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I worked on my steep 12/12 pitch roof by putting a ladder in the bucket, hoisting it onto the roof and backing up until the ladder was flush on the roof and sitting in the bucket. Great place to work and safer than anything else I could come up with.

An estimate on fixing one little seal is $1500. The only thing I can do for the time being is keep checking fluid levels and not work the tractor too hard. A tractor that is meant to be worked hard. Maybe this coming winter I can get it fixed, but not right now....Thanks for all the info. I...

What is strange is that I can drive and mow and not lose a drop. It is only when I am putting some strain on the hydraulics while digging with the bucket or doing heavy scraping with the box blade and tines. I went all last summer and fall without losing a drop. Was out today for two hours and...

Not sure what to tighten up. It all looks good.

I have a 6 year old 3240 HST and a year ago I developed a trans leak in the needle valve under the clutch. I was pulling pretty hard on the engine with a box blade and tines. The dealer said it was a seal and cost about $1200 to fix. Well, I kept an eye on the oil and spent the summer and all...

I took the box blade off and lowered the turn buckle on the right side of the hitch. With the lever pulled all the way back I still had play in the hitch and I don't seem to be losing power to the tractor. I will investigate the other turnbuckle that has been described and see if there is any...

Thanks very much LUGBOLT, that was very informative and I think I can solve the issue. When I would have the lift bar pulled all the way back, I lost power to the tractor just as I would if I was driving down the road and raising the bucket at the same time. The turn buckle was cranked all the...

I have a L3240 HST and a ways back I was losing power when the hitch was fully raised. I stepped the fully raised position forward and the problem was gone. It seems lately that I have had to cut even further back on the lever to keep from losing power. First of all, what is going on...and...

Thanks so much folks. That sounds like a fix I can do.

My 3240HST with 623 hrs. One other thing: Maybe I never noticed before, but when the hydro control lever for my box blade is in the fully up position....all the way up, I get a whine and loose a lot of power for the bucket. if I drop it down just a notch, the whine goes away and I get full...

Yeah! It was the "Key stop" fuse, whatever that is. Would still like to know why it blew. Thanks for all the suggestions. One other thing: Maybe I never noticed before, but when the hydro control lever for my box blade is in the fully up position....all the way up, I get a whine and loose a...

Thanks for the great info 85Hokie, I'll have to investigate if injector is elec., just don't know. No bumps or jars.....just dead stop. Yeh, nothing going to the starter from what I can tell. If it were a main fuse would the dash light up? I'm not all that proficient with a meter. The fuse...

The seat safety switch is nutted together and looks fine. I don't think any of those switches shut down the motor though. I just think it's got to be electrical, I just don't know what to check or put a meter on. With things like this it takes me days of hit and miss and it ends up being...

The tractor dash lights up, thats it. No cranking, no clicking like a bad starter. I had just picked up a load of dirt and was moving up a small incline when it just quit. Would a gas line issue make it stop dead in it's tracks? The couple times I've ran out of gas it sputtered a bit. The safety...

My 3240HST with 623 hrs. just decided to stop dead while running. The dash lights up but no cranking or anything. A storms on it's way and can't check it out now, but does anyone have suggestions on what to look for when I get back out there? It didn't cough or sputter before dying, just went...

I checked the vent on the fill cap and it is open. Don't know what else could be plugged to cause pressure. One drop of trans oil from the split pin after a day of hauling dirt. If his can last until late fall, I will bring it in to get fixed. It's way too big a job for me. Thanks folks.

If the leak was caused by the heavy load I was putting on it, that still isn't right is it? I've had that tractor for 5 years and have put it through some pretty tough jobs, but sticking those tines 8" into undisturbed ground was quite punishing. Maybe I should have gone a little easier on it...

Great news Triple R. If I could wait a few months it would sure help. Did they have an itemized cost of the work had it not been under warranty. was it just a seal? Trans or engine? Also, What would cause it to leak under more vigorous conditions and not under normal wear?

Now that I have observed this leak for a few days, I notice that there is no leak under normal operating conditions (mowing, road scraping). What caused it to leak at least one time was the box blade and tines plowing some very hard ground. It really got a work out. So I know I have a leak, but...

Having determined which fluid is leaking ( and it is clear so I'm assuming trans), what are the steps in fixing this? Are there instruction manuals I can get?