ARRRRRRGH!!!!!!! Broke my tractor.... Engine Block went SNAP...
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If it were me and the enticements were there I'd sleep much better with the new unit in the garage. After your tractor is repaired you'll be hearing all kinds of "strange" noises every time you use it. After a catastrophic failure such as the one you experienced your mind starts playing tricks on you. Anyhow, whatever you decide you're still better off than you would have been going it alone w/o the factory support. Good for you!KrisHansen said:
John
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KrisHansen
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NewToy said:
Thanks John! Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Unfortunately, we just couldn't justify 2X the price for repair to get into a new tractor.. With NH parts support, and my excellent dealer, hopefully I can get it fixed and still afford to feed my kids for the rest of the year..
I am designing some reinforcements, which will hopefully prevent this type of incident from happening to my tractor ever again.
dqdave1
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How about an update on repairs
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KrisHansen
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dqdave1 said:
yeah, as soon as they happen...
Dataway
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My 1715 has a FEL and a frame mounted BH.... I've abused this tractor from ignorance and intention far more than any machine should ever be subjected to, in violation of all the commandments of the god's of machinery. I've sheared the main boom cylinder pin at the BH swivel twice, made my own pin, the next time it pull the entire pin boss out of the BH swivel mount. TIG'd that up, still working. I routinely lift with the FEL till bypass, I've gone downhill with giant rocks in the FEL and had the whole tractor weight (and rock) on one front wheel (twice.....yes heavy enough to lift the whole BH unit too).
Suffice it to say I think this machine is incredibly tough. But...what I was thinking...since the BH frame goes nearly the entire length of the tractor and ties in with the FEL frame via the engine mountings...this serves as kind of a complete "extra" frame under the tractor. Is that possibly a reason I've never encountered any problems? I'm almost over confident in this oldish machine (1993)...seems like you could pick the whole thing up by any part like a kitten and do no harm.
JohnnyB
Suffice it to say I think this machine is incredibly tough. But...what I was thinking...since the BH frame goes nearly the entire length of the tractor and ties in with the FEL frame via the engine mountings...this serves as kind of a complete "extra" frame under the tractor. Is that possibly a reason I've never encountered any problems? I'm almost over confident in this oldish machine (1993)...seems like you could pick the whole thing up by any part like a kitten and do no harm.
JohnnyB
Ezlivn
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Resurrecting an old thread. I stumbled across this thread while looking for information. After reading most of the 22 pages, was wondering how you made out with the repaired machine? Kris you still around for an update?
johnnylight
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MikePA
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An easy way to determine this is to click on their name and then click on 'Find more posts....'. If they have not posted since 7/2/2008, like Kris, odds are they are not around to respond in a thread that's almost 2 years old.
greystone
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you are not alone..............mine broke 2 weeks ago on the drivers side where the block and the clutch housing are connected. new holland has
declined to repair the tractor stating that it is out of warranty. im at 4 years
387 hours. i paid 21000 for the complete package and have 4 years left to pay on a tractor that is unuseable. to make matters worse the dealership that i bought it from after 30 years in bussiness went under. the good news is that the dealer im dealing with is breaking their backsides trying to find a solution for me. i would love to hear from all who have or have had this problem. i work on a lot of machinery and know a bad design or casting problem when i see one..
declined to repair the tractor stating that it is out of warranty. im at 4 years
387 hours. i paid 21000 for the complete package and have 4 years left to pay on a tractor that is unuseable. to make matters worse the dealership that i bought it from after 30 years in bussiness went under. the good news is that the dealer im dealing with is breaking their backsides trying to find a solution for me. i would love to hear from all who have or have had this problem. i work on a lot of machinery and know a bad design or casting problem when i see one..