Catastrophic failure with Hydraulics

[kennyd]

If you put the range selector in neutral you can tow it.

 

[Tinhack]

Not sure I understand circumstances "you dont want to get into".

What possible circumstances would allow you to get another machine to the field and tow it, but not a filter and a bucket of fluid?

Perhaps he doesn't want to get dirty.

 

[4570Man]

Not sure I understand circumstances "you dont want to get into".

What possible circumstances would allow you to get another machine to the field and tow it, but not a filter and a bucket of fluid?

And still have to get the bucket of fluid and filter after it’s towed out. If I was about to pull the engine I’d be towing it out but a filter replacement??

 

[the old grind]

What possible circumstances would allow you to get another machine to the field and tow it, but not a filter and a bucket of fluid?

Blackberries, snakes, mud, poison ivy, mosquitoes, Bigfoot sightings ... Not sure I'd want to be under a machine taking off a skid plate in some 'circumstances'.

 

[LD1]

Blackberries, snakes, mud, poison ivy, mosquitoes, Bigfoot sightings ... Not sure I'd want to be under a machine taking off a skid plate in some 'circumstances'.

And would that be so hard to say other than "I don't want to get into it"

 

[pjbci]

Maybe its somewhere its no supposed to be!

 

[RickB]

I’d fix it in the field. It isn’t like a filter is that hard to change.

A filter and fluid is probably all it needs.

 

[RickB]

And would that be so hard to say other than "I don't want to get into it"

"I paid good money for a fancy skid plate that didn't protect the hydraulic filter. It does, however, prevent changing the filter with the skid plate in place".

 

[dirttoys]

Maybe its somewhere its no supposed to be!
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would have been my guess

 

[the old grind]

A skid plate wouldn't have done much to prevent a sapling from coming up over my front axle, finding a gap below the radiator, and pushing the engine belt off as it threaded its way in.

I was flail mowing and hate to shut down when hot, but without the water pump running it would have run hotter. I shut down when the temp needle rose quickly. Just as I lifted the hood the AF res bottle overflowed. You bet I was scared. I was also lucky and no harm seems to have come from that one time I've had a tractor overheat.