longharbor
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I'm growing flowers commercially on a moderate site, steep in places and have just bought a new New Holland Boomer 35 (38hp) 4WD manual tractor operating a sprayer unit and a small (120mm/4ft) rotary slasher mower. When mowing forwards uphill the 4WD functions effectively, even up a relatively steep slope. When attempting to mow backwards, even up a moderate slope that my similar hp Kubota used to handle easily, traction fails. The back wheels spin in place and the front wheels remain stationary. This makes the new tractor unsuitable for purpose. With the old Kubota in the same situation at least one front wheel would spin even briefly indicating the front axles were powered. Does lack of movement in the front wheels when the back wheels are spinning in place indicate there is no 4WD power to the front axles when reversing and has anybody got comments on how their Boomer 35 performs in this situation?
Also, the operator's manual and my tractor's PTO switch indicate both Independent (shaft rotates independent of clutch pedal) and Manual (shaft disengages when clutch is pressed) functions are available. However only the Independent function works on my machine. This makes it very difficult to quickly disengage the PTO shaft to the mower if you encounter rough ground or tough vegetation. Have other operators come across this single PTO function?
Also, the operator's manual and my tractor's PTO switch indicate both Independent (shaft rotates independent of clutch pedal) and Manual (shaft disengages when clutch is pressed) functions are available. However only the Independent function works on my machine. This makes it very difficult to quickly disengage the PTO shaft to the mower if you encounter rough ground or tough vegetation. Have other operators come across this single PTO function?