I thought I broke the new tractor

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We have 5 hours on the new tractor - no need to mow the grass if it isn't growing. Now that we have had rain it is growing again. After we got out of the pool earlier I told my husband I wanted to mow - my first turn on the new toy. He got it ready for me and showed me a few things that are a little different from our previous model. It took me about 2 minutes to get comfortable with it and after that I was flying through the yard. I did about 3 acres and all of a sudden it died out front near the road. My husband was in the backyard in his hammock (his office) which is a good 500 feet from where I was. Ruby was watching me behind the fence. I tried starting it and no luck. I kept telling Ruby, "Go get pop." - he had heard the tractor shut off and came out in the golf cart, with a can of gas. He always fills the gas tank when he finishes mowing so he was sure it wasn't empty. It took a little gas but not much. He finally got it going and he finished up the little bit that was left. Then he went in the back near the pond and the machine did all kinds of stalling and stammering. Conclusion is the fuel pump is defective. He said he had a problem like that on a previous machine. So he will call the place we bought it from, make sure they have a fuel pump and we'll take it up there - it is under warranty so Cub Cadet has to fix it. The good news is - I didn't break it!