13n0BrdngIrn
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For hydraulic noise, NH F200A will help some; it follows the same international specs as 5W20.
As far as the steering problem goes, the only thing that will work (without making an engineering change) is to add more weight behind the rear axle, a la ballasting box. Since the center of mass of the loader and load is fairly far in front of the front axle, it will take quite a bit of weight behind the tractor to counter the moment created by the loader. Note that adding wheel weights or liquid ballast will not help with the steering issue, because it does not remove weight from the front axle. Rear axle ballasting only acts to maintain sufficient traction with the rear tires when using front mounted implements.
It definitely does not help, correct me if I misread, that you have turf tires, which have a fairly large footprint. These type of tires have enough contact surface to require quite a bit more force to steer.
It is important to keep in mind that a 'properly' ballasted FWD tractor should carry about 40 percent of the tractor weight on the front axle.
I'm also not convinced that 'adding a second cylinder' or 'increasing the diameter of the one cylinder' is the proper solution. The simple fact of the matter is that the weight on the front axle of the tractor is cutting down on the natural FWD lead of the front driveline over the rear. This will lead to premature driveline fatigue and/or failure.
Remove the rear axle ballasting a put a lot of weight at the three point.
As far as the steering problem goes, the only thing that will work (without making an engineering change) is to add more weight behind the rear axle, a la ballasting box. Since the center of mass of the loader and load is fairly far in front of the front axle, it will take quite a bit of weight behind the tractor to counter the moment created by the loader. Note that adding wheel weights or liquid ballast will not help with the steering issue, because it does not remove weight from the front axle. Rear axle ballasting only acts to maintain sufficient traction with the rear tires when using front mounted implements.
It definitely does not help, correct me if I misread, that you have turf tires, which have a fairly large footprint. These type of tires have enough contact surface to require quite a bit more force to steer.
It is important to keep in mind that a 'properly' ballasted FWD tractor should carry about 40 percent of the tractor weight on the front axle.
I'm also not convinced that 'adding a second cylinder' or 'increasing the diameter of the one cylinder' is the proper solution. The simple fact of the matter is that the weight on the front axle of the tractor is cutting down on the natural FWD lead of the front driveline over the rear. This will lead to premature driveline fatigue and/or failure.
Remove the rear axle ballasting a put a lot of weight at the three point.
