Had my R4010 three weeks now.

[Guesseral]

Well mabe you do need to go to LS to get some satisfaction. I have never had any problem with power from my Montana which is the same tractor with green paint. The only problem I have had in 112 hours of use is a seal for the front drive shaft started leaking and was fixed under warrenty, it turned out it was in backwards thats pretty stupid. I have one friend that has problems with his Kabota not being able to lift as much as he thinks it should with the forks but he has less HP and the arms on his FEL have totally different pivot points. Another friend has a Bobcat with the same problem less HP also heck he can't even spin the tires going into a pile of dirt, I can spin all four. Maybe I just haven't tried to lift as much but I dought it I have lifted some real heavy wet clay soil with the buck so full it was pack clay like twice the size of the bucket and no problems at all. Yea somethings got to be wrong contact LS. Is the tractor still under warrenty probable is huna.

 

[Short Game]

I called the dealer mechanic the other day when I had moved that one bucket of dirt. He recommended using higher revs. Even though I'm in a mowing cycle today, I put the bucket back on and went back to the same dirt pile. I set the RPM at 2,000 and scraped off the tall grass and sod next to where I dug the other day and set it aside for another go at the packed subsoil. It did handle it better at the increased revs, almost as well in fact as the Cub Cadet did at 1.000 RPM.

The bucket's all washed clean and I'm going back to my mowing.

 

[Guesseral]

I'm glad that it worked at the higher RPM for you. I'd bet the cub had a higher GPM pump on it than the LS. It would make sence if it did, that LS would work better at a higher RPM with a lower GPM pump to.

Just for reference you should look up the model of the cub and see if there is a GPM rating for the pump, and let us know. Now I am currious!

 

[toxicjeeper]

I am curious as to what your cub pump rating is as well.. I know my LS 5020 doesnt have as many GPM as my old front mount pump ford tractor did but the LS still digs fairly good. My issue with the ford wasnt with hydrolic power but that it was 2wd and without a mac truck on the 3pt hitch it would just spin..I do keep my LS at roughly 1800 RPM and use the foot throttle as i am scraping/entering dirt pile..My ground is fairly sandy which probably makes a huge difference in how well it seems to dig..

 

[Short Game]

2010 LS R4010 gear -- 41HP 4WD

Implement pump -- 8.2 GPM
Steering pump -- 4.1 GPM
Maximum system pressure -- 2422 psi

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1996 Cub Cadet 7274 gear -- 27HP 4WD (Everything except the loader is 100% Mitsubishi -- same tractor as 1991 Case IH 1140 -- also the same as the 2010 Mahindra 2816 which has a newer 28HP engine design)


Implement pump 7.3 GPM
Steering pump 3.3 GPM
Maximum system pressure -- 2133 psi

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I checked your Montana and the GPM is the same as my R4010 for both pumps and your max pressure only slightly higher.

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I measured cylinders and such on the CC's loader and found the measurements were in inches, not metric like the LS. I'm pretty sure it was built in the US. It's looking like the Cub Cadet 417 loader is the same as the Woods 165.

 

[Short Game]

Twelve weeks in and started the day at 150.4 hours. Grease gun day again already. Just finished this week's 40 mile mow and will be going out to put the log splitter back on after lunch. Another three or four cords in the sheds and I can start chipping the brush between mows. It's a little late to still be doing firewood, but that's where I'm at this year. Our annual disc golf tournament, The FernBurner, is coming up in three weeks, and that usually means lots of my time will be diverted. This has been a busy year.

 

[Short Game]

Just finishing up my own woodshed yesterday when all the work caught up with me. With only a little wood left to stack, I lost the grip in my right hand. I got extreme pain in my right wrist when trying to hold a split piece of wood. I'm guessing it's repeated motion syndrome or carpel tunnel syndrome. I've had something like this before in my left wrist from pulling a motorcycle clutch on a long trip. I still have two of my neighbors' sheds to finish and I need to work on them. Does anyone know anything about how to get over this fast?

 

[Short Game]

Darned if I don't hate to bring it up, but yesterday I found another shortcoming of my loader, compared to my old Cub Cadet's, that is. (Looks like all I do is *****.) I brought home my first keg of IPA since I getting the R4010 and I went to set it up on my deck so I could hand truck it to the fridge. The loader doesn't go high enough to set the keg up there. With the CC's loader, I had to be careful of going too high, as I slip the keg in under a table that doubles as the deck railing. I had to bend over under the table and horse the keg up the last two inches from a tipped back bucket. The CC's bucket would be flat on the deck and I'd just slide the keg straight onto the hand truck. With the LS's bucket flat, level, and fully raised, it is 10 inches below the top of the deck. This was a shock to me with this bigger, taller, tractor. Looking at the loader, I see it could have been made to raise the booms higher with only longer boom cylinders. This, for my needs, is coming up short yet again.

I want to have two tractors, so I truly hope I can eventually get the Cub going again. I would like to have it for all my low HP and RPM needs, like the buzz saw, cement mixer, and splitter. For these, the low fuel consumption of the 27 HP K3M Mitsubishi is missed. For mowing, the LS is great, with the bigger wheels and suspension seat. Worth every drop of fuel for the better ride. I know it's going to be great for running the chipper. With my log forks, it's the thing for moving and bucking logs. It's not all bad. I'm just used to a different loader and didn't expect these issues.

 

[Short Game]

In less than a year, it's that time. 300 hours. Had the oil and filter already. Some nice synth and a NAPA Gold. Will have to grab the hyd and fuel filters next trip to town.