So, the weatherman gave me a window of good weather just long enough to get some hay in and after a little tweaking, I figured out where the shoes should ride and the guards lie (turns out the manual is pretty close - imagine that).
The only major problem to report is that the OEM radio isn't worth a plugged nickel.
Other than that, the machine did what it was supposed to do with no muss and no fuss and I was left wondering why didn't someone tell me about these things earlier? After years of banging around in a tractor pulling a haybine with my head on a swivel and my spine in an almost permanent 90 deg. twist the fact that I could sit straight in a seat and really see where things are and what's going on is rather pleasant (in an IRS-found-an-error-in-your-tax-return-in-your-favor-and-sent-you-a-check kind of pleasant).
I will admit that while I can manage guiding the 8840 around the field in a forward direction in a more or less straight line, I'm still not thinking far enough ahead of the machine to mow at anything approaching the top end of the recommended speed range - my reactions are still set on "pull-behind" and not on "out in front" (but at least these early attempts amuse my wife, so all it not lost).
Backing on the other hand is a whole other story; hate to admit it, but backing up 10 feet is about 10 minutes work (and I've banned my wife from taking any videos). Sure, it will become automatic eventually, but for now I'm reciting "hand on bottom of wheel, move hand left to go left, move hand right to go right" over and over as I creep backwards ever so slowly (there may be other words, extra hand gestures, and perhaps the occasional forceful exclamation involved as well, but I can't recall precisely).
Adventures with the 8840
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