Trails2004
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Dont forget- grease is your friend after working your equipment in the snow - Displace the moisture when you can 
Snow Snow, can I overwork my 4115
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Well, I dont think slipping is abuse unless you are dead stopped and then its futile if nothing else. With AGs especially its just an indicator that youre near the traction limit. If youre still moving with AGs and not sinking you dont stop because of a little spin. Youll make marks in your turf, but theres a job to be done. Your just wearing the tire a little faster.
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As long as you're not going above PTO speed setting and not ramming into snow banks, I can't say that you're abusing your 4115.
My 4010 seems to have enough ballast for heaped up wet snow loads in the 53" FEL with the back blade and loaded tires. I've only tipped a rear wheel up once in all the approximately 55" of snow it has moved this winter. People complaining about this one's hydraulics must have been trying to work it at 1500 rpm. I run it at 2000-2200 most of the time with occasional revs to PTO set speed to get really heavy loads out of the way.
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My 4010 seems to have enough ballast for heaped up wet snow loads in the 53" FEL with the back blade and loaded tires. I've only tipped a rear wheel up once in all the approximately 55" of snow it has moved this winter. People complaining about this one's hydraulics must have been trying to work it at 1500 rpm. I run it at 2000-2200 most of the time with occasional revs to PTO set speed to get really heavy loads out of the way.
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Yep, you figure slippage is a way of life when you're plowing a field. What's the difference? If fact, I usually shoot for 15% or so slippage when I'm plowing a field, just so I know I'm maxing out production.
There are some backroads that I plow (see avatar) that I can barely get through in 4WD, rear diff locked and blade all the way up. This includes rear tires filled and my box blade on the back. No matter, I'm spinning the whole way on my first pass, just trying to knock the snow down so I can lower the plow on my return pass. This is usually only a problem going up hills, but there's lots of those. I tend to plow pretty fast, too, because I have to be able to throw the snow far enough off the road that I have room to pack in more snow on subsequent passes. I don't have a side wing to move the windrow and I'm not going to do a half-mile long driveway with my FEL, just to move the snow a little further off the road.
I figure if I keep the oil changed, everything zerk lubed, my gear oil fresh, bearings lubed, the tractor can handle it. I even spray every fitting on the tractor with WD-40 before I go out (makes a huge difference with regards to shedding ice/snow).
Maybe you get a little extra wear on the tires---but hey, you're on ice, right?
I say as long as you're not slamming the tractor around, grinding gears, etc. but just running it hard...well, that's what they're designed to do! Work!
There are some backroads that I plow (see avatar) that I can barely get through in 4WD, rear diff locked and blade all the way up. This includes rear tires filled and my box blade on the back. No matter, I'm spinning the whole way on my first pass, just trying to knock the snow down so I can lower the plow on my return pass. This is usually only a problem going up hills, but there's lots of those. I tend to plow pretty fast, too, because I have to be able to throw the snow far enough off the road that I have room to pack in more snow on subsequent passes. I don't have a side wing to move the windrow and I'm not going to do a half-mile long driveway with my FEL, just to move the snow a little further off the road.
I figure if I keep the oil changed, everything zerk lubed, my gear oil fresh, bearings lubed, the tractor can handle it. I even spray every fitting on the tractor with WD-40 before I go out (makes a huge difference with regards to shedding ice/snow).
Maybe you get a little extra wear on the tires---but hey, you're on ice, right?
I say as long as you're not slamming the tractor around, grinding gears, etc. but just running it hard...well, that's what they're designed to do! Work!
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I don't think I overworked my 790, but I sure overworked my sorry butt!!!
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I got a wet butt.
Bought a seat cover from JD today. Maybe that will help. Even had ski bib pants on, too. They're supposed to be water proof.
Ralph
Bought a seat cover from JD today. Maybe that will help. Even had ski bib pants on, too. They're supposed to be water proof.
Ralph
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