2750E Fuel Line under Tractor getting damaged far too easily

[goodspeed9000]

Let's just say I'm tired of this machine. Purchased spring of 2021 my main use was to work on clearing my property and the occasional mowing of my front field. I'm the same guy who's had the cylinder rods bend twice. It's not my first tractor and likely will not be my last, probably because I need to just get away from this machine. Massey fixed that issue by installing cylinders with a larger rod. Those have held up fine, but this stupidly designed fuel transfer line under the body is driving me insane. The underbody protection is marginal at best, but the real issue I have had is if you in anyway rest the belly on any surface it pushes the line into the frame and pinches it and cracks the tank hose connection. I stopped putting the pan on because it simply seemed to increase the surface area pushing up on the line. I have pulled the tank off at least 5 times just to epoxy the gap back together. This last time I had to cut the tank apart and epoxy the whole barbed in back together.

I get that it's not a forestry machine or a skid steer, but i have dumped out more rule from the underbelly than I have run through it. My property is wet. Was. I have finally finally moved enough dirt with the box blade that the areas I was working on are good now, but last weekend while simply dragging dirt on flat ground a stick got wedged and tore the line in half.

I'm frustrated because the dealer knew my property. Knew my plans. He's the one that suggested to buy a stump bucket to help clear things and all it did was bend my cylinders. I'll end up fixing it again myself, but I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or thoughts. Yes I'm putting it in a few bad spots, but it's not a toy. No it's not a $100k machine, but for $30k you'd think I could use it for more than 5 hours at a time without something breaking. I'll likely be putting together a custom underbelly pan, but it should not be this easy to break, right? I mean why is the damn fuel line sitting under everything and only protected by a silly thin sheet of metal.

My property is finally pretty well leveled, but damn this is getting old.

 

[Citydude]

Yeah, that fuel line is just asking to be rubbed off if it's the large black hose going from one side to the other.

I built a skid plate for my Kubota. If I hadn't, the hydraulic lines would be toast. With that, I'm pretty careful with clearance issues. The plate didn't make it bulletproof.

 

[goodspeed9000]

Yeah, that fuel line is just asking to be rubbed off if it's the large black hose going from one side to the other.

I built a skid plate for my Kubota. If I hadn't, the hydraulic lines would be toast. With that, I'm pretty careful with clearance issues. The plate didn't make it bulletproof.

It's the big black one running from side to side. It transfer's from the main tank to the other tank. I got it all put back together with plastic weld, steel mesh, way more plastic weld, super glue to fill little gaps, a coat of epoxy, and so much flex seal!!!!! It's definitely not leaking, for now. It's utterly frustrating, but I have leveled most of my property so the chance of setting on the belly again is low. Whatever knocked that line off last time also bent a steel hydraulic line. Why any lines hang below the belly is beyond me. It drained all of the hydraulic fluid out over about an hour without me knowing. So back to the dealer it goes. Between the hydraulic cylinder issues and multiple leaks I've put about 25 gallons of hydraulic fluid back into it.

All the guys at work want me just to take it to the dealer, drop it off and demand my money back. In the 18 months I've owned it. Probably been fully functional 1/4 of that time.