Jay4200
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- Joined
- Nov 23, 2005
- Messages
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- Location
- Hudson/Weare, NH
- Tractor
- L4200GST w/ LA680 & BX2200D w/ LA211
I was clearing snow Friday night in the dark, and was pushing my Kubota L4200 pretty good. There was about 10" of heavy stuff, I was WFO at PTO speed or slightly better, probably a gear higher than I should've been, and going uphill. As I finished my ~400' hill, I noticed sparks coming out of my exhaust. Not like a couple here and there, but a crapload - like somebody was running a grinder in the engine compartment. I stopped working and slowed the engine down - after a minute or so the sparks stopped coming out. The engine sounded fine the whole time, and everything else seemed OK, so I continued on, although I took it a little easier. No more sparks came out after that. I'm hoping I was just burning carbon out of the exhaust can.
Does any of this sound unusual? I've never really run at night before, so maybe sparks come out frequently and I just never saw it before?
JayC
Does any of this sound unusual? I've never really run at night before, so maybe sparks come out frequently and I just never saw it before?
JayC