3-Point Hitch 3 Point hitch 6025

[TheDingy]

We just got a our new 6025 last week and while we were very satisfied with the price and the inital power of the machine.

The first time that we put a real load on the box blade the unit when to the top of the stroke and hung. I continued with the FEL for a bit and it came back down with a vibration under normal use, being that it was late on Saturday(first saturday of owernship and first real work day) I continued working with it. Two or the box blade loads later I hit a root that caught a tine and pulled on the box blade. This wasn't enough to stall or signifinatly bog the tractor, but the box blade started to go up again. This time it wouldn't go back down no matter what we did, so we took it to the shop on Monday, yesterday they said it may not be warranty as it was hung on something, but then decided to fix it under warranty.

In the past with Ford and NH tractors from 18 to over 100hp. I have stood the tractors up on the rear wheels yanked and yanked with box blades and various equipment. I have never had this type of trouble, but it bothered me that Manhindra said that it was due to being hung if that valve was bent, and is fairly common when a box blade is hung up. Has anyone seen this in the past? We have talked about it and if this is common we are going to sell the tractor take our hit and get something else. We can not have a tractor that is not working as we use it every day to feed our horses etc. Usually the tractor isn't worked that hard, but when we call for work we need some very hard work. The primary thing that we need though is reliability from the machine.

Thanks,

TD

 

[BobG_in_VA]

Did you have your "red" hyd. quadrant lever all the way down???. Sounds like the draft control lifted the unit when it hit a "snag". In order for you to keep the equipment down, you have to have your draft control down as well. Just a thought. BobG in VA

 

[TheDingy]

Yes, it was all the way down.

 

[bkheur]

Sounds interesting. If I understand you correctly the BB would hit something and raise up and not lower back down?
Keep us posted.

 

[TheDingy]

That is exactly what it was doing. We got the tractor back yetserday, I am still worried about it, but the repair seems to be good. I will work it hard again this weekend.

TD

 

[bkheur]

so what was repaired on the tractor. What did the dealer say was the problem?

 

[TheDingy]

The draft control valve was replaced, they said it was bent and hanging up. Not allowing the lift to go down. Also they said that usually this is caused from hanging while under load, it was a ligt load and that is what bothers me most.

 

[bkheur]

My guess would be it was a defective valve from the factory. With the lift capacity of a 6025 (3500 #'s) the draft valve should not bend from a BB.

 

[xlr82v2]

I agree... you probably had a defective valve that slipped through pre-delivery testing.

I don't see how a box blade would produce enough load to damage the valve without the boxblade itself being damaged as well.

 

[TheDingy]

I have to agree now that it was shipped from the factory that way. When the tractor came back home, it got the box blade. The very same point in which I hung it up that broke the tractor got hit again, and hung up twice. Once was MUCH harder than the first time, I wanted to break it right then and there if it was going to break. The tractor performed like I would expect it to perform.

Now I just need to get some more weight in the rear for the FEL to work better :-D

-TD