Are Woods Implements worth the extra $$$?

[SPYDERLK]

Larry,

Seen it. Thankfully, didn't experience it. 2 tractors -1955 Ford 640 and a JD 4300. Both with rotary cutters. The Ford hit a rock or stump, my best friend was running it at the time so I have no reason to doubt it. The JD was one that was getting repaired when I went thru the shop, the service tech told me the owner failed to maintain the slip clutch. He even showed me the clutch and the rust on it. [SNIP]
I don't know at what point tractor damage occurs, I do follow the procedure to varify that the clutch can slip. Maybe it's not needed at all, dunno.
jb

Id be pretty disappointed in the tractor PTO clutch. It gets exercised every time its engaged and so be should working nomimally and be sized to protect the tractor gears. That seems a tractor design problem. Really scary what might happen if a little tractor with an improperly designed pto system is running a big implement. One of the 1st times I put the JD bushog on the L2550 Kubota I hit a stump that stopped it dead. The engine bogged but held. I looked back and saw the stationary pto and declutched right away. Everything still works fine - a prompt graceful stop stalls the engine, a hard smack breaks loose the PTO clutch. Slip clutch a bit tight for that tractor. - - My wife smoked the slip clutch on that same BHog the other day using the L3450 we got when we sold the smaller Kub. She was trying to spread out a big pile of leaves to mulch an area. She caught it quick and came to me saying she thot she burned up its transmission cuz it had smoked. Clutch was not terribly hot so I know it didnt slip long. Good catch Baby! In 5 yrs this is the 1st time Ive adjusted it. It must have been slipping incrementally and kept itself in shape. Its multi plate - not like the ones I see these days. Maybe they really knew how to make them in 1960 and somebody retired and they forgot how. Maybe its that grease fitting on the hub.
larry

 

[john_bud]

Maybe they really knew how to make them in 1960 and somebody retired and they forgot how.

You probably are more accurate than funny with that comment. Lost and gone for ever - it isn't just a line from a song.

jb

 

[NuBota]

NuBota, When I got my JD 2210 I got the Frontier RB1060 blade as part of a deal at that time. It had the tilt which I thought would be neat! After I looked at it at home I found it to be useless. There are 3 settings, level, extreme left, and extreme right. It tilts way too much, if you had a cylinder or a turn buckle on there it would work better. I have learned on this site someone else takes the pin out for snow removal so the blade floats. I tried it and it works! So now I have a use for the tilt. I now have a RB1072 since I jumped to the JD 2520. Also if you are using a quick hitch, some brands you will have to modify the top point to work. If you want pictures of the tilting let me know and I will take some.

Dennis

Thanks Dennis, good info. Sorry to bump the thread, but I lost track of it. The "float" option actually makes it even more of a reason to go with the tilt capability since parts of my driveway/pad slope. In my case my property is nothing but steep slopes (15-20 degrees, some up to 30). So for me to make use I need to bring in fill, build retaining walls etc. Depending on the RB, I believe you can get 15 and/or 30 degree tilt angles from most. This could be useful to me when leveling fill on the side of a slope, digging drainage ditches, etc. Wouldn't need it most of the time, but enough where it might be worth the extra $$