B3030 HST question

[fishhead]

How steep a grade should I be able to pull with a 3030,tires loaded with rim guard and loader(empty) ,in high range? Could not pull a hill of about 20%(NOT DEGREES) the other day,even with the engine at PTO speed. I will try to measure the slope when I get home-but it seems like it shoud pull it even if I had to go slowly. tractor is going in for the 50 hr-wondered if I need to have the issue checked out.

thanks

 

[equipman]

I consider H to be a transport range and not a working range. Drop down to M or L and you should go right up.
Lewis

 

[KubotaOne]

Sounds normal to me.

Any marginal incline of a significant distance and I have to go to Medium range. I was surprised when I first got my B3030, I really expected it to climb anything in any range. High, as the other member posted, is mainly for transportation.

 

[DAP]

Ditto equipman ... High range is really for moving loadless from point to point although you can have small loads within reason ...

M or L

 

[Bob53]

Same here , Med or low

 

[ronjhall]

In high range my B2910 can have a problem climbing a decent incline with HST pedal pushed all the way down. By letting up on pedal I can usually get the tractor to climb the hill. But not at same speed as it was with the pedal pushed to the floor.

 

[Sully2]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Ditto equipman ... High range is really for moving loadless from point to point although you can have small loads within reason ...
M or L )</font>
Thats MY usage of H range...when I have to go down the road about 1/8 of a mile to get a big bucketful of topsoil or gravel...I go into High range for traveling on the asphault...filled or empty...and then stop in my drive and go back down to M range for working.

 

[fishhead]

This is when transporting-it is up a part of my driveway-no load except the tires and the loader itself. I also tried going slowly-i.e. not pushing the pedal down very far and it did not want to go.

thanks for the replies

 

[ronjhall]

I had to find out what a 20% grade would look like. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Here is a site that shows what different grades look like. Click Here From the illustration that it shows of 15 and 30% grades. I believe what others are saying. You would have to be in mid-range to climb the incline.

 

[Sully2]

WOW!! The 15% wouldnt bother ME a bit...but I wouldnt even attempt a 30% grade!...GEEEZZZEEEEE!!!