New 1648 owner

[TSO]

So now that you have had the tractor for 2.5 months ish how is the tractor treating you, i heard you mention in another thread that you now had reached the 50 hour mark.

Hey P ... going OK. Still getting a feel for it. It's nice, but there are some things that bug me about it (like any tractor I guess).

• The HST pedals have a tendency to "creep" a bit after you let-up off of one direction or the other. With the LS, it was very "crisp" so when you let up off the pedal, it immediately stopped.
• This Massey HST whines a bit more than LS (LS was super quiet) but that could get better when I change the HST filter (should be doing the 50hr service this week).
• The PTO/Seat safety switch is REALLY touchy! While stump-grinding, sometimes if I just "shift" in the seat, it cuts the tractor off.
• LOADER: I'm still getting used to it. It's more difficult to be "slow" and careful with it compared to the LS. However, I think it might have more power. Testing still to come ...
• POWER: I'm still not decided on the power of it. Sometimes I think it has more power than the LS, sometimes I think the LS was stronger. Either way, I feel like I could use 10 more HP for some things.
• CAB: I still haven't come up with storage solutions for the cab, but I NEED to.
• I do really like the "auto-throttle" though ... makes the HST much nicer to use. LS needs to add that. So far Massey, Kubota, and CC-Yanmar offer it on their "Premium" CUT lines.

I guess that's it for now. Overall I'm pleased with it. But, I still need to see if I should upgrade again to gain more HP. Unfortunately, at this point, there's not many options with HST, and I NEED to keep HST for all the loader work I do.

 

[Green Power]

You can never have a big enough tractor!

 

[Wobblin-Goblin]

I hear ya on the pedal creep. That bugs me too.

BTW, we recently found out that the 1,200lb bales our 1643 was struggling with were actually 1,500-1,600lbs!

 

[Wobblin-Goblin]

I hear ya on the pedal creep. That bugs me too.

BTW, we recently found out that the 1,200lb bales our 1643 was struggling with were actually 1,500-1,600lbs!

 

[TSO]

I hear ya on the pedal creep. That bugs me too.

BTW, we recently found out that the 1,200lb bales our 1643 was struggling with were actually 1,500-1,600lbs!

That's good to know. I'm looking forward to actually testing out the loader with measurable weight.

 

[Green Power]

How are you liking the tractor Tim? How many hours have you put on?

 

[TSO]

How are you liking the tractor Tim? How many hours have you put on?

Up to around 90 hrs now. Wish it had about 10 more HP, but other than that, I'm still liking it.

U get any more time on the LS yet?

 

[Green Power]

Up to around 90 hrs now. Wish it had about 10 more HP, but other than that, I'm still liking it.

U get any more time on the LS yet?

You can never have enough HP.

In the next two weeks i hope to get a couple of hours. I have one more week of school then Im High-tailing it to NE.

 

[Green Power]

Any new photos of the tractor, i heard in the "Todays Seat Time" thread that you and Ken had a big project this weekend???

 

[TSO]

Any new photos of the tractor, i heard in the "Todays Seat Time" thread that you and Ken had a big project this weekend???

Yeah, we've both got landscape companies, but we help eachother out when something big comes up.

Here's a couple stumps I cut & ground down today:





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Here's a road I graded yesterday:







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Moving some trees around:



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Tilled our garden: