I bought a 6610 4x4 Tiger Special today. It has an 18 foot reach boom flail mower and a loader on it. After testing it out a bit, I have a few questions for anyone that has experience with these. I won't be hauling it home until better weather, so I'm planning my repair list for when I get it home.
1. The engine seems a bit sluggish to me. When I hit the throttle, it is slow to accelerate (in gear or in neutral). It seemed to pull ok, with what little bit of a hill I had to work with. The engine starts perfectly, and sounds just the way it should. There is almost no black smoke at all out of the exhaust, even with a quick heavy load. The tractor does have a lot of extra weight on it, even though the mower boom and loader were not on it when I drove it. I would guess there is also a lot of parasitic drag from the front-mounted pump for the mower. Did Tiger spec. a heavier flywheel? (that's the way it acts IMO). Or maybe a delayed response because of the governor. Naturally, when I get it home, I'll be changing the air and fuel filters. Any thoughts? We had a similar problem with our 345D when we first got it home. Turns out it needed an injection pump rebuild. It's been so long, I don't recall the details, other than the main problem was lack of power.
2. It has the 8x4 with dual power. The 1-4 shifter is not as easy to shift as I expected. It requires a little more effort and travel between gears than what I would consider normal. Going from the 1-2 to the 3-4 side is a long stretch. Also, I noticed it resisting when I was bringing the shifter from the 3-4 side back to the 1-2 side while rolling forward. It was acting like I was trying to put it in a low gear while rolling too fast, but I was only moving the shifter from right to left.
3. The PTO lever is extremely tight. The PTO and 3 point on this tractor was likely never used. I assume I'm going to need to lubricate some frozen linkage.
4. The AC does not work. All I know is that the compressor does turn on.
Overall, the tractor is in good condition. I just hope it has enough power to handle our JD 535 round baler. We currently pull it with an open-station 7600. Any advice with my repair list or anything else that should be looked at would be greatly appreciated.
1. The engine seems a bit sluggish to me. When I hit the throttle, it is slow to accelerate (in gear or in neutral). It seemed to pull ok, with what little bit of a hill I had to work with. The engine starts perfectly, and sounds just the way it should. There is almost no black smoke at all out of the exhaust, even with a quick heavy load. The tractor does have a lot of extra weight on it, even though the mower boom and loader were not on it when I drove it. I would guess there is also a lot of parasitic drag from the front-mounted pump for the mower. Did Tiger spec. a heavier flywheel? (that's the way it acts IMO). Or maybe a delayed response because of the governor. Naturally, when I get it home, I'll be changing the air and fuel filters. Any thoughts? We had a similar problem with our 345D when we first got it home. Turns out it needed an injection pump rebuild. It's been so long, I don't recall the details, other than the main problem was lack of power.
2. It has the 8x4 with dual power. The 1-4 shifter is not as easy to shift as I expected. It requires a little more effort and travel between gears than what I would consider normal. Going from the 1-2 to the 3-4 side is a long stretch. Also, I noticed it resisting when I was bringing the shifter from the 3-4 side back to the 1-2 side while rolling forward. It was acting like I was trying to put it in a low gear while rolling too fast, but I was only moving the shifter from right to left.
3. The PTO lever is extremely tight. The PTO and 3 point on this tractor was likely never used. I assume I'm going to need to lubricate some frozen linkage.
4. The AC does not work. All I know is that the compressor does turn on.
Overall, the tractor is in good condition. I just hope it has enough power to handle our JD 535 round baler. We currently pull it with an open-station 7600. Any advice with my repair list or anything else that should be looked at would be greatly appreciated.