k0ua
Epic Contributor
thank you james for the advise! as I'm sure you can tell I am a green horn. I had him dig a good size pile that has been sitting for a while (grass growing out of it) he took two good size scoops out of it. tires did spin and machine started to bog. so based on what you mentioned clutch still has some life to it right? He did mention that the battery is tired...I haven't looked up the price of a battery of that size...any ideas what it might cost? it fired up nicely and ran well. He said he never had attachments for the 3pt hitch so he never used it....Also mentioned that the PTO has to be engaged for the bucket to work...is this normal? Thanks again for all the advise you have been very helpful. -dan
Hopefully someone else that knows the 610 better will weigh in, but here are my thoughts, Yes sounds like the clutch is ok, the battery, maybe about $75 or so? Hummmm no attachments for the 3pt. that sounds kinda funny. Also the PTO must be engaged for the loader to run.. HUMMMM the only thing I can think of is there is a hydraulic pump hooked to the pto right now, that provides hydraulic power to run the loader, I have heard of some really old tractors that did that but, the normal hydraulic pump is up front. Did you by chance see a pump on the PTO with 2 hoses leading from it? That would explain no PTO driven implements like a rotary cutter, because he would have to remove the pump and then what would run the 3pt hitch,? unless the built in pump, which I noted has low flow for that size of tractor does not have enough flow to run the loader as fast as he wanted it to, and then put on the auxilliary pump. Just thinking out loud here, I dont really know.
James K0UA