Dirk Lately
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Jul 21, 2008
- Messages
- 52
- Location
- near Portland, Oregon
- Tractor
- Kubota L3000DT, Bobcat 341, Taylor 414ce
Yesterday I was feeling great.
I was spreading a huge pile of topsoil we've got leftover from construction. I really want to get some lawn in around the house! So I was running at the pile with my L3000DT's bucket, filling it up, and then dumping it where I wanted it.
Everything was working fine while I was in lower gears. Hitting the pile in 3rd, for example, worked well. Then I wanted to go faster. In 5th gear, it worked fine for a while, then it got stuck in gear. I was jammed against the pile, my bucket up in the air, and I couldn't move either the main gear selector or the hi/lo selector. Everything else, including the loader, seemed to be working fine.
That was pretty scary because my foot was on the clutch. If I take my foot off the clutch, the tractor dies and then doesn't start again, being stuck in gear.
I sorta forced it, and everything was fine again. A few rounds later, though, it happened again, much worse this time. I sat there for probably 5 minutes hitting those levers with my hand, trying to get them to move. After playing with the levers and the clutch, it finally just slipped out and I was able to back up. At this point it seemed to smell a little funny, but maybe I was just freaked out and imagining things.
I let it sit for a while as I looked up the problem here, and found some info about "roll pins", but couldn't find any such thing in my parts or service manuals.
Then I went out and tried it again, because I'm stupid but optimistic. This time I stayed in 3rd gear when ramming the pile, and it worked beautifully.
What happened?
I was spreading a huge pile of topsoil we've got leftover from construction. I really want to get some lawn in around the house! So I was running at the pile with my L3000DT's bucket, filling it up, and then dumping it where I wanted it.
Everything was working fine while I was in lower gears. Hitting the pile in 3rd, for example, worked well. Then I wanted to go faster. In 5th gear, it worked fine for a while, then it got stuck in gear. I was jammed against the pile, my bucket up in the air, and I couldn't move either the main gear selector or the hi/lo selector. Everything else, including the loader, seemed to be working fine.
That was pretty scary because my foot was on the clutch. If I take my foot off the clutch, the tractor dies and then doesn't start again, being stuck in gear.
I sorta forced it, and everything was fine again. A few rounds later, though, it happened again, much worse this time. I sat there for probably 5 minutes hitting those levers with my hand, trying to get them to move. After playing with the levers and the clutch, it finally just slipped out and I was able to back up. At this point it seemed to smell a little funny, but maybe I was just freaked out and imagining things.
I let it sit for a while as I looked up the problem here, and found some info about "roll pins", but couldn't find any such thing in my parts or service manuals.
Then I went out and tried it again, because I'm stupid but optimistic. This time I stayed in 3rd gear when ramming the pile, and it worked beautifully.
What happened?