CJ4
Gold Member
I just purchased a new Woods BH80-X for my New Holland TC55DA tractor and it stinks!!! The first 10 seconds of digging I could tell it was just "giving up" on power. Sure it will dig sand or soft ground but let a 1/2" root get in the way and it just stops.
It was equipped on the dealers lot with the "optional" drive shaft driven hydraulic pump. I already had an extra unused remote on the rear of my tractor but the dealer acted like I didn't have a choice but that's irrelevant at this point. The machine's statistics all exceeded my expectations when comparing to comparable machines. I had just spent several days on 2 different smaller hoes and significantly smaller 35hp tractors and this thing won't even dare to compare to those machine's performance.
Acts like there's a problem with the pump. The dealer agreed it looked like a problem until he couldn't figure a quick fix and then he acts like it's operating fine. Left it all day today while he was going to check the pressure and haven't heard yet. I'm totally willing to allow for problems to be fixed but I was wondering if this hoe is big enough for my 55hp tractor??? Also shouldn't this hoe at least act like it's stressing my tractor before it quits???? Woods website says it's for a 20-45hp tractors. The dealer said it'd work fine. Would the BX90-X be significantly different?? Any suggestions or comments are appreciated.
Sincerely
(grown man about to cry)
It was equipped on the dealers lot with the "optional" drive shaft driven hydraulic pump. I already had an extra unused remote on the rear of my tractor but the dealer acted like I didn't have a choice but that's irrelevant at this point. The machine's statistics all exceeded my expectations when comparing to comparable machines. I had just spent several days on 2 different smaller hoes and significantly smaller 35hp tractors and this thing won't even dare to compare to those machine's performance.
Acts like there's a problem with the pump. The dealer agreed it looked like a problem until he couldn't figure a quick fix and then he acts like it's operating fine. Left it all day today while he was going to check the pressure and haven't heard yet. I'm totally willing to allow for problems to be fixed but I was wondering if this hoe is big enough for my 55hp tractor??? Also shouldn't this hoe at least act like it's stressing my tractor before it quits???? Woods website says it's for a 20-45hp tractors. The dealer said it'd work fine. Would the BX90-X be significantly different?? Any suggestions or comments are appreciated.
Sincerely
(grown man about to cry)