Bought a 5700 with 600 hours from a friend. Loader and 3 pt, pto backhoe were included at an attractive price.
Then came the problem -- some vandal had put a handful of rocks in the differential. Broke both axles, repairs were $2K.
Got it fixed and went back to digging basement in mostly clay soil. Used backhoe to rip up the clay and the bucket to stack it elsewhere.
Then brakes started making noise and I tried to take it easy so I could finish the basement before taking it back to the shop.
Didn't work.
Noise got worse, diff started acting up. Back to shop, broken axle again.
I used the diff lock, thinking it was like the diff lock on the John Deere 4520 I drove years ago but mechanic said it only released when you took it out of gear.
So when does the diff lock release? Clutch, forward/reverse, transmission shift?
Then came the problem -- some vandal had put a handful of rocks in the differential. Broke both axles, repairs were $2K.
Got it fixed and went back to digging basement in mostly clay soil. Used backhoe to rip up the clay and the bucket to stack it elsewhere.
Then brakes started making noise and I tried to take it easy so I could finish the basement before taking it back to the shop.
Didn't work.
Noise got worse, diff started acting up. Back to shop, broken axle again.
I used the diff lock, thinking it was like the diff lock on the John Deere 4520 I drove years ago but mechanic said it only released when you took it out of gear.
So when does the diff lock release? Clutch, forward/reverse, transmission shift?