JD 3010

[j. gates]

I'm thinking about buying a JD 3010. I will be using it for raking and square baling hay. I wanted to know does this model tractor have any problems that I should know about? It looks good and runs good, I just wanted to see what yall had to say about it.

 

[thurlow]

Just be careful swapping PTO shafts.........and know that it's 45 yrs. old.

 

[45 JDB]

Is there a problem with the pto shafts?

 

[Matt_In]

I have a 3010, great tractor for the stuff I do with it.(bush hog and such). You didn't say if it was a gas or diesel. If it is a gasser they tend to be a little on the thirsty side.

 

[Bob]

When you swap the shafts, you need to rotate it back and forth a little as you gently snug it into place, so the shift collar WAY forewards slides into place properly, or the "shift rod" inside the hollow internal shaft and the little pins it contacts will get mashed or bent, if the collar "binds up" rather than sliding into place.

 

[Anonymous-0]

It's a gas burner and I was afraid of that.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Besides the care when changing shaft ends that does the gear shifting at the same time, you need to monitor the PTO shaft flange bolts, because if they get loose you have the same problem out of control.

Gerald J.

 

[Harold bullard]

pto on my 3010 slips when using bush hog. Stub came loose, and when I tightened bolts the problem occured. Help

 

[Tx Jim]

(reply to post at 16:50:34 07/06/08)

Harold,
You may have bent the skinny shift pin inside the tractor and the 540 gear is slipping on shaft. Try adding a penny under center of pto stub shaft to push gear a little farther. If this doesn't help and pto clutch isn't the problem a tractor split is on the horizon,