4WD (D for Dummy)

[Westbilly]

I drove my 2410 over to my new neighbors house. He is building a new house and managed to get his truck stuck in the "yard". I being the good new neighbor, went home to get my tractor and easily pulled him out. Then I managed to drive all the way home, approxiamtely 1/4 mile, at high speed, on pavement, in 4WD. As I am already a self admitted worry wart when it comes to my tractor, I am once again, sick to my stomach. I went to clean some brush and push some dirt, and I needed the 4WD, and it operated flawlessly. I guess these Kbota's are tougher than I am careless. I will in the future, be sure to check the little lever.

 

[rbargeron]

You probably didn't hurt it at all. Maybe you wore a few thousandths of an inch of rubber off your cleats - but maybe not if it was cold out. Up here in MA they put sand on the roads and that lets tractor tires creep enough to reduce the binding in 4wd. D is for Darn nice of you to help your neighbor.

 

[TresCrows]

You did not hurt your tractor, I am sure of it!
Tell me this, why use your tractor instead of your Pickup truck, either one of my lil Toyotas could out pull either tractor--a 5,000 lbs 250 horse Tundra in 4LO would pull an army of Kubotas or whatehaveya and all 32 valves would never break a sweat. That is what I think.
J

 

[MikePA]

You didn't hurt it. You would have noticed the driveline binding up, remembered it was in 4WD and put it in 2WD long before any damage was done. Been there, done that, in a 4WD pickup.

 

[Thomas]

The way you care for your Kubota I doubt very much if you hurt anything,and maybe it was good to give other parts a little work out.
Tractor companies do consider things like these shall happen when the model on the drawing board,and make adjustments etc..
Sounds like you and your new neighbor off to a good start.

 

[Bayrat]

Like someone said, the driveline and steering would have given you a warning if damage was impending. My S-10 company vehicle will bind up almost instantly on a non-slippery surface, it groans, jerks the steering wheel and jumps around. If you had none of that, your driveline was not loading and was not overstressed. I drove my Tacoma half way back from Niagara Falls Canada last winter on primarily bare pavement and never realized it was in FWD. I had gone up in a storm utilizing the FWD and parked in a snow drift at the hotel, needed it to get back out and forget to disengage it when I hit bare pavement. There has to be a different system in that truck as opposed to the S-10, although neither on claims to have a full-time option like our Jeep does. I know by my previous experience with Power Wagons, these machines let you know when they are under stress. There aren't too many people any fussier than me either /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif!

 

[beenthere]

I've been there, done that, but didn't worry about it. I don't think you should either, even with the Kubota /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif. A while back, I toured the JD plant in Augusta, GA and asked the experimental engineer about that particular problem. He said they (JD 4000's) were engineered for that and designed and torture tested to handle it. I still don't do it as a habit, and try to remember to take it out of 4wd when on the dry road (usually you can feel that there isn't quite the power response when things start to get tight). I suspect Kubota and the others know this happens, and the bad press if their 4wd fails would be hard on them, so they design the system to take the abuse its going to get.

 

[JJT]

TresCrows, I'll hook my 37 hp Kubota up to your 250 hp Toyota any day. I've pulled overloaded 1 ton dumps out of the mud where other 4x4's just sat there a dug their 2 tires in.... JJT

 

[Westbilly]

The problem was the MUD. Just red clay wet mud. He was around the back side of the house and traction was the problem. I figured the R4's with 4WD were better than a truck. Besides, WHICH one of YOU would miss an opportunity to get out the new 'Bota??

 

[Thomas]

Welllllllll as long as I won't get stuck..sure I would play. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif