New 2305! I'm an idiot...

[leonz]

I guess she did mention last year that she liked this one.:shocked:

Now, now there is nothing wrong with a Northwest Tiller as it will break ground to 14 inches deep in one pass, eliminate hardpan, and the ground will be ready to plant the same day, and if she buys it you need to order the bed building attachment to build raised beds and have your corn come up 2 weeks sooner.:thumbsup:

 

[North Country]

I was going to add wheel spacers, but I might hold off and see how it goes.
Steve

Just a reminder - with that BH subframe on, you'll need rear spacers if you want to run chains in the winter.

 

[hink10]

Next time try dropping the whole FEL and BH to mow. With practice you can drop both in under 5 minutes. A 16" chunk of 8x8 or railroad tie under the BH makes it much easier. You'll be surprised how nimble the 2305 feels and how nicely it treats your lawn with the weight gone.

You don't need to remove the floorboards to muck with the knob. Remove the deck instead; it's easier. But for starters, remove neither.

Follow these steps:
Raise the deck fully.
Turn the knob to lock position.
Lower the deck.
Look at the gap between the lift arm and the stop *with the deck on.* It's between arm A and stop B in this picture. If your deck is drifting down this is probably a big gap.

Raise the deck.
Turn the knob to install position.
Lower the deck to the ground.
Disconnect linkage "C." Tigheten it until you think the gap between "A" and "B" will be about 2mm when the knob is in the lock position.
Lather, rinse, repeat until it's no more than 2mm on both sides.

The manual tells you to make this adjustment with the deck off; this will result in your deck being too low. You need to look at the gap with the deck weight on the arms. You may also need to tighten or loosen the front yoke as you do this.

So the dealer ended up coming to pick-up the tractor and 'fixing' the deck to bring back 2 days later. Well, it came back and the deck did hold in the locked position, although still too low. after I took a look, I realized the front was at least one hole lower than the rear and the deck still wasn't adjusted up as high as it can be. I proceeded to raise the rear hangers to get the proper 1/16" clearance between the lift arm and stop. Adjusted side to side so it was exactly level, then raised the front hangers to level front to rear. Not too bad of a job. Can get it cut up to 4 1/2" now.

I don't know how in the world they let it go out like that. One glance and you could see the deck pitched forward. I thought spending that kind of cash might warrant some descent service? So here's the kicker, after I got done adjusting the deck I noticed there was no fluid showing in the trans sight glass. It has seemed a bit loud, but that is to be expected with the hydro. Anyway, don't know how low I am, I'm wondering if they didn't top it off when they added the backhoe? I assume the whole system works of the same fluid?

I'm going to call tomorrow and see if they will come out and drop-off trans fluid and possibly add it. I just want it to be known by the dealer how low it was if there should be a problem. I've only put 8-10 hours on it so hopefully everything is good. It may not be that low, but I read another post where they thought the dealer may not have topped off after adding the loader. It was new and I think over a gallon low. I need to get under the machine and see how they did adding the diverter valve etc. It's hard to get good help anymore, I'd rather do it myself, at least i know it's right.

Oh yeah, asked them to make sure the tires were inflated properly, they were not. I'm not even sure they prepped the thing! I noticed in the back of the manual a prep checklist, nothing checked however. Not to say they didn't do anything, but they should fill that out check list so we know what they have done. I work in the RV business and if an RV is prepped, there is always a checklist filled out.
Steve

 

[two_bit_score]

if you dont want to get her diamonds

buy her a corvette, a z4 bmw convertable, or a porche cayman and offer to drive her where ever she needs to go - the worst thing she could say is " you drive like and old man"

Great idea!

 

[North Country]

If you follow the manual instructions exactly you won't end up with a correctly adjusted deck height, but you will end up with a level deck. There's no excuse for the front-rear imbalance. Good news - now that it's adjusted properly, you won't need to fiddle with it again even if the deck goes on and off 100 times.

Adding both the independent lift and diverter valve adds enough extra volume in the hydraulic system to drop the level below the sight glass, esp if it was already at 1/2 or lower. I think someone posted once that it's about 10 oz from bottom of the sight glass to the top. Yes, they should have topped it off but it's possible you're a hair low, not a gallon low.

Based on everything you've found I think it's reasonable for you to ask for a full checkout again, at YOUR place with you present. Considering that you've examined 3 items on the checklist and found 3 items not performed properly (tire pressure, trans level, deck level), you deserve a full checkout again. I don't see why you should lose more tractor time (2 days to reset the deck?) for what is a REALLY basic failure to prep for delivery.

 

[hink10]

If you follow the manual instructions exactly you won't end up with a correctly adjusted deck height, but you will end up with a level deck. There's no excuse for the front-rear imbalance. Good news - now that it's adjusted properly, you won't need to fiddle with it again even if the deck goes on and off 100 times.

Adding both the independent lift and diverter valve adds enough extra volume in the hydraulic system to drop the level below the sight glass, esp if it was already at 1/2 or lower. I think someone posted once that it's about 10 oz from bottom of the sight glass to the top. Yes, they should have topped it off but it's possible you're a hair low, not a gallon low.

Based on everything you've found I think it's reasonable for you to ask for a full checkout again, at YOUR place with you present. Considering that you've examined 3 items on the checklist and found 3 items not performed properly (tire pressure, trans level, deck level), you deserve a full checkout again. I don't see why you should lose more tractor time (2 days to reset the deck?) for what is a REALLY basic failure to prep for delivery.

The deck was a fairly easy job for not having done it before. Does the 4 1/2" height sound about right? That's in the locked position. I adjusted the clearance between the arm & stop first then adjusted everything else from there. I didn't think about the ind lift and diverter valve dropping the fluid level. You are correct, may just be a little low, guess I will find out.

I sent an email to the dealership last night explaining the situation, haven't heard back yet. I'm not in the mood to call and rehash everything right now. I'm going to go through the checklist myself, I think that will cause me less aggravation. Besides, then I know if they've not done other things. I just don't trust people to do things as they should.

Steve

 

[North Country]

Yes, 4 1/2" sounds about as high as you'll get IIRC. I haven't measured mine, but there's a section of field I mow in locked position and the grass is definitely not over 5" after cutting. My lawn is very uneven (I think real estate agents call it "rolling" :laughing so I mow it all very high.

There's a little chart printed on the 62C deck for setting the anti-scalp wheels- I think 4 1/2" is the max shown, but I'm not positive.