<font color="blue"> Clutch life obviously it's different for all, but I would like to know what the maximum life could be? My 284 now has 126 hours and I have no clutch problems. </font>
Hey Andy,
Barring contaminants getting on the clutch disks. I would say that minimizing clutch slippage is the key to clutch durability.
Anytime that a clutch is released or engaged, slippage results and especially when engageing the clutch under a heavy work load.
That is why i try my hardest to engage my empliments after I have fully released the clutch pedal and try to have my empliments disengaged before I disengage the clutch. It is not always possible to do this, but this is what I strive for.
Using a Front End Loader, I can see, could easily result in a lot of Clutch Slippage, under heavy load.
Have a nice day,
Joe /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif