Price Check 2005 JD 990 with FEL, BH etc

[robpm]

Roy, yes you are correct a happy tractor owner.

Thanks for the reminder about safety. It is a good reminder. One can forget how dangerous something like this can be. However when you have a proper respect and knowledge about it and what it can and can't do and how to operate it safely then you can truly recognize the benefit of it.

It looks like it is going to get a workout soon. I can build a shed to house it and I only need a zoning fee of $25 for anything 200 sqft or less and no higher than 10" at the eaves and the peak can be at 14 feet which is plenty for this project. I am going to make the shed 24x8. I was going to make it 8" at the eaves so this is great. I have to have a 4" gravel base so now the loader will get some work.

The bucket is the heavy duty one with all the holes on the edge but it does not have the cutting edge on it so I want to get that before I start the work. that way the cutting edge takes the wear and tear and not the edge of the bucket. My soil is really rocky so my friend who is a contractor and ran large TLB's like JD 410's told me that his son could do some mig welding on the bh bucket and this would be good for it giving it some protection since I will be digging in a lot of rock.

Any way this is some exciting stuff. Now just to come up with the time in order to do it.

Rob

 

[RoyJackson]

Roy, yes you are correct a happy tractor owner.

Thanks for the reminder about safety. It is a good reminder. One can forget how dangerous something like this can be. However when you have a proper respect and knowledge about it and what it can and can't do and how to operate it safely then you can truly recognize the benefit of it.

Rob

SInce you'd written about your son wanting to operate the tractor...and, coincidentally, I was talking to a man yesterday who had lost an arm to a PTO accident when he was a teenager (he didn't want to go into details).
The man runs well drilling equipment (yep, having a new well drilled) and I asked him if he had lost his arm in a drilling accident. Nope, PTO accident of a farm. He's just lucky it was only his arm...

 

[robpm]

Well I tried out the backhoe today and had a big surprise. I was pulling a good size rock out of the lawn and the whole bh pulled away from the tractor!

I of course immediately stopped and got off of the bh and looked and sure enough it was pulled right away from the tractor and I am scratching my head. Low and behold the locking pins on the front of the frame were not locked in. Someone had unlocked them and thus using the bh it slipped right out of the frame of the tractor. So I had my first lesson to always check those pins and my first lesson in installing the bh back onto the tractor. I knew that some people had complained that this was a real pain to do. Of course the fact that I had never done it caused me to get the manual and look it over. However I must say it is not a difficult thing to do once you understand what has to be done. I shut off the tractor, disconnected the hoses and then pulled away from the bh so that I could properly align the tractor. Then I backed up as straight as possible. Tried to align the back catches and then started to learn how you use the stabalisers and the hoe boom to properly position it. Once I got the hang of it I saw how easy it is to install the bh. You really need to learn how to pivot it properly in order to get the front of the frame to attach properly. Once I got it set up I could finish backing into it and then pivot it to lock it in. Then of course locked the front pins properly and then I was able to use the bh once again.

The other thing I saw was that the bh did not really have a lot of power to it. The first thought in my mind was what is the level of the hydraulic fluid and sure enough it is really not even touching the dip stick. So later this week the cutting endge for the bucket will arrive at the dealer and I will pick up the hydraulic fluid and since it has never been changed in 6 years and the maintenance says that it should have been changed at 50 hours I will drain it, put on a new filter, clean the screen and then fill it up with the specified 5.5 gallons. The stuff aint cheep. They said it is $110 for the 5.5 gallon bucket. This stuff is called John Deere Low Viscosity HY-GARD (JDM J20D) but it says you can use an equivalent. Is the JD stuff a must or can one purchase another standard hydraulic/transmission fluid?

Also I am assuming that of course this old fluid will be in all the hydraulic cylinders throughout the system. Should I make sure that all the cylinders are fully retracted so that I can get as much of the fluid out as possible?

Thanks for the input.

By the way here are a couple of shots of the engine. This thing is just like new My daughter got to drive it today as well. See the picture.

 

[OldMan]

Your owners manual should state "Other oils may be used if they meet John Deere standard JDM J20D or J20C". I recommend John Deere products but that is your call, know of a lot of folks that use NAPA and other brand products with no adverse effect.

As for draining the loader and backhoe, don't bother, cylinders are dual action and you would never get it all out anyway.

OldMan