Just picked up a used B2400 last week. There was no owners manual with the tractor, so I've been lurking around on here and searching for answers. I was able to find the work shop manuals to download for this model, but can't find a download for the owners manual. Here are the questions I have:
1. The tractor has a Kubota loader installed. Seems to work well, but shouldn't I be able to lift the front wheels off the ground with the loader? It does have some down pressure, but doesn't have enough to lift the front.
2. Possibly related to 1?....the 3 pt arms will lower with the lever, but when you raise the lever back up, the lift arms won't raise until you run the hydraulics on the loader. Is this normal? I've read that maybe it could need the 3 pt speed knob adjusted below the seat. I tried that but that knob won't budge at all. Is there a trick to it?....should I just be able to spin that knob or do I need to somehow unlock it from its current position?
3. The rear PTO lever. With nothing attached to the PTO shaft, it will easily engage and disengage....as long as you don't push the clutch in. As soon as you push the clutch in, you can no longer engage the PTO lever......and I'm pretty sure that you'd want the clutch in when you engage the PTO?!?
4. It has turf tires all around. I'm planning on using this for snow removal this winter with a 3pt blade to drag the snow away from the buildings and the loader to push the snow into the ditch. Will this be doable without tire chains?.....or should I start looking for a set? Seems fat tires and snow are never a good combo. We normally don't get huge amounts of snow here.....normally in the 3 to 8 inch range.
Thanks for any help you can give me! I've already learned a ton here.
1. The tractor has a Kubota loader installed. Seems to work well, but shouldn't I be able to lift the front wheels off the ground with the loader? It does have some down pressure, but doesn't have enough to lift the front.
2. Possibly related to 1?....the 3 pt arms will lower with the lever, but when you raise the lever back up, the lift arms won't raise until you run the hydraulics on the loader. Is this normal? I've read that maybe it could need the 3 pt speed knob adjusted below the seat. I tried that but that knob won't budge at all. Is there a trick to it?....should I just be able to spin that knob or do I need to somehow unlock it from its current position?
3. The rear PTO lever. With nothing attached to the PTO shaft, it will easily engage and disengage....as long as you don't push the clutch in. As soon as you push the clutch in, you can no longer engage the PTO lever......and I'm pretty sure that you'd want the clutch in when you engage the PTO?!?
4. It has turf tires all around. I'm planning on using this for snow removal this winter with a 3pt blade to drag the snow away from the buildings and the loader to push the snow into the ditch. Will this be doable without tire chains?.....or should I start looking for a set? Seems fat tires and snow are never a good combo. We normally don't get huge amounts of snow here.....normally in the 3 to 8 inch range.
Thanks for any help you can give me! I've already learned a ton here.
