It's hit or miss on there. Not sure if i want a tractor with a turbo figure it would need to be replaced at some point. How many hours you could get on one.Check specs on tractordata.com
I can clearly see the turbo on my MX, with DPF junk.You can't see it under the DPF junk.
Help me understand, from what i have read on gasoline engines they wear out and need to be replaced and do not last the lifetime of the car how are the turbos on a diesel different?Turbo's tend to last thousands of hours with proper oil and a few minutes of idling before shutdown. Fear not the turbo.
Probably should have opened with this. I read your first post as you are doing a project and need a turbo...I'm looking at the LX2610 or LX3310 one has a turbo the other does not. I would go bigger but i like the belly mowers and deluxe tractor.
They would be used to mostly mow the grass with a 60" belly mower. 2 1/2 acres around the house and 16 acres of field to bush hog, i already have a 60" bush hog....damn thing is heavy!
The field only gets cut once a year so the grass is as tall as the tractor. The issue is it used to be a christmas tree farm so there is stumps hidden all over the place it had about 600 trees at one point. The stumps are not big 4" around some bigger some smaller but there height varies.
I worry about damage when i hit one but that is what a shear bolt is for right? I just moved and have only mowed the yard around the house.
I am waiting on the frost before i bush hog the field. May rent it to a farmer once i get settled in. Driveway is almost a mile long so i need to clear it of snow do up keep on it.
Old tractor is a 2008 B2620 that i wish had more power. I can bog it down mowing the yard it has thick grass as it used to be a pasture for cows.
Yes i should have. Would have made more sense lolProbably should have opened with this. I read your first post as you are doing a project and need a turbo...
I don’t think you’d be replacing turbos like that. Keep a decent oil change schedule and let idle a bit after working hard before shutdown. You’ll be fine.Yes i should have. Would have made more sense lol
I don't want to replace the turbo every 600 hours but looking for suggestions.
I would also trade my B2620 in on it.
That is a lot of hours! I don't want a cab really. What is the purpose of letting it idle for a few min before you shut it off?LX3310 is a relatively new model, but I assume the turbo on it is similar or same to the B3350 that came before it - the DPF equipment was the main change. I've heard no reports of premature turbo wear, and I'd consider 4-8,000 hours to be minimum life for a machine like that. If they were breaking under 2,000 hours people would be talking about it.
Would you get a cab? A stump grinder may be a good idea, or just chainsaw the taller ones down to a height where they don't interfere with the bush hog. After you've mowed the first time and found them all. It'd certainly be more pleasant mowing if the tractor wheels aren't bumping up and over stumps all the time.
If you don't want a cab, then consider if you really need a belly mower. If you went with an RFM and a bush hog, then you could look at an L series machine. L3901 would be an excellent tractor. No cab, no mid PTO. But built more strongly.I don't want a cab really.
Turbos get hot when running hard - exhaust gas heat. If you turn off straight away, the oil in the turbo can cook, which then stops it lubricating next time you run it. Back in the day everyone had turbo timers on their cars. But in my view most people do the work they're doing, then they drive the tractor home and park it. You're usually not working it hard on the way home, so that's usually enough of a cool down in my book. But I don't actually have a turbo, so my theories may not match reality well.What is the purpose of letting it idle for a few min before you shut it off?
Yeah. I'd say you'll wreck your back before you wreck the tractor, they're pretty solid. Having said that, a stump could hit something underneath and break it, and it just sounds uncomfortable to me to be bouncing around like that.A stump grinder would be nice but 600 stumps would take years to get rid of eventually they should rot and with a bush hog hitting them over time they should break down....might take 10 years lol
I have tired it and hit a few the bush hog seems to just bounce around them. I still worry about damage to my tractor. The bush hog i bought used for $750 so it's not such a big deal.
If you don't want a cab, then consider if you really need a belly mower. If you went with an RFM and a bush hog, then you could look at an L series machine. L3901 would be an excellent tractor. No cab, no mid PTO. But built more strongly.
Oh it's not that bad. Why the L3901 over a LX? I just looked and the L3901 is about the same price as a LX3310.If you don't want a cab, then consider if you really need a belly mower. If you went with an RFM and a bush hog, then you could look at an L series machine. L3901 would be an excellent tractor. No cab, no mid PTO. But built more strongly.
Yeah. I'd say you'll wreck your back before you wreck the tractor, they're pretty solid. Having said that, a stump could hit something underneath and break it, and it just sounds uncomfortable to me to be bouncing around like that.