt. Some time in my riding, my belt housing breather was knocked loose and was basically just hanging. So my belt housing sucked up a decent little drink of water.
My buddy's Polaris had a drain plug to drain such mishaps. I was a little disappointed my Deere didn't. Long story short, we opened the housing and sat with the rig running about 3k RPM out of gear for 30 minutes + waiting on the belt to dry out. And now it is a pain to get out of gear.
What do you do in such a situation? There seems to be little in the way of a trail fix for this other than sit and wait. I will be trying to seal up the housing better this week, that is for sure.
Last night we went out riding some trails and made a crossing on the edge of a small pond. My S4 pulled through it much better than my buddies Polaris.
While going up the next hill, I got stuck. What I thought was my rear tires spinning was the belt. Some time in my riding, my belt housing breather was knocked loose and was basically just hanging. So my belt housing sucked up a decent little drink of water.
My buddy's Polaris had a drain plug to drain such mishaps. I was a little disappointed my Deere didn't. Long story short, we opened the housing and sat with the rig running about 3k RPM out of gear for 30 minutes + waiting on the belt to dry out. And now it is a pain to get out of gear.
What do you do in such a situation? There seems to be little in the way of a trail fix for this other than sit and wait. I will be trying to seal up the housing better this week, that is for sure.