Alan L.
Elite Member
I've been disking several acres of heavy clay with my B2710 pulling a 6.5 foot disk harrow with about 200# of added weight on top.
What I notice, pulling it at full speed in medium range, is that the hydrostat whines much louder than usual. You can feel that there is some laboring pulling the disk, although the RPMS don't really go down unless I go up a fairly steep incline. I'm doing about 1800 to 2000 RPMS.
If this was a gear tractor I guess I wouldn't notice anything, but with the HST I wonder with the louder whining whether I am putting undue strain on this tractor. I've got the work to do, and the tractor is doing what I got it for, but I still wonder.
What I notice, pulling it at full speed in medium range, is that the hydrostat whines much louder than usual. You can feel that there is some laboring pulling the disk, although the RPMS don't really go down unless I go up a fairly steep incline. I'm doing about 1800 to 2000 RPMS.
If this was a gear tractor I guess I wouldn't notice anything, but with the HST I wonder with the louder whining whether I am putting undue strain on this tractor. I've got the work to do, and the tractor is doing what I got it for, but I still wonder.