I've inherited a JD 1010RU as part of my new job. It has a brush hog attached to the hitch; the prop shaft will spin but I am unable to get the hitch to lift the bh up for transport. This model has the dual hydraulic system with 2 levers to the right of the seat. Moving the levers does nothing. I checked the fluid in the hydraulic unit, it's low and I suspect this may have something to do with it. I'm not very familiar with this tractor, and although I do have an operator's manual, it isn't very specific about what to do in this situation. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
- Thread starter bpress54
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First off would be best to ask this in the JD forum down lower. That said fill the fluid level up first. Nest is there a little knob down close to the hyd controls?? If there is try turning it one way or the other. Been a while since I have messed with the 1010 and 2010 and by the way they are 2 of JDs problem child tractor and parts are hard to find and cost you an arm and leg
Tx Jim
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Welcome to the YT discussion forum. I looked in JD forum and found no post of yours but I did find your post in Tractor Talk. Does your tractor have power steering and if so does it operate correctly? When trying to raise 3 pt are both control levers pushed to the rear of each quadrant?
I'm not sure if the tractor has power steering, how can I tell? As for the levers, it doesn't matter what position they are in, the hitch does not move. As I mentioned I checked the hydraulic fluid reservoir and it is empty. As I was filling it, I discovered a leak near the large tube that comes out of the bottom of the unit. I didn't have a wrench with me at the time big enough to fit the nut on the tube, so I will tighten that and see if the leak stops. I'm fairly certain the reason the hitch won't move is because there was no fluid. And I swear I posted in the other forum, but I could be mistaken 
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