PoorPlowboy
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6hp is about 20% in that size comparison. Definitely a noticeable difference.
But the question that I'm trying to get answered is...............6hp is about 20% in that size comparison. Definitely a noticeable difference.
mjzman said:OK. Got it back today.
Seems what happens was: there is some valve that balances front and rear hydraulics. When, as the dealer puts it, the factory installs the FEL they are supposed to change or adjust this valve to balance between the front and the rear PTO. Every once in a while they forget to do this, which is what happened on my tractor. By the way, the "factory" he talked about is actually the Massey assembly facility for foreign made tractors. Anyway, all is well. I'll post pictures in the next day or two.
I do notice, and will ask about in another thread, that this 26HP Massy seems much, much, less powerful than a 32HP tractor I used to own. Is there really that much of a difference for a few HP? Or--- I owned the previous tractor in Missouri at 600 ft elevation. I own this tractor in Colorado at 6,000 ft elevation. Does elevation make that much difference for small diesel engines? I know RV owners always go for diesel because they say a diesel is not affected by elevation as compared to gas engines.
Another interesting to me tidbit. Got to talking with the young guy who delivered my tractor. Turns out he was the 2008 Champion Calf Roper at the Cheyenne Frontier Days rodeo. Then busted up his knee but is hoping to make a comeback in next years rodeo circuit. I like to watch rodeo, and have immense respect for those guys and what they put themselves through.
MikeZ
mjzman said:I'm curious about that too, and they had no answer. One thought is that it was good for one lift and pulled all the fluid one way, then the fluid was no longer available. I don't know if that makes any sense or not. They had to make the fix in the box that controls the FEL operation. Anyway, I ran it around some last night and it works well. My next chore is adjusting cutting height on the Caroni flail mower-- I have to get a couple of 18 or 19 mm wrenches, 3/4 inch is a hair too big.
Have you looked at the MF 1533 - 1540? nice little tractorsI wish someone made a small frame tractor with a 30-35 HP engine for those of us at high altitude. Or a small frame, smaller engine turbodiesel. I haven't heard of any of those.
MikeZ
Have you looked at the MF 1533 - 1540? nice little tractors
Don, the old tractor was a Mahindra 3215. Which is a turbo tractor, but again at that time I was at 600 feet. I couldn't remember so looked it up. That tractor was rated 32 engine horsepower and 25 PTO horsepower. The Massey is rated 25 engine and 20 PTO, so that's a 22% difference in engine power which I guess actually is significant. But if what I read on another thread is accurate that there is close to a 3% power loss per thousand feet, then my 25 engine horsepower at sea level Massey is only the equivalent of 20.5 engine horsepower here in Colorado Springs. Wow, that is significant. And the PTO horsepower equivalent drops to 13?? Or is that calculated differently?
MikeZ