ToadHill
Elite Member
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2005
- Messages
- 2,662
- Location
- Catt county New York
- Tractor
- Kioti DK35, Ford 8N, Oliver Cletrac
Well the snowblower arrived last Friday. It's a real beauty 75" Meteor ( made in Canada). When I lifted it off the trailer with the FEL and set it down I noticed it had a Hydro operated chute control. I told the owner of the dealership that I ordered the one with the manual control. He said he knew but this is the one the factory sent him "sooooo" It was mine at no additional charge.
Next morning I went to hook it up and see how it worked. Well the 3pt. hitch won't lift it off the ground. I know the lift capacity on the DK35 is over 2200lbs, so I call the dealer to see how much the unit weighed. He said about 750 lbs. The pump just makes strange sounds when trying to lift.
I call the dealer again and he talks to the service manager who said the control for the remote hydro unit could be stuck and in one of the on positions. I check that and found that it is "OK".
So I call the dealer again and make arrangements to have him pick up the tractor as something is wrong with the 3 pt. system. He said he has a delivery in my area in a few days and will pick up the tractor and return it for $50. About 28 miles each way which I think is a heck of a deal.
I am telling the story to the neighbor when he stopped over and he said lets look at the tractor. He takes one look and tells me I have the down arms from the 3 pt. hitch hooked up wrong. The lift arms have 3 holes in them, 2 right near the pivot end of the arm and one about 1/2 way down the arm between the pivot point and lift point.
Well to make a long story shorter, I told him the lift arms are in the same position that they came from the dealer 2 years ago when I got the tractor. So we moved them to the outer most hole and the snowblower comes off the ground like it weighs nothing.
I called the dealer back to cancel the pick up and told him what I found. I mentioned that the manual never mentioned the correct hole to put the down arms in so I left them where he had then. I guess it just goes to show you that you can't trust those Korean manual writers, or the dealer assemblers.
Next morning I went to hook it up and see how it worked. Well the 3pt. hitch won't lift it off the ground. I know the lift capacity on the DK35 is over 2200lbs, so I call the dealer to see how much the unit weighed. He said about 750 lbs. The pump just makes strange sounds when trying to lift.
I call the dealer again and he talks to the service manager who said the control for the remote hydro unit could be stuck and in one of the on positions. I check that and found that it is "OK".
So I call the dealer again and make arrangements to have him pick up the tractor as something is wrong with the 3 pt. system. He said he has a delivery in my area in a few days and will pick up the tractor and return it for $50. About 28 miles each way which I think is a heck of a deal.
I am telling the story to the neighbor when he stopped over and he said lets look at the tractor. He takes one look and tells me I have the down arms from the 3 pt. hitch hooked up wrong. The lift arms have 3 holes in them, 2 right near the pivot end of the arm and one about 1/2 way down the arm between the pivot point and lift point.
Well to make a long story shorter, I told him the lift arms are in the same position that they came from the dealer 2 years ago when I got the tractor. So we moved them to the outer most hole and the snowblower comes off the ground like it weighs nothing.
I called the dealer back to cancel the pick up and told him what I found. I mentioned that the manual never mentioned the correct hole to put the down arms in so I left them where he had then. I guess it just goes to show you that you can't trust those Korean manual writers, or the dealer assemblers.
I wouldnt feel too bad about that, Ive done a lot dumber stuff than that which Id rather not discuss! 
