mangler
Gold Member
Just took delivery of my 2610HST, with the 4030 loader.
I like it so far, but a few things are annoying me.
Stinks to high heaven. Morning first start puffs a black cloud of smoke in the garage, half hour to vent it out. Tends to stink a lot, lots of diesel fumes, even after it is close to being warmed up. Is this normal? 3.9 hours, so hopefully that's a break in thing.
Very hard to shift into low range. This is doubly true in 4X4, a bit easier in rear wheel drive. Overall the HST shifter feels like it needs to be manhandled to shift gears. So far in 4x4 I shift into medium range, and then sometimes it will let me ease into low. Sometimes. Is this also a break in thing, will it get easier to shift? Definitely not smooth shifting.
Also found out the tractor loader is next to useless without rear ballast. Almost flipped it the first day, with a full bucket of sod. Rear wheel off the ground, quite high on the pucker scale. Hopefully it will be better with the box blade on.
I did not break it yet, so there's that. Also a lot more fun filling raised garden beds than with a wheel barrow and a ramp.
I like it so far, but a few things are annoying me.
Stinks to high heaven. Morning first start puffs a black cloud of smoke in the garage, half hour to vent it out. Tends to stink a lot, lots of diesel fumes, even after it is close to being warmed up. Is this normal? 3.9 hours, so hopefully that's a break in thing.
Very hard to shift into low range. This is doubly true in 4X4, a bit easier in rear wheel drive. Overall the HST shifter feels like it needs to be manhandled to shift gears. So far in 4x4 I shift into medium range, and then sometimes it will let me ease into low. Sometimes. Is this also a break in thing, will it get easier to shift? Definitely not smooth shifting.
Also found out the tractor loader is next to useless without rear ballast. Almost flipped it the first day, with a full bucket of sod. Rear wheel off the ground, quite high on the pucker scale. Hopefully it will be better with the box blade on.
I did not break it yet, so there's that. Also a lot more fun filling raised garden beds than with a wheel barrow and a ramp.