Need hydraulic help on 5085M

Bigfoot62 · Aug 24, 2013

AKfish,
I'm really interested to see how this goes, too. (especially since it's my wallet involved)

Crazy thing about this is, if we had not been in a drought situation for the past 5 years, I'm quite sure that I would have had twice that many hours on the tractor and would have found the problem way before the 2 year warranty ran out. I bought the tractor in November of 2013, so the first hay season was the following year. I got one cutting, and that was a total of 26 rolls of hay from more than 50 acres! In a "normal" year, I would have rolled 400+ bales.

Cheoah,
As I've told a few more 5M owners, if you haven't had any problems yet, you most likely won't. There is a really small percentage of hydraulic failures on these tractors. Mine is the only one that this dealership has even heard of. The day I picked mine up, I talked to another 5M owner who hasn't had an issue. And, he has almost 1000 hours on his.

tjkadar · Sep 9, 2013

I have a 2008 5425 and the hydraulic pump went out at around 500 hours. No help from JD on the repair (about $3,000). Dealer did pay transportation costs.

Bigfoot62 · Oct 20, 2013

OK,
Just thought I'd let everyone know.
Over the last couple of weeks, I've had opportunity to work the tractor. Put about 25 hours on it, since the repair. Everything seems to be perfect. Looks like it's finally fixed. What a relief.
And even better, it's been over 2 months, and I still haven't received a bill. (at least, not yet) I'm hoping that JD just took care of it completely. And, if they don't say anything, I surely won't.

Thanks again to all those who helped and offered advice. It's been just another reminder of how great this site can be. :thumbsup: