Well as some may know I bought a 175c loader about 6 weeks ago. Between work and family and it needing every service item in the book due to being neglected. Waahlah. Its finally in the dirt.
Man what a great machine. The first day was a little rough as I have only ran tractors and skid loaders with any skill. Its hard to get used to that bucket being sooo far away. And add to that you cant see alot, ya kinda have to go by feel. Today being the second day was much better and coordinated. The black locusts were dropping like flies, the roots however are another matter. Putting the ripper down and tearing the maze of roots really put a load on the machine. I ran it most of the day at about 5/8 to 3/4 throttle, it seems to spin too much at full throttle.
Im curious about fuel burn , I made a dip stick for the tank to somewhat gauge the fuel qty. It looks like it burned a 1/4 tank at about 5.8 hrs running time. That should work out to about 3.5 gallons a hour, that cant be right? My ls190 skidder with a 3.0 ltr burns that a hour. One guy with a 466dt in a tractor thought about 7-10 and hour depending on how hard you work it.
Any of you IH dresser guys with foot steer? I got a question about the power assist pedals. The manual doesn't say how hard they should push down. I would say mine push down about like a clutch pedal in a bus or a dump truck. Does that sound right? After six hours my legs and knees were kind of hurting, Im wondering if my boost cylinders might be weak? ( or im a woosie ) I mean are they suppose to be like a power brake pedal in a car? Thanks B
Man what a great machine. The first day was a little rough as I have only ran tractors and skid loaders with any skill. Its hard to get used to that bucket being sooo far away. And add to that you cant see alot, ya kinda have to go by feel. Today being the second day was much better and coordinated. The black locusts were dropping like flies, the roots however are another matter. Putting the ripper down and tearing the maze of roots really put a load on the machine. I ran it most of the day at about 5/8 to 3/4 throttle, it seems to spin too much at full throttle.
Im curious about fuel burn , I made a dip stick for the tank to somewhat gauge the fuel qty. It looks like it burned a 1/4 tank at about 5.8 hrs running time. That should work out to about 3.5 gallons a hour, that cant be right? My ls190 skidder with a 3.0 ltr burns that a hour. One guy with a 466dt in a tractor thought about 7-10 and hour depending on how hard you work it.
Any of you IH dresser guys with foot steer? I got a question about the power assist pedals. The manual doesn't say how hard they should push down. I would say mine push down about like a clutch pedal in a bus or a dump truck. Does that sound right? After six hours my legs and knees were kind of hurting, Im wondering if my boost cylinders might be weak? ( or im a woosie ) I mean are they suppose to be like a power brake pedal in a car? Thanks B