Hey y'all,
Friday I picked up a new to me M6040. 2009, 926 hours, FEL. Tractor shows some use but is overall pretty solid in my opinion. This is my first tractor, so I spent alot of time researching what to look for in a used tractor. My dad grew up on a tractor,but he has little experience with them in the past 20 years since he got out of cattle, but I had him with me for my purchase.
When I test drove the tractor the place I bought it from had a small parking lot, so I didn't get it into highway gear, didn't seem to be much of a issue at the time, but I might have made a mistake.
When I unloaded it off the trailer when we got it home, I put it in high range, 4th gear, hand throttle wide open, to drive it to the barn. 4.7 MPH. With the foot throttle I could get 7.7. The next day, I saw the stop screw at the foot throttle and took it out to see if it made a difference. 8.8 somewhere shy of 3000rpm.
Owners manual says I should be around 18 MPH in high, 4th gear. I'm not familiar with tractors so I'm not sure where to look.
Some info that might be relevant. Synchro-Shuttle transmission. Spent the morning Saturday playing with the front end loader moving some dirt and pushing up a brushpile. Left the tractor at my dad's, came back that evening, and the 3 point has lost all pressure, is at the lowest postion, won't raise and can be moved by hand. Hydraulic fluid was low, topped it off and no change. Will change filters Wednesday.
The hitch did work Saturday morning, but something happened during the day. FEL works fine. The place I bought it from deals in used tractors, they also do tractor repair. They didn't seem shady or anything, and told me if I have a question to call, which I probably will tomorrow. They said it didn't have anything wrong with it. The tractor had been serviced by them before I bought it.
My biggest concern is the top speed being 8 MPH. Could this be a clutch issue? It doesn't seem to be lacking power in the low range, but I'm not sure where to start.
I found this site while looking for a cause for the low speed and I figure this would be the best place to ask.
Thanks y'all
Friday I picked up a new to me M6040. 2009, 926 hours, FEL. Tractor shows some use but is overall pretty solid in my opinion. This is my first tractor, so I spent alot of time researching what to look for in a used tractor. My dad grew up on a tractor,but he has little experience with them in the past 20 years since he got out of cattle, but I had him with me for my purchase.
When I test drove the tractor the place I bought it from had a small parking lot, so I didn't get it into highway gear, didn't seem to be much of a issue at the time, but I might have made a mistake.
When I unloaded it off the trailer when we got it home, I put it in high range, 4th gear, hand throttle wide open, to drive it to the barn. 4.7 MPH. With the foot throttle I could get 7.7. The next day, I saw the stop screw at the foot throttle and took it out to see if it made a difference. 8.8 somewhere shy of 3000rpm.
Owners manual says I should be around 18 MPH in high, 4th gear. I'm not familiar with tractors so I'm not sure where to look.
Some info that might be relevant. Synchro-Shuttle transmission. Spent the morning Saturday playing with the front end loader moving some dirt and pushing up a brushpile. Left the tractor at my dad's, came back that evening, and the 3 point has lost all pressure, is at the lowest postion, won't raise and can be moved by hand. Hydraulic fluid was low, topped it off and no change. Will change filters Wednesday.
The hitch did work Saturday morning, but something happened during the day. FEL works fine. The place I bought it from deals in used tractors, they also do tractor repair. They didn't seem shady or anything, and told me if I have a question to call, which I probably will tomorrow. They said it didn't have anything wrong with it. The tractor had been serviced by them before I bought it.
My biggest concern is the top speed being 8 MPH. Could this be a clutch issue? It doesn't seem to be lacking power in the low range, but I'm not sure where to start.
I found this site while looking for a cause for the low speed and I figure this would be the best place to ask.
Thanks y'all
