thanks Leon! I think we can all learn from each other's mistakes! Grandpa used to tell me "a fool has to learn from his own mistakes, a wise man learns from other's mistakes" Not that I'm a fool...but hopefully this helps out thousands of people!
Agree 100%. Good on SRF for having the integrity to acknowledge that the issues were largely training issues. That can happen to anyone, especially with a new-to-you machine that's using some new-to-you facilities, like these pollution control systems.
This video harkens back to simpler times, traditions and hard work. Feeding the community is a full time honorable profession. In this fast paced get it now world, this really hits home, emotionally, of how great those times were. Thank you for taking us alone.
$1,124.00 was Reasonable for all of the work & extra parts! So what was engaged? Show us... Point to it! Great that you and your neighbors help each other out.
Well, after watching some of that lot, I will not be replacing my 1976 International Harvester 475 any time soon! It's about as complex as a shoe box and uses maybe slightly more Diesel than a dead sheep. I'm just waiting for the day when my work boots start flashing error codes and a scanner tells me that the DPF on my socks needs replacing!
I have 2 JD tractors, a 4310 and a 4610. I haven't had any major issues with them outside of the normal wear & tear. They are 17-20 years old. The 4310 came with the farm (foreclosure sale) and I bought the 4610 from a used dealer. I won't be replacing them anytime soon.
I'm glad its fixed. It's a great piece of machinery and a quality brand. It's helpful to share mistakes, because mistakes are important learning moments for others to grow and help prevent future frustration. I agree with your position on the warrantee. Best to ride it out. 👍
Thanks for sharing and taking us on this journey. I thought the total cost was going to be $1500. You now have peace of mind maintenance wise for a while.
When you pulled out of Reedy Creek Tractor, my house was behind you on that next curve. If I had known you were in the area, I would have stopped by. I bought a Kioti CK2610 from them, a lot based on the location to my house, plus the Kioti has done well, and I had a good experience with Reedy Creek Tractor.
Josh, I had exactly the same problem with the 3 point on my New Holland Boomer 50. I called my dealer, listened to their suggestions and checked out what they suggested. I was going to make arrangements to haul the tractor to my dealer (roughly twice as far as your TYM dealer). As I was reinstalling the seat, I noticed one of the remote levers was in the forward position. I thought "it can't be that simple," but it was. It was the one that supplies continuous oil flow. I must have accidentally moved it forward as I was coming back to the house after spending hours grading a mile and a half of driveway and shared private road. I sheepishly called the dealer and explained my little faux pas. It apparently is almost a hydraulic diverter valve for the back of the tractor. The loader still seemed to work fine, thereby my confusion. Never too old to learn something new
That bill was the price of tuition. Lesson learned. I agree 100% as long as its under warranty leave well enough alone and just service it. Enjoy the big tractor and the beautiful farm and try to make money out there. Spend time with lady friend and enjoy life.
Not a bad price to have all the fluids and filters changed. My New Holland is an open platform so they power washed it also and blew out the air filters. Mine does not have the regen system.
I really like the chain storage idea! Costly (lack of) maintenance mistake? Been there. Mine was the roof of a travel trailer. I parked it outside, uncovered, and did not inspect the Dycor (special roof caulk). Roof leak, delaminated wall, expensive. Lesson learned. Thanks for sharing so others can learn from your mistake.
Glad you got it sorted out. I am currently trying to decide between a TYM654 and Kioti RX7320PC. These I believe do not have the DEF system. I am so torn with which to get at this point. Prices are very close. You refer to having to go so far for service, my nearest TYM dealer is 380 miles away and the Kioti dealer is 212 miles away. I have heard parts for the TYM tractors are more expensive than the Kioti. In regards to your DEF fluid filter being plugged I would like to know why. What plugged it to start with because 250 hours on yours isn't many hours. The only experience I have with DEF emissions machines is on CAT graders that I run for a living and they have been good emissions wise and did not require the filter for DEF have never plugged and they are not changed frequently at all.
LOL, I've done it to mine... It drove me crazy trying to figure why my lift arms wouldn't move. My Son kept telling me to check the cab hydraulic levers, "but I knew that was not the problem!" He got in and found the detent arm engaged. Doh! As for the def... I hear the process is simple and no more soot being sucked into the engine for a re-burn. That's what I'm hearing... wink, wink
I would have thought that somewhere in the owner's manual in a section about maintenance, they would point out that DEF filter and the importance of changing it under those circumstances, especially if they knew about that already. My Kubota manual lists every filter, location, and how often to change or inspect. But we all live and learn with our equipment and you have shown me just how good the TYM is when I didn't think much of it before.
I'm glad you got your tractor back, Josh. Life is a lesson. Learn something new every day. So on, and so forth. Blah. Blah. Blah. This is a prime example of what happens when your government gets way too big and two powerful. New tractors, New trucks, new TVs. New filters, new fluids, new rules, new laws.
Josh many of those DEF filters are Bosch and are a common filter on many different manufactures. Look at the filter and see has a Bosch number actually on the filter itself. If it does you can buy the same Bosch filter online much cheaper than the OEM pricing.
It looks like a very big tractor. And a very intimidating one to work on. Like a lot of tools I have you just about have to get on line and "go to school" on repairing things. The good news is that when you retire, you can get you a part time job at the TYM store helping customers.
1,200 dollars-guess! Woo! Was 100 bucks off! Feeling like a Controversy comment. They don't even give you the courtesy of telling you you can piss in the DEF storage tank! haha!! Diesel extortion fluid, that's funny. Glad your back big T!
As a 75 year old man I've seen a lot of crap going into the environment and doing environmental clean ups for 20 years of my working life but that DEF fluid gets me having to stop and run trucks or equipment just putting crap into the air just nonproductive time in ones life and what goes up must come down onto farmers fields and then you have to get rid of. I did notice you go through your TYM manual and it didn't say anything about that filter or you skipped over that section
Big t is doing fine, I havn't used it much this winter, but the ground is gonna freeze in a few days and I'm gonna wrap up the last of my mowing for winter/fall
DPF, egr, and Def systems are nothing but trouble. I have a few mechanic buddies that basically stay in biz just by servicing these systems. I have deleted every diesel i have and have zero issues.
Had a McCormick that wouldn't raise the 3 pt arms. Operator had stored roll of paper towels on the 3rd remote and it was just enough pressure to stop fluid flow.
The John Deere dealership in my town will not work on the tractors if the DEF system has been deleted. They have been fined 2 in the last years by the EPQA for working on deleted emission system.
If you had a shop do all that work to a 4WD pickup…axle fluids, oil, filters, battery…would have pushed 400 or 500 bucks. Then when you figure what your time is worth if you’d try to do yourself, it’s really not a bad deal.
A DEF delete is in order. A lot of guys in Texas do it due to the DEF system being too much of a hassle. I operate heavy equipment, we love getting older equipment that doesn't require DEF, it's far less of a headache. Even when being used, DEF will crystalize and jam up it's own system. I have seen one machine require 2 new def pumps in one year and that machine is used daily. We have a 60 gallon tank on the back of a truck that we fill with def for the equipment, we have been through 3 pumps and several nozzles. It's just not worth it.
Now you, and we, all know, about the DEF and DEF filter, and keeping it fresh and running regularly. 1100 bucks and 270 hours. Sounds like if a person gets a tractor such as this, they ought to consider setting aside about 4-5 bucks / hour, or perhaps a bit more, of run time into a savings account for their maintenance fund. Not bad, I suppose, given the capability of that machine.
Sometimes I wonder if these companies have lobbyist paying politicians to pass these laws. Because the more software and sensors these tractors have the more money these companies are making.
If buying a new tractor just stay under 75 hp to avoid def. You will have a dpf but they seem to hold up many hours before you need to pressure wash them out , like 3000 hours. Ls mt774 looks to be the cats ass in the new 75 horse category. Sell both tyms and get the one LS. that’s all you’ll ever need to handle all your tasks with ease.
Warranty won’t be needed anywhere near as much without all that regulatory emissions crap. This goes to show even with the warranty it doesn’t cover everything and you could still be on the hook for thousands because of unnecessary equipment maintenance.
God knows we all have those days! And Miss Misery loves company! At least for what you get out of that tractor, I'd say $1100 was almost a bargain. I just had a local electrician give me a price of $2800 to run a new 110v line from my house to the irrigation controller/well pump area. It's a good run of wire, so he blamed the high price on increased Romex pricing. Really? GMaFB!
If you paint ends of one chain one color and ends of another chain another color it helps with knowing which chain ends to grab if some stores them in 5 gallon buckets
much easier to tote one chain at a time in a oil container than 5 chains in a bucket, but I do think you've got a great idea painting the ends!! I may use that soon!! If you can pick up a 5 gallon bucket of chains...you are a bigger man than me bhahahhaaha!
Well Josh, I wouldn't beat yourself up about this or anyone else for that matter. This is still relatively new technology and so the collective experience in such matters is still shallow at best. Thanks to people like yourself however, we can learn and gradually this will become common knowledge. I am against deleting this system as it is important in ensuring that we all breathe cleaner air and it helps to keep diesel engines on the roads, in fields and any construction site where heavy plant equipment is needed. I always note the difference the 'Nox regulations' made to Tokyo. Former Governor Shintaro Ishihara, an ultra conservative if ever there was one, introduced these regulations which is essentially what AdBlue/DEF is all about. Within a relatively short time of introducing these regulations, the vegetation in the eentral reservations and on the verges were no longer dying and a day out in Tokyo no longer meant that your face was black once you returned home. It does make a huge difference, especially where there is heavy traffic. I drive a 3 litre diesel Land Rover and whilst the AdBlue (DEF) is a bit of a nuisance, it also isn't difficult and neither is it ridiculously expensive. Especially as diesel is the cheapest fuel here and if I were forced to have to own a petrol engine, then my costs would rise significantly. Many farmers use a tractor to scrape out manure and slurry from their cowsheds. That is an enclosed environment and why would anyone not want their cattle to breathe cleaner air? Also, many of us have experience of sitting behind a smoking lorry or bus in a tunnel or going up a steep hill and have closed the vents on our own vehicle to prevent the smelly, horrible air from entering. DEF has helped to limit that unpleasant experience and so it clearly has lots of advantages. Does the system need to improve? Probably it does and if oil companies and car manufacturers can find a way of including it in the fuel itself at the refinery, then all the better. Perhaps a synthetic version that doesn't petrify as quickly as the current more natural DEF would be an advancement too.
Some repairs might not be able to happen in a Liscened shop because they could lose their company permits and be fined as well. Some truckers have been fined as well as the shops that have done the work . At this time you should be fine to use your tractor for a good amount of time before you start to have problems again . Leave it stock !
hopefully the maintenance manual indicated all needed filters for proper functions. here is an example of advancements in controls that cause chaos for the operators and money spent probably not planned for recommendations for utilizing older equipment might be a great consideration. does KISS still apply when your sweating and tired with work yet to be done?
Def filter on my case ih is good for 1200hrs. So what kind of crappy parts is tym using? Def is clean from the jug. U don't work in dust. So these repairs with only 270hrs is insane!
You got a change it every four years on my tractor I got a copy I got the book as he’s everything when is wrong with it I can fix them on sale for my messy
Anyone running a modern tractor needs two tractors. One to work, and one to sit at the repair shop for 1-3 months waiting in line behind the other 30 broken down def tractors. Then just swap them out.
I guess you did what most of us do when getting a new machine. We look at the manual, see that it's thick and throw it in the glove box (in a car at least). Then we look in it when we have to do something that's not perfectly logical. I know I didn't look in the car manual until I thought it was time to change the air filters, and especially the filter for the cabin ventilation. Turned out I had been hunting after it for no reason as there wasn't one. Not kidding there wasn't a filter for the ventilation. In the case of a tractor I imagine it's about the same. think it's time to change the filters for the first time? look in the book to see that you don't miss one. Fuel filter? I don't know as I have never swapped one. But air filter on the intake and oil filter is pretty much standard and there is usually no problem to find them without diving into the manual. That mean you have probably 90% of that manual unread and are quite happy with that. Now suddenly you have to not only keep enough urea in the DEF tank, but you have to change the filter? I certainly wouldn't know unless they had it in big red letter on a short service list, and probably not even then.
I have 10 tractors from 12-90hp they all run and do what they are supposed to do. the oldest is 1948 the newest is a 1999. and all of them combined cost me probably 25% of what that new TYM costs. if you can read and follow directions in the genuine service manuals and have some tools and do the proper maintenance in the operator manuals they last a long long time of trouble free operation. but to each his own some like having a brand shiney new latest model. others enjoy using old time American iron classics.
Yep....the nice thing about old tractors is that they're simple to work on....the nice thing about newer machines is they are comfortable and reliable in most cases. Money is replaceable, but time isn't my friend. I choose to have a newer machine because I enjoy the comfort, reliability and dependability. I have some older machines and you'll start seeing them in more content over time.....but riding high up in that cab is sure nice....v/s maintaining 10 older machines
If you get diagnostic tools for your tractor, you might be able to make a little money locally by diagnosing other farmers TYM tractors to save them the drive to a dealer.
so $1,100 for everything. $200 for a battery, $200 worth of filters and extra filter I went home with, labor, oil and diagnostics. The full service of the machine is expensive on a large machine like this. Battery was the biggest expense
Josh, it may be your fault but what about them informing you about the need to do the filter replacement? Just about anything the gubbment requires is ?@$#&! I "assume" you have a book about the tractor and if it was not in the book, it is on them.
At least the battery was a good deal. I paid over two hundred bucks to replace mine in a 2018 Nissan Frontier. I own a 2020 JD 1025R and I dread the day I have to take it there for any kind of service that I can't do myself. Fortunately, I have no Def thingamajig on it, but one problem I did have while under warranty ( Thnk Gd) would have cost me $1800, most of which went for labor. You have an ungodly amount of equipment on your farm. How do you find time for it?
Anything with the Obama juice will always give ya problems. My old JD 4020 and my new(er) 1990 model 4955 with 11,000 hours are still a running DEF and Govt free !
Kudos to my good man, you manned up and owned the issue, well done, love you brother😊
thanks Leon! I think we can all learn from each other's mistakes! Grandpa used to tell me "a fool has to learn from his own mistakes, a wise man learns from other's mistakes" Not that I'm a fool...but hopefully this helps out thousands of people!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer well you undoubtedly have saved many from making the same mistake, thanks for letting the rest of us know what to look for.😊
Agree 100%. Good on SRF for having the integrity to acknowledge that the issues were largely training issues. That can happen to anyone, especially with a new-to-you machine that's using some new-to-you facilities, like these pollution control systems.
Mike Morgan nailed it when he calls the stuff diesel extortion fluid
Also known as government juice.
I like your chain storage idea!
This video harkens back to simpler times, traditions and hard work. Feeding the community is a full time honorable profession.
In this fast paced get it now world, this really hits home, emotionally, of how great those times were.
Thank you for taking us alone.
$1,124.00 was Reasonable for all of the work & extra parts! So what was engaged? Show us... Point to it!
Great that you and your neighbors help each other out.
Well, after watching some of that lot, I will not be replacing my 1976 International Harvester 475 any time soon! It's about as complex as a shoe box and uses maybe slightly more Diesel than a dead sheep. I'm just waiting for the day when my work boots start flashing error codes and a scanner tells me that the DPF on my socks needs replacing!
I have 2 JD tractors, a 4310 and a 4610. I haven't had any major issues with them outside of the normal wear & tear. They are 17-20 years old. The 4310 came with the farm (foreclosure sale) and I bought the 4610 from a used dealer. I won't be replacing them anytime soon.
That was good information I hope everyone there is safe from all the flooding going on in North Carolina and Tennessee.
Great tip on the chain storage!
That's good stuff to know. thanks for the update.
Thanks for sharing what the issue was .
You bet
I'm glad its fixed. It's a great piece of machinery and a quality brand. It's helpful to share mistakes, because mistakes are important learning moments for others to grow and help prevent future frustration.
I agree with your position on the warrantee. Best to ride it out. 👍
Glad you got it fixed, also glad to know where that filter is located on mine , Thanks for info
Thanks for sharing and taking us on this journey.
I thought the total cost was going to be $1500. You now have peace of mind maintenance wise for a while.
Hope you doing ok , We been out of power and just wait on it come back on its bad hear and now doing ok,Lucky Edmonds in Candler NC
When you pulled out of Reedy Creek Tractor, my house was behind you on that next curve. If I had known you were in the area, I would have stopped by. I bought a Kioti CK2610 from them, a lot based on the location to my house, plus the Kioti has done well, and I had a good experience with Reedy Creek Tractor.
oh cool!
Josh, I had exactly the same problem with the 3 point on my New Holland Boomer 50. I called my dealer, listened to their suggestions and checked out what they suggested. I was going to make arrangements to haul the tractor to my dealer (roughly twice as far as your TYM dealer). As I was reinstalling the seat, I noticed one of the remote levers was in the forward position. I thought "it can't be that simple," but it was. It was the one that supplies continuous oil flow. I must have accidentally moved it forward as I was coming back to the house after spending hours grading a mile and a half of driveway and shared private road. I sheepishly called the dealer and explained my little faux pas. It apparently is almost a hydraulic diverter valve for the back of the tractor. The loader still seemed to work fine, thereby my confusion. Never too old to learn something new
yep...it happens doesn't it!
Hey Josh thank you for the video and I'm happy everything worked out for you woo
Reedy Creek is who we use for our TYM T474HC service. Matt is a good guy. You picked it up on a day my husband saw you coming up I 73 in Summerfield
nice! Yep...I as pleased with them for sure!
Had same problem with lift arms on our New Holland Workmaster 40.The lever for the rear remotes was engaged. Always something simple creating problems
Glad you fixed, got it fixed. Ouch far as bucks lost pretty expensive day for you.
Some days learning new stuff is expensive though
Yepper
Tractors are very special and powerful
That bill was the price of tuition. Lesson learned. I agree 100% as long as its under warranty leave well enough alone and just service it. Enjoy the big tractor and the beautiful farm and try to make money out there. Spend time with lady friend and enjoy life.
Well said!
I was just at Reedy Creek Friday to get a pallet fork attachment. Nice folks.
nice
Not a bad price to have all the fluids and filters changed. My New Holland is an open platform so they power washed it also and blew out the air filters. Mine does not have the regen system.
I really like the chain storage idea! Costly (lack of) maintenance mistake? Been there. Mine was the roof of a travel trailer. I parked it outside, uncovered, and did not inspect the Dycor (special roof caulk). Roof leak, delaminated wall, expensive. Lesson learned. Thanks for sharing so others can learn from your mistake.
I thought the same. Pretty good deal
Man it’s crazy to see how far your channel has come. I remember the journey to 1K
yessir...this place has really come along nice and it's amazing how much progress has been made!
Love that chain storage trick
That is an awesome tractor.
Amen brother 😊
I like the chain storage idea
Good job
Glad you got it sorted out. I am currently trying to decide between a TYM654 and Kioti RX7320PC. These I believe do not have the DEF system. I am so torn with which to get at this point. Prices are very close. You refer to having to go so far for service, my nearest TYM dealer is 380 miles away and the Kioti dealer is 212 miles away. I have heard parts for the TYM tractors are more expensive than the Kioti. In regards to your DEF fluid filter being plugged I would like to know why. What plugged it to start with because 250 hours on yours isn't many hours. The only experience I have with DEF emissions machines is on CAT graders that I run for a living and they have been good emissions wise and did not require the filter for DEF have never plugged and they are not changed frequently at all.
LOL, I've done it to mine... It drove me crazy trying to figure why my lift arms wouldn't move. My Son kept telling me to check the cab hydraulic levers, "but I knew that was not the problem!" He got in and found the detent arm engaged. Doh!
As for the def... I hear the process is simple and no more soot being sucked into the engine for a re-burn. That's what I'm hearing... wink, wink
Good morning !!!
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I would have thought that somewhere in the owner's manual in a section about maintenance, they would point out that DEF filter and the importance of changing it under those circumstances, especially if they knew about that already. My Kubota manual lists every filter, location, and how often to change or inspect. But we all live and learn with our equipment and you have shown me just how good the TYM is when I didn't think much of it before.
I'm glad you got your tractor back, Josh.
Life is a lesson. Learn something new every day. So on, and so forth. Blah. Blah. Blah. This is a prime example of what happens when your government gets way too big and two powerful. New tractors, New trucks, new TVs. New filters, new fluids, new rules, new laws.
Josh many of those DEF filters are Bosch and are a common filter on many different manufactures. Look at the filter and see has a Bosch number actually on the filter itself. If it does you can buy the same Bosch filter online much cheaper than the OEM pricing.
GREAT JOB 👍
It looks like a very big tractor. And a very intimidating one to work on. Like a lot of tools I have you just about have to get on line and "go to school" on repairing things. The good news is that when you retire, you can get you a part time job at the TYM store helping customers.
We knew it was the nut loose behind the wheel! 🤣Life is expensive!
1,200 dollars-guess! Woo! Was 100 bucks off! Feeling like a Controversy comment. They don't even give you the courtesy of telling you you can piss in the DEF storage tank! haha!!
Diesel extortion fluid, that's funny. Glad your back big T!
Josh. Great video. You know what they say. RTFM!!
This is why I like older tractors no pcm to shut me down.
Fair enough, everyday is a learning day.
That trailer from Hudson Brothers, they are on hwy 218 in Indian Trail NC. I grew up about a mile from them.
I like the jug trick
I had a switch short on 3rd func of T494 and that made my 3 point inop
As a 75 year old man I've seen a lot of crap going into the environment and doing environmental clean ups for 20 years of my working life but that DEF fluid gets me having to stop and run trucks or equipment just putting crap into the air just nonproductive time in ones life and what goes up must come down onto farmers fields and then you have to get rid of. I did notice you go through your TYM manual and it didn't say anything about that filter or you skipped over that section
Just checking back to see how Big Red is doing? I just had mine all deleted and tuned , like a whole other tractor
Big t is doing fine, I havn't used it much this winter, but the ground is gonna freeze in a few days and I'm gonna wrap up the last of my mowing for winter/fall
DPF, egr, and Def systems are nothing but trouble. I have a few mechanic buddies that basically stay in biz just by servicing these systems. I have deleted every diesel i have and have zero issues.
I just got a weird code on my shovel...something about a DEF filter?
dis-ban the EPA and their regulations. The bosch 3 point is used on my AGCO tractor. I re calibrated also.
I love watching your videos so much l love tractor 🚜
Glad you like them!
Had a McCormick that wouldn't raise the 3 pt arms. Operator had stored roll of paper towels on the 3rd remote and it was just enough pressure to stop fluid flow.
The John Deere dealership in my town will not work on the tractors if the DEF system has been deleted. They have been fined 2 in the last years by the EPQA for working on deleted emission system.
Check out the speed binder. I'm using those now.
If you had a shop do all that work to a 4WD pickup…axle fluids, oil, filters, battery…would have pushed 400 or 500 bucks. Then when you figure what your time is worth if you’d try to do yourself, it’s really not a bad deal.
That's not bad I was looking somewhere in the 6000.00 area.
Live and learn. So much high-tech nowadays. Who needs it? I sure don't!!!
I wish my tractor repair bill was only 1124 dollars, mine was over 7300 to repair the fuel injectors on a 70hp Kubota.
A DEF delete is in order. A lot of guys in Texas do it due to the DEF system being too much of a hassle. I operate heavy equipment, we love getting older equipment that doesn't require DEF, it's far less of a headache. Even when being used, DEF will crystalize and jam up it's own system. I have seen one machine require 2 new def pumps in one year and that machine is used daily. We have a 60 gallon tank on the back of a truck that we fill with def for the equipment, we have been through 3 pumps and several nozzles. It's just not worth it.
With Chevron being overturned we may see a lot more progress on deletes
Simply put, our elected representatives need to get gumint out of our homes and off our farms, or we'll all fu*king starve!
@@CaptTony107 what makes you think that isn't the plan?
@@CaptTony107seems obvious what theyre doing!
Now you, and we, all know, about the DEF and DEF filter, and keeping it fresh and running regularly.
1100 bucks and 270 hours. Sounds like if a person gets a tractor such as this, they ought to consider setting aside about 4-5 bucks / hour, or perhaps a bit more, of run time into a savings account for their maintenance fund. Not bad, I suppose, given the capability of that machine.
Sometimes I wonder if these companies have lobbyist paying politicians to pass these laws. Because the more software and sensors these tractors have the more money these companies are making.
If buying a new tractor just stay under 75 hp to avoid def.
You will have a dpf but they seem to hold up many hours before you need to pressure wash them out , like 3000 hours.
Ls mt774 looks to be the cats ass in the new 75 horse category. Sell both tyms and get the one LS. that’s all you’ll ever need to handle all your tasks with ease.
Things like MF 4707 don't have DPG. Can just tune it.
Warranty won’t be needed anywhere near as much without all that regulatory emissions crap. This goes to show even with the warranty it doesn’t cover everything and you could still be on the hook for thousands because of unnecessary equipment maintenance.
God knows we all have those days! And Miss Misery loves company! At least for what you get out of that tractor, I'd say $1100 was almost a bargain. I just had a local electrician give me a price of $2800 to run a new 110v line from my house to the irrigation controller/well pump area. It's a good run of wire, so he blamed the high price on increased Romex pricing. Really? GMaFB!
Have to wait until your warranty is up.
I agree
How are you after the storm?
That's why my newest tractor is a 4850 john deere . No Def and no computer
If you paint ends of one chain one color and ends of another chain another color it helps with knowing which chain ends to grab if some stores them in 5 gallon buckets
much easier to tote one chain at a time in a oil container than 5 chains in a bucket, but I do think you've got a great idea painting the ends!! I may use that soon!! If you can pick up a 5 gallon bucket of chains...you are a bigger man than me bhahahhaaha!
@StoneyRidgeFarmer no lol but I just leave the bucket in the mini truck and haul them around that way.
Josh I have to say that was only about half of what I was guessing. Still a pricey fix nevertheless.
Well Josh, I wouldn't beat yourself up about this or anyone else for that matter. This is still relatively new technology and so the collective experience in such matters is still shallow at best. Thanks to people like yourself however, we can learn and gradually this will become common knowledge. I am against deleting this system as it is important in ensuring that we all breathe cleaner air and it helps to keep diesel engines on the roads, in fields and any construction site where heavy plant equipment is needed. I always note the difference the 'Nox regulations' made to Tokyo. Former Governor Shintaro Ishihara, an ultra conservative if ever there was one, introduced these regulations which is essentially what AdBlue/DEF is all about. Within a relatively short time of introducing these regulations, the vegetation in the eentral reservations and on the verges were no longer dying and a day out in Tokyo no longer meant that your face was black once you returned home. It does make a huge difference, especially where there is heavy traffic. I drive a 3 litre diesel Land Rover and whilst the AdBlue (DEF) is a bit of a nuisance, it also isn't difficult and neither is it ridiculously expensive. Especially as diesel is the cheapest fuel here and if I were forced to have to own a petrol engine, then my costs would rise significantly. Many farmers use a tractor to scrape out manure and slurry from their cowsheds. That is an enclosed environment and why would anyone not want their cattle to breathe cleaner air? Also, many of us have experience of sitting behind a smoking lorry or bus in a tunnel or going up a steep hill and have closed the vents on our own vehicle to prevent the smelly, horrible air from entering. DEF has helped to limit that unpleasant experience and so it clearly has lots of advantages. Does the system need to improve? Probably it does and if oil companies and car manufacturers can find a way of including it in the fuel itself at the refinery, then all the better. Perhaps a synthetic version that doesn't petrify as quickly as the current more natural DEF would be an advancement too.
Of course your warranty experience is great, but will mine be?Just bought a TYM today . They know you are still making videos about them
Well...I honestly don't think they care who I am...if they did they would have sent out a mobile mechanic. I'm still very happy
Some repairs might not be able to happen in a Liscened shop because they could lose their company permits and be fined as well. Some truckers have been fined as well as the shops that have done the work . At this time you should be fine to use your tractor for a good amount of time before you start to have problems again . Leave it stock !
I still drive a 95 Dodge ram 3500 Cummins diesel. Mechanical injection.
Just say NO to government control
And idk if you still have that 7.3 power stroke but I have a 95 f350 and I’ve hauled a John Deere 5100e no problem on a 32ft gooseneck
hopefully the maintenance manual indicated all needed filters for proper functions. here is an example of advancements in controls that cause chaos for the operators and money spent probably not planned for recommendations for utilizing older equipment might be a great consideration. does KISS still apply when your sweating and tired with work yet to be done?
Better ween them nice looking calf's soon. I heard the market has been falling the last few weeks
For what you had done I figured about 2 grand. Probably would have been at least that at my Kubota dealer at 150 per hr.
live and learn
Once your warranty is gone, i would say good bye to the DEF part of it. It is something for you to spend extra money on that you don’t need.
Roll that beautiful bean footage
Best thing u can do is to delete all of that def junk
Def filter on my case ih is good for 1200hrs. So what kind of crappy parts is tym using? Def is clean from the jug. U don't work in dust. So these repairs with only 270hrs is insane!
Walmart DEF!! That's the issue!!
Why are simple lessons so expensive to learn? It shouldn’t be !
Reason I bought a T574.
Say NO to government control
You got a change it every four years on my tractor I got a copy I got the book as he’s everything when is wrong with it I can fix them on sale for my messy
Anyone running a modern tractor needs two tractors. One to work, and one to sit at the repair shop for 1-3 months waiting in line behind the other 30 broken down def tractors. Then just swap them out.
I guess you did what most of us do when getting a new machine. We look at the manual, see that it's thick and throw it in the glove box (in a car at least). Then we look in it when we have to do something that's not perfectly logical. I know I didn't look in the car manual until I thought it was time to change the air filters, and especially the filter for the cabin ventilation. Turned out I had been hunting after it for no reason as there wasn't one. Not kidding there wasn't a filter for the ventilation. In the case of a tractor I imagine it's about the same. think it's time to change the filters for the first time? look in the book to see that you don't miss one. Fuel filter? I don't know as I have never swapped one. But air filter on the intake and oil filter is pretty much standard and there is usually no problem to find them without diving into the manual. That mean you have probably 90% of that manual unread and are quite happy with that. Now suddenly you have to not only keep enough urea in the DEF tank, but you have to change the filter? I certainly wouldn't know unless they had it in big red letter on a short service list, and probably not even then.
Your unicorn dodge can pull the tractor fine you just need the proper gooseneck trailer not a bumper pull
probably would
Have you had any overheating issues ?
no issues
I have 10 tractors from 12-90hp they all run and do what they are supposed to do. the oldest is 1948 the newest is a 1999. and all of them combined cost me probably 25% of what that new TYM costs. if you can read and follow directions in the genuine service manuals and have some tools and do the proper maintenance in the operator manuals they last a long long time of trouble free operation. but to each his own some like having a brand shiney new latest model. others enjoy using old time American iron classics.
Yep....the nice thing about old tractors is that they're simple to work on....the nice thing about newer machines is they are comfortable and reliable in most cases. Money is replaceable, but time isn't my friend. I choose to have a newer machine because I enjoy the comfort, reliability and dependability. I have some older machines and you'll start seeing them in more content over time.....but riding high up in that cab is sure nice....v/s maintaining 10 older machines
Should always haul cab tractors loaded backwards because of the way the doors open.
61 miles is 98km that's half the trip to my dads place
If you get diagnostic tools for your tractor, you might be able to make a little money locally by diagnosing other farmers TYM tractors to save them the drive to a dealer.
So basically $1500 and a day for a $10 filter and 20 minutes to change. Sounds about right. That's progress.
so $1,100 for everything. $200 for a battery, $200 worth of filters and extra filter I went home with, labor, oil and diagnostics. The full service of the machine is expensive on a large machine like this. Battery was the biggest expense
get speed binders!
Josh, it may be your fault but what about them informing you about the need to do the filter replacement? Just about anything the gubbment requires is ?@$#&! I "assume" you have a book about the tractor and if it was not in the book, it is on them.
At least the battery was a good deal. I paid over two hundred bucks to replace mine in a 2018 Nissan Frontier. I own a 2020 JD 1025R and I dread the day I have to take it there for any kind of service that I can't do myself. Fortunately, I have no Def thingamajig on it, but one problem I did have while under warranty ( Thnk Gd) would have cost me $1800, most of which went for labor. You have an ungodly amount of equipment on your farm. How do you find time for it?
Anything with the Obama juice will always give ya problems.
My old JD 4020 and my new(er) 1990 model 4955 with 11,000 hours are still a running DEF and Govt free !