Worst Dealer Experience Tonight

[flusher]

Yeah,stupid is as stupid does. I always go talk to the mechanic at the ford place,look him in the eye,communicate,etc.

Its my money they are taking,so,they can either let me talk to the man,or I'll go else where,[nobodys told me no yet]

You're right about that. Today I picked up my 2001 F150 from the dealer's service center. Needed new rear axle bearings and an axle shaft that was scored real bad by the bad bearing. Here in CA the customer has to sign off on a detailed parts and labor estimate before the work starts. The mechanic took me out to the service bay and we eyeballed all the parts in the rear end so we were both on the same page for what needed to be replaced.

 

[jpm1]

Don't mean to sound rude but. . . I have a 2810HST and as Rick Wallace says you need to feather that pedal! High range as far as I'm concerned is for paved roads not rough gravel roads. I have operated machinery for almost 46 years and I'll tell you all you'll do is break stuff going like that. Now mind you this is my opinion and my experience now.
Glad you found the brakes stuck on. Remember "the faster you go, the farther behind you get sometimes!"

 

[jwcinpk]

I don't know what is normal, but I can tell you the 3316 HST I own will take right off in high when you mash down on that pedal, even uphill.
Don't recommend doing much work with it in high but looks like you should be able to get the tractor to pull itself in high.

 

[matt701]

I'm not a speed demon on my tractor. I wasn't trying to go fast, I was just wanting it to move in high gear. High gear in reverse is probably about 1/3 as fast as going forward and I snowblow going backwards down my 600' driveway which is very smooth. Today when filling my daughters sandbox, I took it up a pretty steep hill in high with a full bucket of sand, right to the floor, about 2,000 rpm..no problems. I wouldnt normally do that, but I still can't get over the power it has again. Wallace was saying you need to feather the pedal just to keep the tractor moving in high without stalling it out.

 

[greenmule]

Just another reason for me not to buy a hst tractor.
What good is hi range for if you can't use it?
I run low range in my gear tractor,but have tried it out in high range,works fine just higher gears,low 4th ain't much different in speed than hi 1st.
Course I'm sure its got more tourqe in low range,or whatever that term is for more lugging power.

 

[JoelD]

I share other's frustration with regards to having mechanical work done.

My last couple of experiences with auto mechanics has been frustrating, also had a tough go with a computer fixer guy (by title only, definately not by actions).

Brought my ranger in for front end work, the guy did the wrong side, upper control arm and lower ball joint, charged me big money. I ended up doing the other side myself, free rental tool from auto-zone and $150 in parts and I was done, 1/4 the price charged for the wrong side.

Brought laptop in, was bluescreen at start up, $50 and two weeks later I get my machine back, diagnosis, it starts up with a blue screen (you gotta laugh). I get windows repair CD from neighbor, three hours later machine is running better than ever. I know little if anything about the workings of a computer. The guy was a joke.

I'm now back to doing just about all repairs myself as it's just not worth the money and frustration if I have any chance at all of fixing myself, the only thing I won't touch is AC as I don't have the correct tools.

I think one of the problems is, if you are not able to tell them exactly what is wrong and they are not as nearly intimate with the machine as you are, there is an increased chance of much wasted time.

Bottom line, takes much more expertise to repair stuff than one would think.

Joel

 

[Tim_in_IA]

Matt I am glad you are up and running again! Good work on the self diagnostics! I always try to fix things myself first since it gives me a better idea of how they are supposed to work. I have a HST kubota that the manual even says needs to warm up a bit before going all out. It's just common sense. They run on fluid. The fluid needs to be at its desired viscosity for it too work right. That is good to know on the brakes. I forget to hit them from time to time but it is usually pretty obvious. Will definitely keep this article in mind. I usually do my work in low as well since that's why I have an HST, to do variable speed slow work. But I would never be satisfied with a machine that wouldn't run well in a designed range. If it didn't work well in high they shouldn't have a high .

Again, good work!
-Tim

 

[LBrown59]

Don't mean to sound rude but. . . I have a 2810HST and as Rick Wallace says you need to feather that pedal! High range as far as I'm concerned is for paved roads not rough gravel roads.
*I have operated machinery for almost 46 years and I'll tell you all you'll do is break stuff going like that. Now mind you this is my opinion and my experience now.
Glad you found the brakes stuck on. Remember "the faster you go, the farther behind you get sometimes!"

*46 years is a long time.
Met my wife 46 years ago .
We went to her high school senior prom that night.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

Just my opinion here, but I think that high gear in manual or HST is for traveling conditions, not working conditions. I would not try to get work done in high gear. I might try to move a bucket full of dirt in a higher gear if I had to go very far from point A to point B, but I would never try to load that bucket in that same travel gear.

My Mahindra 3215HST has no problem moving in high range, up hill, down hill, level ground, loaded. But I'm not going to go and load my bucket in high range. That is why mid and low range are there.

 

[jwcinpk]

Just my opinion here, but I think that high gear in manual or HST is for traveling conditions, not working conditions. I would not try to get work done in high gear. I might try to move a bucket full of dirt in a higher gear if I had to go very far from point A to point B, but I would never try to load that bucket in that same travel gear.

My Mahindra 3215HST has no problem moving in high range, up hill, down hill, level ground, loaded. But I'm not going to go and load my bucket in high range. That is why mid and low range are there.

I agree for most any job low or medium is the way to go. I use high quite a bit though. I bought the 3316 to clean out poultry houses and I put the 7010 bucket on it and push litter in high. Dry litter on concrete perfectly flat not real working conditions. Does a good job and pushes quite a bit with no sweat. That's why I didn't understand anyone having trouble with the tractor not pulling itself in high.