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[Garandman]

do you guys ever use battery tenders? Tractor may sit awhile in the winter. I've been looking at a 3 amp not sure if amps matter.

Yes, I use a Battery Tender Plus. It puts out 1.25A vs 0.75A for the Junior.

Battery Tender® Plus

 

[David97]

Thanks for the link that is the same brand i was looking at.

Do the hydraulics have a break in time? I do have that little knob below the seat to adjust. The FEL just seems to move slow to me but when i do the float mode the FEL drops fast and will move up fast for a moment.

 

[k0ua]

Thanks for the link that is the same brand i was looking at.

Do the hydraulics have a break in time? I do have that little knob below the seat to adjust. The FEL just seems to move slow to me but when i do the float mode the FEL drops fast and will move up fast for a moment.

Please Define fast and slow. I cannot derive much information from those words.Please Put a number to it so that we can perhaps offer some help. Such as "my FEL with engine turning at 2500 RPM will lift the FEL to full height in 4.7 seconds "or some such thing.. Those figures are published for most tractors/loaders. Then we will know if there is a problem or not. Pushing the FEL joystick into float position will make most loader arms drop rapidly. Some will drop like a rock in less than 1 second from full height, some will take around 2 seconds.. But all will drop much faster than "powering down" the arms. This is normal operation. You asked about break in time for the hydraulics".. the answer is no.

 

[Threepoint]

LOL thanks!

off topic question do you guys ever use battery tenders? Tractor may sit awhile in the winter. I've been looking at a 3 amp not sure if amps matter.

I use these from HF for all three tractors through the winter, as well as for the motor home. 12 Volt Deluxe Battery Maintainer and Float Charger They work great. On sale from time to time, and can additionally use the 20% coupons on them.

 

[David97]

I picked up one from HF.

Here is a short video of the loader. Notice how slow it moves until at 21 sec it starts going up faster even though i have not moved anything. Tractor is a 2000rpm


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17009248/2650.mp4

 

[David97]

So is this normal? Or am i just missing something...

 

[HillStreet]

Hey, nice unit. I should have mine in a week or two. Enjoy!

 

[David97]

Hey, nice unit. I should have mine in a week or two. Enjoy!

Thanks it is a great little tractor, just trying to figure out the bucket speed. lol

 

[teg]

Here is a short video of the loader. Notice how slow it moves until at 21 sec it starts going up faster even though i have not moved anything. Tractor is a 2000rpm

Video is worth a million words... That's was NOT right. You had two "heavy" jerks in there, one at 11 secs. and the other at 22 secs. (although, not as bad). Only guess I have is you still have air in the line that will purge itself out over time... would have thought cycling it a few times should have taken care of it... Have you shown the dealer this?

 

[k0ua]

So is this normal? Or am i just missing something...

No, that is not normal. Unplug and plug back in all of the Quick Connect couplers. If that doesn't work, take to dealer. It is possible you have a intermittently defective coupler. That would be my first guess. Or something foreign in the valve.