intel
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I mistakenly put this thread in the buying pricing section first so i started it again in the operating section.
I have a DK 45 with a Bush hog M346 front end loader. I bought it used with 357 hours for $12,000. It now has 420 hours on it. Let me say i really like the tractor (still)
I broke the front center ring gear (3 teeth off). When it broke i was shuttling mud from a backhoe filling my bucket (full) probably to full on a 12% grade backing out up the grade about 30' (because of site constraints i could not go forward up the grade) putting a great deal of weight on the front end. The rear tires are loaded and i had a 4' tiller for some counter weight on the back.
It looks like the ring gear bolts were loose which may have caused the brake. It also looks like the front end was worked on before i got it you can see where a wrench has been on every bolt and nut head on the front end.I should have not filled the bucket full. The mud was just to heavy. It was its 15 trip when it broke. From day one i had always check to make sure the gear oil was above the red dot in the sight glass.
Question is do you guys think the Bush Hog M346 is bit to big for the DK 45? It seem it would lift anything.
Also does anyone the back lash setting on the Ring and pinion?
I have a DK 45 with a Bush hog M346 front end loader. I bought it used with 357 hours for $12,000. It now has 420 hours on it. Let me say i really like the tractor (still)
I broke the front center ring gear (3 teeth off). When it broke i was shuttling mud from a backhoe filling my bucket (full) probably to full on a 12% grade backing out up the grade about 30' (because of site constraints i could not go forward up the grade) putting a great deal of weight on the front end. The rear tires are loaded and i had a 4' tiller for some counter weight on the back.
It looks like the ring gear bolts were loose which may have caused the brake. It also looks like the front end was worked on before i got it you can see where a wrench has been on every bolt and nut head on the front end.I should have not filled the bucket full. The mud was just to heavy. It was its 15 trip when it broke. From day one i had always check to make sure the gear oil was above the red dot in the sight glass.
Question is do you guys think the Bush Hog M346 is bit to big for the DK 45? It seem it would lift anything.
Also does anyone the back lash setting on the Ring and pinion?
