New JD 70 owner needs some help.

Ditto on JD70Jim's advice about the manual. It's a cheap way to keep yourself from making expensive mistakes.

The old Powetrol isn't fussy, but the loader cylinders might prefer JD hydraulic fluid -- or some name brand hydraulic fluid. 10wt is generally hard to come by in any event.

Other tip: in my experience moving snow with a loader is an exercise in futility. A cheap scrapper blade on a 3pt on the back will do the job almost infinitely faster. The loader bucket shines for moving critter droppings, dirt and other stuff, but it's much quicker to just push snow to the side of your driveway with a blade.

Also, the brine in your tires will eventually rot the rims. I'd drain it. A 70 is fairly heavy to start with. Do some hobby farming and see if you really need the weight. If so, see if you can get some bolt on weights for the wheels before you resort to putting that caustic stuff in the tires.

Good luck with the big old popper! Hope you come to love it the way the rest of us guys love ours.

Steve

Do I have to remove the tires from the rims to drain the brine?

Thanks

I'd get the valve stem down at the bottom, then jack up the tractor a bit, remove the valve stem then pump out the brine.

You know these things are really, really heavy, so you're going to need a good jack, lots of big wood blocks for support, an air pump, a water pump, etc. If you don't have the equipment, don't want to risk seeing your tractor fall off the stands, and just generally believe that discretion is the better part of valor in these situations, then the better way might be to call the local tractor tire service guys. Might be time for a new set of tubes anyway if you have a leak.

Watching those guys jack up the tractor, defalte the tire, dismount the tire, then slip out the tube will teach you a lot. Then you can decide if you ever want to tackle that kind of job.

Steve

As to what oil, for the trannsmission, the book says sae 90 for temps above 0*F. That's GL-1 which may be hard to get. Once again, consult with the Dealer, but I suspect that 85w90 gear oil will be fine.

Use 10w in the powrtrol or regular JD Hydraulic fluid---the POWRTROL won't be fussy.