Thanks for the feedback gentlemen. Put 16 hours on it this weekend, really comfortable seat/cab, and once again the A/C is more than I expected. I still have the whine in the steering, along with that the FEL bucket drops while mowing, a couple inches or so every 5 minutes, there is a noise coming from the FWD lever, the noise stops when I engage the FWD, and I disengage the lever and no noise for a while then it starts back w/ kind of the grinding noise, somewhat intermittent. And its really hard to shift, I have to really force it into gear, maybe all these issues are related? Still have not gotten the owners manual, would appreciate any thoughts. Thanks
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trook
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It sounds to me like there is some type of hydraulic adjustment that needs to be made by the dealer.
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None of these sound right. Mine sounds basically the same in 4x4 or not except at high speeds. Its goes threw the gears easy ,high and low,slight roll and it goes in better,at first was a pain you'll find it. The loader should stay up,I hadnt ever had an issue until this weekend my tilt is leaking down some father-in-law been moving brush and is pretty hard on it. Sounds like dealer needs to work out a few bugs......
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Did you look in the back of your seat? I always get the manual prior to delivery to give me time to read up on the machine. If you have any specific questions, I or another member can check ours until you get yours.
As per foreman Etexas, mine does none of the FEL dropping or noise in the FWD and mine shifts like butter, never had one as easy.
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I actually bought a spare manual to keep at home and leave manuals for the tractor and loader in the tractor. My youngest son also drives the tractor and it lives on the farm where my oldest son lives.
I like to get my manuals out on all of our equipment from time to time and look through them. I have been surprised a few times that I had missed something.
Take your manuals home while they work on your tractor and you'll be set to go when it gets home.:thumbsup:
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Have you heard back from the dealer yet?
Congrats on the new tractor! I have had mine for less than a year. It's too bad your starting out with some issues. I hope your dealer takes care of it for you. It's a good machine. I will say, you'll need to keep your a/c evaporator coil screen clean to keep the air blowing cold. It's easy to remove.
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Thanks Davidsan. I finally got my tractor back yesterday from the dealer and since I have alot of shredding to do I decided to remove the FEL for the first time. It literally took 3 minutes. Simply pulled in the barn, raised the bucket, dropped the kickstands down, lowered the bucket, pulled the pins, dipped the bucket down a hair, backed up about 6 inches, disconnected the hydraulics and that was it. Way cool. It's much nicer mowing without that bucket hanging out there waiting to catch a tree or fence. I will say that the FEL weighs alot more than I thought. I had kinda figured that once it was off I could physically push it out of the way by sliding it on the concrete but it won't budge. Anyway, I highly recommend removing it if you don't need it for awhile. :thumbsup: