Weird electrical puzzler - breaker pops, the PT1850 runs better until it's shut off

[SpringHollow]

Hi Soundguy,

I have saved many of your posts that I found very useful.

Power Trac owners trade off having a problem free experience for much greater versatility and lower price. There are certain aspects of the PT's that are "just good enough" which means sometimes there are issues. But Terry is great at helping us with those issues and we can correct most things without having to take the tractor to a dealer. Also remember that we post about the problems we have, rarely that we have had no problem.

My PT was heavily used and abused before I got it. Since that time, I have had a bad alternator, a bad electric fan, and a flow control valve that needs to be cleaned every few years. Nothing else is coming to mind. I have also been able to make modifications to this tractor some of which could not be as easily or as well done on a regular tractor. I have owned much newer, problem free New Holland's, John Deere, and Allis Chalmers tractors and have used Kubota's as well. For what I need to do, there is no way I would give up my beat PT and go back to those new tractors. To me, that says it all.

Ken

 

[woodlandfarms]

And soundguy, let me echo I have a ton of respect for you and your experience, and follow your postings. I guess I just glossed over the negative comments in regards to other machine manufacturers.

 

[Soundguy]

glad yall like them.. all tractors deserve to be loved.. by somebody.

 

[MikeOConnor]

Oh oh...

Peace, folks. If there's a problem, it's that I've loaded this thread up with a whole series of different issues (on different machines) when I probably should have split them apart. My bad. In almost every case the problems were caused by things that I did, and compounded by my inexperience in basic auto/tractor repair.

One of the PT virtues is also their curse, they're simple enough that a newbie like me can undertake way more repairs than would normally be the case. That's another reason why you see threads like this. If the Kubota failed this way, it would be on a trailer to the dealer for repair. It's this great community of folks (including Terry at PT) that lets me even attempt to fix this machine and learn from the experience. That's really fun and empowering for me -- but you should read these threads as though you're coaching your young son through his first auto repair. I make mistakes that would cause you a 'facepalm' moment if you saw them.

Looking back over the thread you have all done great, in many cases the mysteries came about because I couldn't see things, or tested them the wrong way and fed you misinformation which compounded the confusion. But ultimately it boiled down to simple failures on a 15 year old machine that gets used pretty near every day by a computer geek who's learning auto repair at your knee. Thanks to you ALL for that.

 

[Marks481]

...I'll assume you didn't read this entire thread before deciding to post this, because if you would have, I was one of the people in the post helping troubleshoot the electrical problem originally.

This is sort of like going on a Chevy forum, answering some technical questions, and than raving about how reliable your Ford is and how glad you are that you don't own a chevy. Doesn't matter how much goodness you provided in previous posts, trolling is trolling.

 

[MossRoad]

This is sort of like going on a Chevy forum, answering some technical questions, and than raving about how reliable your Ford is and how glad you are that you don't own a chevy. Doesn't matter how much goodness you provided in previous posts, trolling is trolling.

He isn't trolling. He's just bluntly honest. :laughing: Anyhow... back to the subject.

 

[Soundguy]

What's the lift capacity on those suckers? As wide as they are, I bet they don't feel tippy with something hoisted up.

Do they lift high enough to double stack round bales on a deckover? What about a full sized pickup bed?

Is the loader bucket qa? And is there a blade option?

 

[Marks481]

What's the lift capacity on those suckers? ...Do they lift high enough to double stack round bales on a deckover? What about a full sized pickup bed? Is the loader bucket qa? And is there a blade option?

If you are talking about the PT-1850:

1200 lb lift capacity
72" lift height
Hydraulically operated QA on all attachments (including loader)... note that if the attachment requires hydraulic power, the hydraulics will have to be manually attached, they don't plug in automatically when the QA activates.
There is a blade, but all attachments are mounted on the front (no belly or rear blade), which makes the blade somewhat more difficult to use.

If you need more lift capacity, the PT1460 goes to 96" with 2400 lbs lift, but it is not dually tires.

 

[Soundguy]

Hmm, at 6' lift, you could probably load a pickup and single stack a deckover.

Not bad. It sacrifices some lift height for stability.

Does it have a pto? If yes, hyd or gear/belt from engine?

Thanks for the info.

 

[MossRoad]

Hmm, at 6' lift, you could probably load a pickup and single stack a deckover.

Not bad. It sacrifices some lift height for stability.

Does it have a pto? If yes, hyd or gear/belt from engine?

Thanks for the info.

All implements are hydraulic, so no PTO shaft like a conventional tractor. There are hydraulic motors with standard PTO shafts that could be used to operate conventional farm attachments, but the would have to be adapted for mounting. It would be easy to fabricate a 3pt hitch mount and put a PowerTrac quick attach plate on it. Several folks have adapted skid-steer plates to the PowerTrac to use standard skid-steer attachments.

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