Hi All,
Hoping some of the experts here can shed some light on my problems. On our farm we've needed a backhoe for a long time, we've spent thousands each year getting others in and renting backhoes/mini-ex's. My Uncle found a Deere 410C 4x4 extenda-hoe for what seemed like an exceptional price and I went out to look at it. Drove it around a fair bit at the guy's place, dug some holes, moved some rocks and played with the engine. It all seemed well and good so we bought it.
That was all well and good on his flat land, but as soon as we got it to our hilly area we noticed a problem. When climbing a hill or starting to move you really have to rev it up to get it to go. To the point where I worry about not making it up some hills. I'm sure I wouldn't make it up many in a higher gear. It kind of feels like a clutch slipping, but it's a little too fluid and smooth for it. I also can't see one of these clutches going with the few hours it's got. The best way I can describe the symptoms are like an automatic transmission on a car going uphill where you have to give it a little juice before getting going, except much more extreme. Feels exactly like a little hydrostat utility tractor we have felt like when the pump went. It seems to have lots of power in the boom and loader though, although I haven't got a pressure gauge hooked to it yet.
Obviously we're no expert on backhoes. If anyone has ideas what the problem might be or how we might fix it it would be greatly appreciated.
Hoping some of the experts here can shed some light on my problems. On our farm we've needed a backhoe for a long time, we've spent thousands each year getting others in and renting backhoes/mini-ex's. My Uncle found a Deere 410C 4x4 extenda-hoe for what seemed like an exceptional price and I went out to look at it. Drove it around a fair bit at the guy's place, dug some holes, moved some rocks and played with the engine. It all seemed well and good so we bought it.
That was all well and good on his flat land, but as soon as we got it to our hilly area we noticed a problem. When climbing a hill or starting to move you really have to rev it up to get it to go. To the point where I worry about not making it up some hills. I'm sure I wouldn't make it up many in a higher gear. It kind of feels like a clutch slipping, but it's a little too fluid and smooth for it. I also can't see one of these clutches going with the few hours it's got. The best way I can describe the symptoms are like an automatic transmission on a car going uphill where you have to give it a little juice before getting going, except much more extreme. Feels exactly like a little hydrostat utility tractor we have felt like when the pump went. It seems to have lots of power in the boom and loader though, although I haven't got a pressure gauge hooked to it yet.
Obviously we're no expert on backhoes. If anyone has ideas what the problem might be or how we might fix it it would be greatly appreciated.