Warranty Coverage

jwcinpk · Mar 22, 2008

Are FEL hoses covered under warranty? Dang if a hose aint busted now. I aint never gonna get 50 hours on that 7010.

MAHINDRA OF OHIO · Mar 22, 2008

Ask your dealer if he can help you out

Wayne County Hose · Mar 22, 2008

Can you post a pic of the blown area? I think a lot may depend on how it blew. Rubbing, pinched, burst, or whatever. It's pretty easy to look at a hose and see why it blew. Usually, if there is no kind of external obvious reason why it blew, the dealer/manufacturer should cover it. BTW, most hose manufacturers warranty their hoses for 1 year.

George2615 · Mar 23, 2008

According to the loader manual that came with my tractor the warranty is valid for 1 year for all hydraulic components and attachments and 2 years on other loader components from the original date of sale. There are a lot of provisions that will void or not be covered under warranty, a summary of which include misuse, abuse, lack of maintenance, negligence, fire, accidents, changes or modifications by the owner. Basically if its over 2 years old the hrs. don't matter.

jwcinpk · Mar 23, 2008

Here's a link to a pic of the hose up close. Lots of other tractor pics too. It just exploded.

000_0005 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Wayne County Hose · Mar 23, 2008

Wow, I guess it did explode. There's no evidence of abuse, so my guess would be warranty. Hoses aren't perfect, they do sometimes get made with weak spots.

jwcinpk · Mar 24, 2008

I was really surprised that it did the damage to the hose it did! I'm sure they'll warranty it, but it's still going to cost me a few hours and some diesel. Geuss I can't complain, I've only burst 2 hoses in 5 years and the other one was my fault. I was pushing brush and a limb sprung back and whacked the hose hard enough it caused it to burst. This time I was just moving dirt with the bucket.

rback33 · Mar 26, 2008

jwcinpk said:
I was really surprised that it did the damage to the hose it did! I'm sure they'll warranty it, but it's still going to cost me a few hours and some diesel. Geuss I can't complain, I've only burst 2 hoses in 5 years and the other one was my fault. I was pushing brush and a limb sprung back and whacked the hose hard enough it caused it to burst. This time I was just moving dirt with the bucket.

Hey Joel.... which hose was it and can you email some pics of the position the bucket/loader was in when it happened? I have a theory, but will need your evidence to support or deny. You can email them to me if you like.

jwcinpk · Mar 27, 2008

It's the hose on the FEL that runs from the bucket end of the tilt cylinder to a splitter on the cross beam of the loader. It is in a really weird position. Bent almost double all the time. I'll try to get a pic of the new hose in place. The bucket was tilted slightly down. I was getting dirt from the bottom of a pile. The pile was over a slight embankment so the bucket was tilted down a ways so I could get the rest of the pile.
No trouble getting it warrantied!
Now if I can just get the broken tie rod mount replaced.