HammockLand
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I now have 32 hours on the new DK65 and have been moving fill dirt from the back pasture to fill the stump holes where the trees damaged or blown over by the hurricanes were in the front and back yards. The tractor has performed flawlessly, but I can't say the same for the loader system.
It seems that when the fluid gets warm the curl and roll functions of the bucket start acting strange and there is a sound of fluid flowing through a small opening coming from the area of the control spool valves. The loader has plenty of breakout power and the curl is strong. However, when dumping the roll seems slow and actually stops about 15 degrees from completion. If I hold the joy stick in roll mode it will restart and complete the full motion in about 8-10 seconds. If I go through this process then the bucket seems to work normally until I curl it again.
However, if I let it be where it stops rolling and lower it to the ground and go into reverse (for troubleshooting purposes) it will flop back to level with no resistance. This happens whether I lower it in powered or float mode. Also, if while in the above level position I attempt to curl the bucket there is a long pause before it moves toward fully curled.
Has anyone experienced such a problem? Do any of you technicians have a theory or explanation of the cause of the problem?
It seems that when the fluid gets warm the curl and roll functions of the bucket start acting strange and there is a sound of fluid flowing through a small opening coming from the area of the control spool valves. The loader has plenty of breakout power and the curl is strong. However, when dumping the roll seems slow and actually stops about 15 degrees from completion. If I hold the joy stick in roll mode it will restart and complete the full motion in about 8-10 seconds. If I go through this process then the bucket seems to work normally until I curl it again.
However, if I let it be where it stops rolling and lower it to the ground and go into reverse (for troubleshooting purposes) it will flop back to level with no resistance. This happens whether I lower it in powered or float mode. Also, if while in the above level position I attempt to curl the bucket there is a long pause before it moves toward fully curled.
Has anyone experienced such a problem? Do any of you technicians have a theory or explanation of the cause of the problem?