New 4410 at the ranch

[Horse]

Well I went with the 4410 12x12 e-power reverser and I really like it. On my previous posts a couple months ago I mentioned I needed to cut some fairly gnarly brush and sage brush. No problem with the MX5. I have a couple of things hinky though. The battery leaks acid after a bouncy day in the field. I have titened down the caps but it either comes through the vents or maybe the battery is cracked but it would have to be at the top under the edge lip, I think. Anybody else had this experience? Well, I've moved about 30 yards of gravel after grading the road and man this baby has the power. I think it may even be stout enough to move or blow our Wyoming snows around. The second thing I noticed is an intermitent grinding sound when in 4-th gear. I think it may be jsut the bumps and only plan to run that gear if on the smooth stuff. Could be a linkage adjustment needed though. Guess I better tell the dealer and see what they think.


Thanks for all the past info.

 

[_RaT_]

Hey Horse, congratulations on the new 4410, a tractor I looked at pretty hard before buying a tractor. I replied to your battery post and will add that if the dealer isn't interested in doing anything more then just replacing the battery with the same brand, I would seriously consider replacing it with a different brand, possibly sealed. Use the JD battery for something else. My neighbors clean and shiny 790 is marred by the battery and the leakage at each of the posts. It does not even appear to be coming from the caps. I think you should nip it in the bud now, I hate battery acid, I think it's analogus too cancer.

 

[Docsknotinn]

I have seen several haveing this problem. The best solution so far seems an optima or similar sealed battery but some have been working with the dealers to at least set some kind of paper trail to protect them if they have problems in the future. Dave

 

[Horse]

Thanks all. I think the sealed battery is what I'll go to. It does come out of the vent caps. Can't imagine everyone not having this problem the way there designed. That is unless you run really smooth ground.

Love my 4410
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[grainger12002]

might be just too full of fluid and running it causes the fluid to spill over,you could try removing some fluid and see if it helps. Be carfeul and use a decent battery fluid removal dropper,they wok best. Good luck either way-Lloyd /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif