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[Free range Rob]

I service all my kit more than service intervals, eg my truck is supposed to be 20k sounds far to infrequent so tend to do it about halfway as well.
Same with my diggers, they see more oil and filter changes than spec, but then I want them to last so do what I can

 

[feilding]

Engine oil and filter 250 hrs,
Transmission oil and all filters 1000 hrs.
Air and cab filters every 1000 hrs. or as needed.
all tractor grease nipples every 50 hrs.
has been said before oil/filters are expensive, but in the big picture of things a bargain compared to opening up an engine or transmission.
I'm not going to change now .
as for 700 hrs service intervals, that's just crazy, even with modern oils.
who would want a used tractor that was only serviced every 700 hrs? I would not.

 

[ollie989898]

Engine oil and filter 250 hrs,
Transmission oil and all filters 1000 hrs.
Air and cab filters every 1000 hrs. or as needed.
all tractor grease nipples every 50 hrs.
has been said before oil/filters are expensive, but in the big picture of things a bargain compared to opening up an engine or transmission.
I'm not going to change now .
as for 700 hrs service intervals, that's just crazy, even with modern oils.
who would want a used tractor that was only serviced every 700 hrs? I would not.

Nothing more frustrating than trying to hitch up something and the fudging lift rods are seized solid and won't turn through a want of one shot of grease!

 

[Bury the Trash]

Nothing more frustrating than trying to hitch up something and the fudging lift rods are seized solid and won't turn through a want of one shot of grease!

why do you need to adjust lift arms? unclick the hooks lower them below the balls then back up .

 

[alomy75]

Nothing more frustrating than trying to hitch up something and the fudging lift rods are seized solid and won't turn through a want of one shot of grease!

I recall working on a farm when I was a student when the 20 series jd was current. Our 7820 front suspension packed up so they (very large jd dealer) took it in and let us have a hire tractor to keep us going. We tried hitching it up but both sides were seized up while set quite short so we couldn’t get under the bed tiller (while in the field too!). Highly frustrating.

 

[Renaultman]

A TM is meant to be 300

Oops

 

[feilding]

My late father drove tractors from the fifty's on, working on farms, one farm they had new tractors every spring, a grey Ferguson and Fordson Major. He was taught to check oils /tyre pressure daily . Grease daily, he never changed that system when he started farming himself in 1962, he taught me that checking everything saves a fortune in the long term,
God help me if something went wrong through the day that should have been checked before starting tractor or any machines in the morning.
I still today never start anything with an engine without checking oils/water etc etc. my vehicles or anyone else's I'm driving .
It's not surprising some people have major breakdowns and blame machines, not themselves for not doing a daily check, only takes minutes .

 

[CPF]

My late father drove tractors from the fifty's on, working on farms, one farm they had new tractors every spring, a grey Ferguson and Fordson Major. He was taught to check oils /tyre pressure daily . Grease daily, he never changed that system when he started farming himself in 1962, he taught me that checking everything saves a fortune in the long term,
God help me if something went wrong through the day that should have been checked before starting tractor or any machines in the morning.
I still today never start anything with an engine without checking oils/water etc etc. my vehicles or anyone else's I'm driving .
It's not surprising some people have major breakdowns and blame machines, not themselves for not doing a daily check, only takes minutes .

I use to ask all my drivers to daily checks and fill in a log sheet.
If I suspected it was not being done properly ,I would pull the dip stick out the engine , hydraulic systems or back end ,put them in the pickup most of drivers would come and ask for them and get a
If a driver would start to drive off would get a phone call or a knock on the door and I would ask if they had forgotten anything before they set off on their travels followed by .

 

[v8willy]

i think 500's to much, but im a bit owd fashioned!

Same here, JD supposed to be done every 500, I'm doing 333 to tie in with the 1000hr service.

 

[bumkin]

Only ever bought a brand new tractor 3 times in 40 odd years of farming .. until yesterday. Now I really need a lie down and not think of what sort of house I could have bought for same money

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i suppose you are going to get it covered in sh 1 t by the end of the week and it won't look new

 

[acorn]

Same here, JD supposed to be done every 500, I'm doing 333 to tie in with the 1000hr service.

.....I do exacly the same...

 

[David.]

I still see 300hrs as stretching it.
Nephew once worked for a gang that changed tractor every yr, and they never touched it unless a light came on.
Wouldn't be happy being second owner.

 

[neilo]

As a keeper of sheep, I am going to keep my head down on here until you lot get this recreational workshop stuff out of your systems...

 

[Fendt65]

As a keeper of sheep, I am going to keep my head down on here until you lot get this recreational workshop stuff out of your systems...

All the dairy boys are scratching their heads

 

[Chuckie]

Same here, JD supposed to be done every 500, I'm doing 333 to tie in with the 1000hr service.

I do mine at 333.3

Seriously though, my Fendt seems to start using oil if it goes over 400 without a change. It only holds 12 litres though

 

[jamesy]

Would changing the oil filter when a hole rusts through in it be frowned upon? Asking for a friend

 

[YELROM]

Would changing the oil filter when a hole rusts through in it be frowned upon? Asking for a friend

Did your friend not have any chewing gum

 

[jamesy]

Did your friend not have any chewing gum

Oh who am I trying to kid? I don’t have any friends

 

[Free range Rob]

Would changing the oil filter when a hole rusts through in it be frowned upon? Asking for a friend

Isn’t that what duct tape was invented for ?

 

[v8willy]

I still see 300hrs as stretching it.
Nephew once worked for a gang that changed tractor every yr, and they never touched it unless a light came on.
Wouldn't be happy being second owner.

There's a lad up the road keeps everything mint, doesn't do an awful lot but tractors kept like new, tidy & clean, yard the same.

Dealer was out either doing warranty work or maybe fitting a loader, tractor on 6/700 hrs & still the original painted engine oil filter on it.

So you go buy his mint trade-in & think you've got a great well looked after tractor...