3Lfarms
Platinum Member
Got the first 50 hours under my belt and the tractor is working great. No problems whatsoever thus far. It had its first regeneration at 48.5 hours. The first 25 or so hours was mostly idling and light loader work that never got it hot. A day of mowing with the ditch mower made it work for its supper and the temp would sit on the middle line of the gauge. Normally the temp gauge sits below that. I found that at full PTO rpm(or more) it uses about 2 gallons an hour mowing. If I back the RPMS down about 200 under PTO speed, it uses much less fuel.
Thus far I have added an LED light bar on top and some LED work lights to the rear, a Bluetooth radio and upgraded the speakers to 5 1/4s. It sounds really good now.
I filled the rear tires with WW fluid. That took about 60 gallons per tire and gives around 800 lbs.
At this point I honestly can't think of any complaints and I have spent about 25 hours in the last two weekends mowing and dragging the old Ford subsoiler around my 10 acre field to get it ready to seed about 6 weeks from now.
Anyway, now I have to do the 50 hour service. We'll see how that goes.
Here is a picture with exactly 50 hours on the clock.
Thus far I have added an LED light bar on top and some LED work lights to the rear, a Bluetooth radio and upgraded the speakers to 5 1/4s. It sounds really good now.
I filled the rear tires with WW fluid. That took about 60 gallons per tire and gives around 800 lbs.
At this point I honestly can't think of any complaints and I have spent about 25 hours in the last two weekends mowing and dragging the old Ford subsoiler around my 10 acre field to get it ready to seed about 6 weeks from now.
Anyway, now I have to do the 50 hour service. We'll see how that goes.
Here is a picture with exactly 50 hours on the clock.