JWR
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- Joined
- Apr 19, 2011
- Messages
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- Location
- So MD / WV
- Tractor
- MF 2660 LP, 3 Kubota B2150, Kubota BX2200, MH Pacer, Gravely 5660, etc.
My 2660 low profile tractor picking up a Bush Hog model 297 uses only about 3/4 inch of control lever motion to raise the hog. This makes control of the implement way too touchy and difficult. Most of the range of the position control is unused and useless with only the top 3/4" used. This means with lever position numbers 1 through 6 I am able to use the tiny fraction between 5 and 5.8 or so. A quarter inch or less control change moves the hog up or down by 4 or 5 inches. Obviously not right. Two dealers have no ideas why this is the case. One dealer adjusted the linkage to the control lever which had zero effect. Meanwhile another 2650 cab model was tested and it is even worse. No lifting of the lower arms occurs until about a 4 on the control lever and the lift is at max height by a setting of 5.5 on the control lever. Over 12 inches of lift rise for a single number increment on the control !
Anyone else experience this on MF2600 series HD tractors ? Apparently they all have the disease. I assume it is a design flaw.
Anyone else experience this on MF2600 series HD tractors ? Apparently they all have the disease. I assume it is a design flaw.