2410 Differential Lock

[cisco]

Yup guys, I was referring to my mechanic's disparagement of a fellow who fashioned a tie-down for his differential lock lever(to keep the rear wheel differential locked all the time), and also used 4WD while working in a swampy area. Yes, he didn't get stuck and indeed impressed his fellow workers (a fact of which he was apparantly quite proud), but ended up doing major damage to the transmission after the week's work (so, 40 hours of great traction in mud, and then a new transmission - maybe not a great trade-off). The 5 days of work before this clown crunched the tractor's transmission testifies to how tough the Kubota is - I seriously doubt any of us "gentlemen farmers", "country squires", or similar will be able to seriously hurt our tractors with most of the stuff we do if we take care to perform the routine maintenance/lube tasks.

 

[rbargeron]

Yeah, I'm such a gentle operator that I only broke the PTO gears on my first Kubota into 3 pieces each. Split the housings and replaced 'em myself. Needed a manicure afterward. Tractor Polo anyone?

 

[frank_f15]

will agree with bird here! us e diff lock when u need it. ONLY when u need it.. have had mine for a year now and only used diff lock once. as for 4wd i take mine out of 4wd when ever i don't really need it whether on dirt or snow, when i think i need it . back she goes!!!!

 

[Thomas]

Kinda like the old saying..you get rough w/your equipment,the equipment will get rough on you $$$. /w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif