George2615
Super Member
Dougster,
The inch an hour drop was with an empty bucket. It was almost 2-3 inches an hour with a few hundred pounds in it. That was how I found it was leaking, Had a load of topsoil in the bucket that I was putting in several small flower beds for the wife. Every time I turned around for another shovel full the bucket seemed lower. When I finished I checked its drop rate empty and based on the loader manual troubleshooting guide it lead me to believe I had an internal leak in the valve and my dealer agreed.
I've seen other tractors in fields with the bucket up for a week or two at a time without any drop. I wish mine had zero leakage, even the new valve allows bucket drop but nowhere's near the inch per hour of the old one. My dealer has had some tractors on his lot with the buckets up for display that he says have been up for weeks without starting the tractors.
The inch an hour drop was with an empty bucket. It was almost 2-3 inches an hour with a few hundred pounds in it. That was how I found it was leaking, Had a load of topsoil in the bucket that I was putting in several small flower beds for the wife. Every time I turned around for another shovel full the bucket seemed lower. When I finished I checked its drop rate empty and based on the loader manual troubleshooting guide it lead me to believe I had an internal leak in the valve and my dealer agreed.
I've seen other tractors in fields with the bucket up for a week or two at a time without any drop. I wish mine had zero leakage, even the new valve allows bucket drop but nowhere's near the inch per hour of the old one. My dealer has had some tractors on his lot with the buckets up for display that he says have been up for weeks without starting the tractors.