Ultradog MN
Well-known Member
- Location
- Twin Cities
So I spent a couple more hours on my 3 cyl
4000 SOS on Saturday. We had some high winds
this summer that blew down a lot of trees
(mostly poplar) and I was pulling them into
an out of the way area where they can be cut
up and burned.
This puts me at about 10 hours of actual
work time on this thing - discing, back
blading, pulling logs and stumps, etc. Aside
from putzing around on a couple of SOS
tractors Kemny's had that is the sum total
of my experience on one of these.
To be honest I'm having a bit of trouble
getting used to it. I mostly just putterd
around on it. Running at mid throttle -
13/1400 rpms or so and still the thing jerks
and lurches like a bronco when you up or
downshift.
Do you guys who use them all the time like
that? Do you get used to It? Do you just not
shift It when in motion?
What about backing up to an Implement? You
need to back up another inch to hook the
pins but this thing will lurch backward 2
inches when you ease off on the inching
pedal. On a crash box tranny I can slip the
clutch and move the tractor 1/4" if I want.
It seems there's no doing precise movements
with this thing.
When I was using it on the back blade a
couple weeks ago, pulling gravel back up the
hill where the rains washed it down I was
doing a lot of back and forth with it.
Jeeze, that was an unpleasant, jerking
business.
I'm trying to like this thing but as hard as
it pounds itself into gear I'm afraid of
busting an axle or the rivits in the ring
gear - or my neck for that matter.
No I don't have a manual yet (aside from
the owner/operator manual - which I've read
a couple of times)and no, I haven't tried
adjusting it yet. Is there a way to soften
the shifts?
Maybe this sounds like I'm whining.
I'm trying to give this thing a fair shake.
Why do you guys like these things?
Why in the heck do I need to shift on the
fly?
How do you get used to the jerking?
Why such a clumsy inching pedal, ie, no
inching.
What advantages do you find for this tranny
over an 8 speed?
I'm trying to like this thing but having a
hard time of it.
Thanks for any advice.
4000 SOS on Saturday. We had some high winds
this summer that blew down a lot of trees
(mostly poplar) and I was pulling them into
an out of the way area where they can be cut
up and burned.
This puts me at about 10 hours of actual
work time on this thing - discing, back
blading, pulling logs and stumps, etc. Aside
from putzing around on a couple of SOS
tractors Kemny's had that is the sum total
of my experience on one of these.
To be honest I'm having a bit of trouble
getting used to it. I mostly just putterd
around on it. Running at mid throttle -
13/1400 rpms or so and still the thing jerks
and lurches like a bronco when you up or
downshift.
Do you guys who use them all the time like
that? Do you get used to It? Do you just not
shift It when in motion?
What about backing up to an Implement? You
need to back up another inch to hook the
pins but this thing will lurch backward 2
inches when you ease off on the inching
pedal. On a crash box tranny I can slip the
clutch and move the tractor 1/4" if I want.
It seems there's no doing precise movements
with this thing.
When I was using it on the back blade a
couple weeks ago, pulling gravel back up the
hill where the rains washed it down I was
doing a lot of back and forth with it.
Jeeze, that was an unpleasant, jerking
business.
I'm trying to like this thing but as hard as
it pounds itself into gear I'm afraid of
busting an axle or the rivits in the ring
gear - or my neck for that matter.
No I don't have a manual yet (aside from
the owner/operator manual - which I've read
a couple of times)and no, I haven't tried
adjusting it yet. Is there a way to soften
the shifts?
Maybe this sounds like I'm whining.
I'm trying to give this thing a fair shake.
Why do you guys like these things?
Why in the heck do I need to shift on the
fly?
How do you get used to the jerking?
Why such a clumsy inching pedal, ie, no
inching.
What advantages do you find for this tranny
over an 8 speed?
I'm trying to like this thing but having a
hard time of it.
Thanks for any advice.