Massey GC2410 Hydro Pedal Campaign

[ray66v]

Thanks everybody for the help.

My dealer tried to pickup the tractor on Monday (I'm on a business trip to CT) but they were not going to tarp the tractor on the trailer in the worst rain in several years. The idiot Service Manager laughed at me about getting the tractor wet, he told me it was made to survive the rain. First of all it's mine and I don't want it on the back of a trailer at 60+ MPH for 75 miles in a downpour that my wife described as raining sideways.

Had they "tarped" the tractor, and drove it on the highway, it would have very likely gotten paint damage by the tarp continuously buffeting against it.

When these tractors are shipped to the dealers, they sit on the back of a flat bed semi-trailer, out in the open, and go all the way across the country, in all weather.

Mine not only survived that, but it also sat out in front of the dealer, during one of the worst winters in a long time, on a very busy road, right by the street, getting salt spray from the traffic on it.

It's now 6 years later, and it's fine. They're not sissy tractors.

The dealer support network continues to disappoint by not doing the same things, well. The best way to solve that problem, when ever possible, DIY.

It's pretty common to have the oil to the top of the sight glass, If you ever DIY, you will see that it is not real easy to stop pouring at the precise time to get it just below the top. Once you know it's full, you don't have to worry about it, unless it has a decent loss of fluid, which you will be able to see the results of. So it is not a big issue, except when someone else, you in this case, tries to determine if it's full.

 

[Don87]

Had they "tarped" the tractor, and drove it on the highway, it would have very likely gotten paint damage by the tarp continuously buffeting against it.

When these tractors are shipped to the dealers, they sit on the back of a flat bed semi-trailer, out in the open, and go all the way across the country, in all weather.

Mine not only survived that, but it also sat out in front of the dealer, during one of the worst winters in a long time, on a very busy road, right by the street, getting salt spray from the traffic on it.

It's now 6 years later, and it's fine. There not sissy tractors.

The dealer support network continues to disappoint by not doing the same things, well. The best way to solve that problem, when ever possible, DIY.

It's pretty common to have the oil to the top of the sight glass, If you ever DIY, you will see that it is not real easy to stop pouring at the precise time to get it just below the top. Once you know it's full, you don't have to worry about it, unless it has a decent loss of fluid, which you will be able to see the results of. So it is not a big issue, except when someone else, you in this case, tries to determine if it's full.

I'll second that one.

 

[rjmack]

my 2410 is sitting outside this winter. i got a tarp out to cover it but decided against it. if i was going to let it sit all winter without using it, then i would have tarped it, but covering/uncovering it with a cold tarp is probably going to cause more paint damage than just leaving it alone, not to mention spreading grease all over the tarp first, then the rest of the tractor.