Snow Problem

[yuccafarmer]

We had a little snow out here south east of Denver. The new DK40 did a real fine job of handling the 6ft drift in front of the garage. Scooped out the drift wit the loader and scraped the driveway with the rear blade. The only problem is after I put the blade down, the 3-point won't lift it back up. Any ideas as to what the problem could be?

 

[IslandTractor]

I haven't been on a DK40 but at least some of the Kiotis have a valve that controls the rate that the 3PT lifts/drops and that can get moved inadvertently into a position that will prevent you from lifting it. The valve on my tractor is near my ?right heel on the floor. Look to see if you have a valve thereabouts and turn it the other way then try to lift the 3pt again.

 

[yuccafarmer]

IT: I know the valve you are talking about. I don't think I moved it but I'll check it out. The 3-point was working fine when I started the snow job. Could low fluid level be to blame? I'll check that in the morning as well.

 

[wallace]

Make sure you don't have the rear remote lever locked in.

 

[Thomas]

Dang,now that's what I call drifting...haven't seen that in year..yikes.

Well that's one way to get feel for your new tractor.

 

[VictorW]

Now that looks like some fun snow clearing. You're getting hit hard and we are having an unseasonsbly warm winter so far. I still have green grass to look at.

The valve IslandTractor talked about is for the drop rate but doesn't effect the lift on the CK30. If the fluid was low, I think you would still get some movement unless it was very low. More than likely, it's the remote lever as Wallace advised. Playing with that much snow probably had you working hard and maybe bumped the lever. I hope some of that melts before Spring.

 

[rmahlert]

We had a little snow out here south east of Denver. The new DK40 did a real fine job of handling the 6ft drift in front of the garage. Scooped out the drift wit the loader and scraped the driveway with the rear blade. The only problem is after I put the blade down, the 3-point won't lift it back up. Any ideas as to what the problem could be?

Rub it in.. I got a snow blower to try on my CK25 and NO snow!

I can't remember not seeing even a flurry this late up here in Massachusetts.

On the 3 point.. what Wallace said.

 

[Oleozz]

I haven't seen a drift like that for years but it looks like your 40 is putting the hurts to it. Hope you get your problem resolved and that the 40 is a good tractor for you. So far we have been snow free in the part of Pa that I live in.

 

[yuccafarmer]

Problem solved! As is often the case, the real problem was the nut behind the wheel. Turns out Wallace is the winner, I had the remote lever locked in position "B". That probably happened last night as it was getting darker and colder and I was fumbling around for the position control. The remote lever on the DK40 is at about the same location as the position control on the old MF 20C that I'm used to playing with. Thanks for all the replys. Have a Merry Christmas. I hope all who want it, get all the snow we had and more. I'm outta here for the holidays to see the grandkids in Texas...

 

[IslandTractor]

Rick has bailed me out of a few "nut behind the wheel" episodes too.