Tim Berframe
Bronze Member
Hi,
I have had my Jinma 354 for 6 years and only used it maybe 300 hours. I am wondering if the 3pt hitch is normal. My observations:
It is up or down, I can't stop it at a desired height (this would really help smoothing dirt with the box blade)
If it is down, it floats. This sucks when using the box blade for pushing snow because it doesn't scrape clean, it smooths out a uniform layer of the snow I am trying to get rid of.
When it raises to the top, it bogs the engine down significantly and I have to relax back on the lever a hair but not too much or it falls to bottom again. It is real touchy.
When machine was new, there were Chinese characters on the lever and at the bottom denoting position but they have long since disappeared so I never knew what they said.
Questions:
Does anything sound 'wrong' here?
Should I be able to 'lock' it in a down position so the blade scrapes?
Thanks for any help,
Tim
I have had my Jinma 354 for 6 years and only used it maybe 300 hours. I am wondering if the 3pt hitch is normal. My observations:
It is up or down, I can't stop it at a desired height (this would really help smoothing dirt with the box blade)
If it is down, it floats. This sucks when using the box blade for pushing snow because it doesn't scrape clean, it smooths out a uniform layer of the snow I am trying to get rid of.
When it raises to the top, it bogs the engine down significantly and I have to relax back on the lever a hair but not too much or it falls to bottom again. It is real touchy.
When machine was new, there were Chinese characters on the lever and at the bottom denoting position but they have long since disappeared so I never knew what they said.
Questions:
Does anything sound 'wrong' here?
Should I be able to 'lock' it in a down position so the blade scrapes?
Thanks for any help,
Tim