I Still Hate My Tractor

[94BULLITT]

Fred, are you releasing the brakes before moving the tractor:laughing:

 

[TexasBoy]

Fred, are you releasing the brakes before moving the tractor:laughing:

Okay, that was funny. Sorry Fred

 

[ovrszd]

When you start the engine cold are you setting the throttle lever somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 open as opposed to idle. The engine will start much easier and smoke less in fact kubota puts that in my manual.

I've had three Kubotas and all three said to do that when cold starting. I shudder at the thought. A cold engine should always be started at idle and allowed to idle for several seconds or a minute or more if you got the time. Very hard on cold engines to immediately go into operational speed.

Totally not sure why Kubota says to do that. But I choose to ignore that part.

 

[ovrszd]

Fred, are you releasing the brakes before moving the tractor:laughing:

Seriously, one time I jumped on my Brother's L3240 to move it. I thought it was a first class turd 'til I realized the brakes were locked.... :ashamed:

 

[TripleR]

I've had three Kubotas and all three said to do that when cold starting. I shudder at the thought. A cold engine should always be started at idle and allowed to idle for several seconds or a minute or more if you got the time. Very hard on cold engines to immediately go into operational speed.

Totally not sure why Kubota says to do that. But I choose to ignore that part.

I'm getting flashbacks, we had a pretty long thread on this some time ago.

 

[ddb123]

I'm getting flashbacks, we had a pretty long thread on this some time ago.

I too have always wondered about this and choose to cold start my tractor with the throttle slightly bumped up to a "fast idle" position, no matter what the weather.

 

[TomSeller]

That's how snow blowers generally work (from a walkbehind up to a 500HP dedicated train snowblower). They need a full 540 PTO RPM to work well otherwise the fan doesn't spin fast enough and you get clogs in the chute with wet snow.

Aaron Z

Right. They need the 540 PTO RPM, that is why they rate them at 540. 10' is well off of any road I would be plowing.

 

[ovrszd]

I choose to pressurize my engine's lubricating system with oil at the lowest possible load. Idle.

Sorry for the hijack.

 

[ddb123]

I choose to pressurize my engine's lubricating system with oil at the lowest possible load. Idle.

Sorry for the hijack.

My car and truck always start with a fast idle all on their own, but yes, the lack of lubrication is my primary reason for ignoring the owner's manual on this one. It just seems to start better with the RPMs set to 1000 instead of 800 (idle) and I figure that it won't make a difference for pre-lubricated wear and tear. I could be wrong and now that I'm thinking about it there's a good chance I'll go back to just starting it at idle.

Yes, lol, sorry for the hijack.

 

[rmk700]

hmmm...read through this thread and Noah and the Ark came to mind.