Road Travel?

[bherr]

I just bought a new CK20S HST and want to load the tires (R4's) with Rim Guard. Dealer is 9 road miles away, 3 miles of secondary road (mostly downhill) then 6 miles of essentially flat, wide shouldered main road. Price to load the tires is $90/tire plus $75 if he has to come to me.

Is it unreasonable to drive the tractor there and back? Tractor has very few hours on it - 2 - would driving at a steady 2000 to 2200 RPM's be detrimental during break-in? I thought I'd leave the loader home and enjoy the ride. Well, you know.

 

[murphy1244]

I say giddy up yeeeeeeehaw lets goooooooooooooooooooo

 

[aczlan]

I would get one of those magnetic strobe lights and put it on top of the ROPS, then go for it. We road our Kubota B7500 and L3830 frequently but ALWAYS with a strobe in addition to the OEM flashers (and people still try to run us over).

Aaron Z

 

[kiotiken]

I've had a theory that the hst creep issue on Kioti CK and Bobcat CT2XX tractors is caused by the engine bogging down. For me, the issue started after a road trip. The tractor was new and I let it bog down a little coming up a few hills in high. It progressively got worse after that, but I think it all started with a road trip. Just don't let it bog down on hills and keep it over 2000 rpm.

 

[bherr]

Murph - are spurs a good idea?

Aaron - strobe light is a brilliant suggestion. I'll find one.

Ken - There are 3 short but steep hills on the trip that I wondered about. Will stop and change range for the climbs

Thanks to all for the replies.

Bill

 

[MotorSeven]

2200 rpm on your HST is a little too low for road travel. Your tractor is rated for 2800 rpms to get max speed of 9.3 mph. Anything under 2800 and you will bog down a lot faster. Remember, HST's love rpm's, so don't be shy, you won't hurt a thing.

 

[tpulley]

When I bought my dk45 I drove it home from the dealer. I would ride it back there too if it needed to go back in to the shop for any reason.

 

[meburdick]

Know, too, that running in low range on the HST isn't always "enough". You're likely to still get a little slow-down on the hills. If you do, fight the "intuitive" urge to push the pedal down further and actually let up a little.

I've read quite a bit about keeping the HST pump pushing the fluids hard at lower travel speeds and it being generally better for your HST.

 

[bherr]

Just got back from dropping the tractor off - 2200 is way to low. That lasted 1/2 mile. I varied the engine speed from 2500 to 2800 simply because it's so new. All in all no problems. Speed was close to PTO indicator give or take for the trip. Just for grins I think I'll take a gps with me when I pick it up to see how fast it actually goes.

One odd thing - had the machine in cruise control on the flat and the engine speed would arbitrarily drop 1 or 2 hundred rpm's then return to the preset speed. Is this common?

 

[MotorSeven]

One odd thing - had the machine in cruise control on the flat and the engine speed would arbitrarily drop 1 or 2 hundred rpm's then return to the preset speed. Is this common?

Are you positive the road was dead nuts level? Since a slight incline will cause that..........