Sealed the deal on a 2650!

Georgehitch18 · Mar 22, 2018

Rock Crawler said:
Man, I'm at 49 hours and mines been trouble free after the first 3 hours of use. I had a couple minor leaks at first, but since then I haven't touched it other than to add fuel and work it hard.

Funny you mention that! I sprung a leak or two on the FEL Hydraulics after about 3 hours of use. They just dropped it off today I'm sure I'll be all good from here on out.

Loving it so far. I already took out about 600 feet of barbed wire fence and posts and removed a ton of old compost in the basement of my barn! I have so much fun I'll probably load up and do my relatives property when I run out of stuff to mess with at my house!

Rock Crawler · Mar 23, 2018

Georgehitch18 said:
Funny you mention that! I sprung a leak or two on the FEL Hydraulics after about 3 hours of use. They just dropped it off today I'm sure I'll be all good from here on out.

Loving it so far. I already took out about 600 feet of barbed wire fence and posts and removed a ton of old compost in the basement of my barn! I have so much fun I'll probably load up and do my relatives property when I run out of stuff to mess with at my house!

You had it hauled to the dealer for that??? I didn't even shut mine off, I grabbed a wrench and put a tweak on the fittings. Both were FEL rubber lines where they meet the steel lines. The first was pretty impressive, it had a steady stream. The second was a drip. Each took less than 60 seconds to secure and have never been an issue since.

TheMan419 · Mar 23, 2018

Rock Crawler said:
You had it hauled to the dealer for that??? I didn't even shut mine off, I grabbed a wrench and put a tweak on the fittings. Both were FEL rubber lines where they meet the steel lines. The first was pretty impressive, it had a steady stream. The second was a drip. Each took less than 60 seconds to secure and have never been an issue since.

When my NH loader leaked it was the actual quick coupler fitting. Under waranty the dealer sent a guy out to fix it. They brought that part based on pictures I sent them. Dude was on property maybe 20 minutes.

Rock Crawler · Mar 23, 2018

For me it was just the AN flare nuts leaking. I got off and looked at it and just ran for a wrench. None of the quick connects leak on mine at all. The nuts were snug, but I was able to just tweak them maybe a 32nd of a turn.... no where near a full flat... That was it. And they did not leak on delivery, so I can not really blame them.

On my BX, it seemed like every 10 or 15 hours I would start seeing wetness around some fitting, so I would clean the area (dirt would stick to it) and get that fitting and just give it an almost unperceivable tweak and it would be gone. But a couple weeks later and I would notice slight seepage at some other fitting. I attributed it to the nature of the beast and the vibration from use. My assumption so far is that on this kind of machine, you may forever be tweaking fittings as things are exposed to the harsh vibrations and jarring of the natural work environment. Or maybe... over time you chase it all away and it kind of ends?

Georgehitch18 · Mar 23, 2018

Absolutely, they are 10 minutes down the road. It got air in the line and lost power and I wasn't sure how much fluid it lost. I figured better safe than sorry. They actually came out and couldn't pin point the leak so they asked to take it in and go over the whole tractor to make sure everything was good. I'm capable of tightening a few lose fittings but 3 hours into it on a brand new machine and I prefer to have a dealer mess with things instead of me. That's why I bought a brand new tractor