Attacking that power problem CT225

[lilranch2001]

I dunno, I guess since it is my first compact tractor, maybe I do not have the same expectations that you all have, but I have 17 hours on mine now, I have dug and moved 50-60 K of clay, from a future retaining wall, graded my 900 foot driveway, and pushed back 30-40 foot of brush along 200 feet of my woods, and the worst thing that I have had happen with my CT235 is getting it stuck in a mud bog to its axles, but it kept on digging trying to get itself out, I finally got it close enough to my driveway where I could hook a strap to the frame and pulled it out with the GMC.

I will admit high gear is not worth much for anything but transporting it, but I do not seem to have as much problem climbing a grade in high gear as some of you have stated.

I hope Bobcat resolves your issues :confused2:

 

[lilranch2001]

oh, and so far I am getting about .6 - .7 gallons of fuel per hour

 

[bbse]

lilranch, I would love to hear how yours climbs a fairly steep long hill with a loader and a implement attached in mid range. If you can climb it, stop and start up again with no issues it would mean to me that they are putting stronger pressure relief valves in the 235's than they are in the 225's. Mine stalls on hills and has RPM, but I can't get my tractor moving. If you can find a steep hill, test it in mid range and let us know.

Oh, BTW, all that work you did, was it in mid or low. Mine does pretty decent in low...it is in mid that I am having trouble. Have not checked my fuel usage but it has not been bad either.

 

[lilranch2001]

bbse, most of the time I have been working in mid gear, mostly only when I was digging into the clay and when I buried it did I move into low gear.
I was at a neighbors house showing it off last week and he lives at the bottom of a pretty steep hill, when I headed home I started out in high gear, and it started to bog down a little, so I shifted to mid gear and it ran up the hill fine, it is a hill you want to be careful going down in the winter if it is icy, as far as the grade, I am not sure

 

[Doosan Grief]

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[bbse]

Lets say a hill that if it were dirt, you would have to have a 4wd truck to go up. I cannot climb my back hill in my 3/4 ton Dodge 2wd with positive traction. I have taken a pretty good running start at it but I spin out about 2/3rds the way up. So any road you can drive up in 2wd is not a good comparison.

 

[lilranch2001]

I am thinking you may be asking a lot out of a tractor wanting to climb a hill like that in anything but low range, I am interested in seeing what others think

 

[bbse]

I am thinking you may be asking a lot out of a tractor wanting to climb a hill like that in anything but low range, I am interested in seeing what others think

My thought is that if the relief valve would quit popping I could probably go up it just fine. I am not saying I should be able to go up it with a full load of gravel in the bucket while running a 5 foot brush cutter. It is just that I am sitting on the hill, full rpm, not moving with a popped relief valve. Give me enough pressure to stall the engine at least.

 

[lilranch2001]

what gear are you trying to do this in?

 

[bbse]

Mid Range. Like I said also, I can't spin the tires in low range on solid ground. I can keep my rpm's at anything below half a pedal so it has to be the relief valve.