Why no MF2660/70/80 Owners Speaking Up ?

[JWR]

I have been using this forum off and on for over a year. In that time no one other than myself has ever posted a single thread on these tractors. No one has ever responded to the 6 or 8 that I have posted who owned one. Response was always from non-owners.

Are there THAT few of these machines ? Do the "serious" owners feel it is beneath them to get involved in what some might think to be petty chatter ? Are they in tight business relationships with dealers where they do not want to "go public" with their troubles ? Is there some other forum used by the MF2660/70/80 owners ?

In other words what the heck is going on here ??

 

[cdaigle430]

I have been using this forum off and on for over a year. In that time no one other than myself has ever posted a single thread on these tractors. No one has ever responded to the 6 or 8 that I have posted who owned one. Response was always from non-owners.

Are there THAT few of these machines ? Do the "serious" owners feel it is beneath them to get involved in what some might think to be petty chatter ? Are they in tight business relationships with dealers where they do not want to "go public" with their troubles ? Is there some other forum used by the MF2660/70/80 owners ?

In other words what the heck is going on here ??

IMO, I dont think these owners are forum groupies like us. There are alot of tractor owners who are out there working the tractors and not on the internet. For example CASE IH, there is a huge ownerbase there but the CASE IH gets so few threads it doesnt even have its own catagory yet. Its listed under "Other Brands" and yet its one of the largest tractor companies in the world.

Most of the forum browsers here are hobby farmers, light farmers, antique collectors or residential owners to even DIYers.

 

[MFRED]

It is possible that there are owners that have'nt had issues.

They may just have nothing to say? I check the forums everyday, yet I don't comment unless I feel I can contribute to the conversation in some way.

Though I don't personally own one, I do have 3 neighbors that do. One had a hose blow, the other 2 have been flawless. They don't have steep hills as you do. 2 are 2wd open stations, and just 1 is 4wd with cab and a loader. It has the bigger DL280 loader. Hours range from 245-575 last we talked.

One guy is thinking his 3pt is settling to fast when the tractor shuts off now though.

My guess is that a small percentage of any and all tractor owners are actually using or looking at forums like these and the number of guys that farm for a living is even less.

 

[JWR]

It is possible that there are owners that have'nt had issues.

They may just have nothing to say? I check the forums everyday, yet I don't comment unless I feel I can contribute to the conversation in some way.

Though I don't personally own one, I do have 3 neighbors that do. One had a hose blow, the other 2 have been flawless. They don't have steep hills as you do. 2 are 2wd open stations, and just 1 is 4wd with cab and a loader. It has the bigger DL280 loader. Hours range from 245-575 last we talked.

One guy is thinking his 3pt is settling to fast when the tractor shuts off now though.

My guess is that a small percentage of any and all tractor owners are actually using or looking at forums like these and the number of guys that farm for a living is even less.

Thanks for the comments. You are probably correct. I'm interested in even the small sample of 3 with your neighbors. I have only found ONE other owner to talk to (not on the web) and he had a nasty list of problems. I would love to find that there were 50,000 of them sold and that only 0.1% had serious problems. Somehow I doubt that is the case. Is mine a lemon or are its symptoms common ? A good report is a data point just like a bad report.

It would be nice to know whether most owners got 5-disc brake systems. If they didn't they cannot hold their machines on a hillside.
It would be nice to know if everyone's fuel pickup starves the engine on a 40% grade with 1/3 tank of fuel or was I the only one.
It would be nice also to know if many had problems with a shuttle shift that was hard to operate in the first place and then failed completely twice in the first 87 hours. [Mine is in the shop for that right now with 87 hours.]

That's why forums are worth having -- to get the word around and to trade information. To communicate. You can't do it when no owner of your tractor type ever posted a thread or a comment in more than a year. That's my frustration in a nutshell.

 

[Coe18]

I own a 2650hd and love it. No problems. All I do with mine is bushhog with a 8 footer but it is extremely powerful. I have owned it since 2010.

 

[JWR]

I own a 2650hd and love it. No problems. All I do with mine is bushhog with a 8 footer but it is extremely powerful. I have owned it since 2010.

Hey ! Good to hear. Esp. good to hear from one that is trouble-free. I got mine in April 2011 but I'm sure it was made in 2010. I use a 7' bush hog with my 2660HD low profile. Agree; plenty of power. While I live in flat southern MD my tractor work is all in steep/hilly north central West Virginia.

Did yours come with a 5 disc or 4 disc brake system ?

 

[Coe18]

I'm not sure but I will check and let you know. Where I live is flat as well.

 

[JWR]

I'm not sure but I will check and let you know. Where I live is flat as well.

You probably already know this, but there is a layer in your rear axle on each side with notches in it (maybe 3/8" half-circle-sized notches) visible at the back of the tractor. The number of notches is the number of discs.

 

[jeepcj7]

Very good tractors. There is a bulletin on a 5 disc conversion for folks operating on steep slopes - maybe yours would fall in that category. There has also been a change made to the fuel pick up tube assembly so you won't starve for fuel on slopes.

 

[JWR]

Very good tractors. There is a bulletin on a 5 disc conversion for folks operating on steep slopes - maybe yours would fall in that category. There has also been a change made to the fuel pick up tube assembly so you won't starve for fuel on slopes.

How do you find out/know about these bulletins ? Mine -- a platform low profile model-- was taken apart and the 5 disc conversion done on it last year (as was a friend's who has a cab model 2660HD, also in WV.) The change was made to the fuel pickup tube at the same shop visit. The dealer had the machine 56 days, mostly waiting on discs. They have it right now because the clutch went out and a roll pin in the the shuttle shift was cut part way through and letting shuttle controls go way past normal stops. I only have 87 hrs on the tractor and hope you are correct that they are (eventually) very good tractors. Mine has been a disaster so far.