M9540 Milestone

[DT86]

Well guys I guess she isn't a baby anymore.

About two hours ago, while loading a trailer with hay, my little girl rolled 1,000 hours.











I had a swig of bourbon and thought of all the things we've done together over the past few years. All the trees we've grubbed, bushes we've hogged, posts driven and cows fed.

A toast for her tonight guys, to 1000 trouble free hours and many to come.

Ah, another trailer to load, well as Crash always says, more later!

 

[Rustyiron]

:thumbsup:

 

[Tx Jim]

DT86
My M7040 is not far behind your tractor as it has 936 hrs on the hour meter.

 

[Toolguy]

She is just getting broken in. Hope you you have many thousands more to come.

 

[FatTire]

Bottoms up. (In no way is this a reference to tractor position.)

 

[bigbull338]

she is just getting used to working good.

 

[nybirdman]

I am getting close,about 880 hrs. on my L4240 HSTC.

 

[rustyshakelford]

Great milestone! Enjoy your "new" tractor!

Brett

 

[DT86]

Interestingly the RTV passed the same milestone a few weeks ago as well, can't wait to report on the next 1000 hours for both.

As far as I can remember the only problems have been FEL related.

--When it was fairly new the hydraulic hoses on the lift cylinders failed. The hoses actually blew out of the crimped fitting, a few weeks apart. Dealer had Gates hoses made locally on his dime.

--A little later the bucket got stuck in the a dumped position, which ultimately required a new loader valve. Kubota got to eat that one.

Sure there have been tire related issues, but I am hard on them and take full credit for them.

 

[wmonroe]

Well they are warmed up and broken in and now ready for thousands more hours.