belarus 825

[size=18:dbe2d004ef][/size:dbe2d004ef]I just bought a belarus 825 to use for blowing snow. I am just getting used to the controls. It seems that I can drop the blower by moving the lever to the right of the seat or by pushing outside lever beside steering column, to the front. However to raise it back up I have to have lever beside seat pulled back and then move lever beside steering wheel as well. Its very hard to look out the back and watch blower while having to stretch ahead to operate that lever. Is there another way to do this?

I really cant help you but I understand the issue. I have a side arm ditch mower on mine - cheap tractor that allows it to stay hooked up to that one implement. It actually runs pretty good and has good stability and visibility....But the controls???

It almost seems like every time I figure out what gear to be in and what leaver to move to make an adjustment the tractor gremlins change their mind about where to send the oil out of the hydraulic valves... good luck
Grant

my brother has one of those for moving snow, he does as you describe, drop the blower with lever beside seat and raise with the one beside the steering wheel, he thinks there is a way to set it up to use the lever beside the seat, but has not figured out how....I used that tractor a few times, no wonder they do not make them like that anymore... where you located? need a 825 for parts? the crank broke this past summer while he was chopping hay... we are in central Wisconsin..

(quoted from post at 10:20:23 12/22/16) my brother has one of those for moving snow, he does as you describe, drop the blower with lever beside seat and raise with the one beside the steering wheel, he thinks there is a way to set it up to use the lever beside the seat, but has not figured out how....I used that tractor a few times, no wonder they do not make them like that anymore... where you located? need a 825 for parts? the crank broke this past summer while he was chopping hay... we are in central Wisconsin..

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I would love to get one for parts. unfortunately I am in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

The lever by the seat is draft control. I've been around 805/825/5260 etc and that lever was best left alone, tie it all the way back and use the lever next to the steering wheel.

These tractors have down pressure on the 3pt and the lever by the steering wheel makes the double action cylinder work.

The 3pt and remote controls are about the poorest ergonomic thing I've run. They are not designed to be used when turning around.

The later 5370's etc had the levers bent back towards the driver and a joystick for the remotes.

If it was my tractor I'd clamp an bent extension to the lever so it could be reached.

Yours have the twisty shift? I actually liked that once I got used to it. Used to do lots of haulage with one, no clutch up or down.

The lever beside the seat operates the 3 point in draft or position control, depending on the position of the selector lever thru the hole
in the cab floor near the seat on the left side. The right hand lever has a 'neutral' position which can be tricky to find, with nothing on
the lift arms, operate one of the remote levers near the windscreen (not the one for the linkage nearest the dashboard) and when the lever
beside your seat is in neutral position the 3 point will remain stationary when a remote is operated to cause the release valve to operate,
the linkage is prone to siezing, and with the lever etc bolted to the cab, and the valve bolted to the chassis is also prone to coming out
of adjustment frequently.
IF you can find the neutral position, use the lever at the front, back to raise, forward to lower (power down), farther forward until it
locks is float.
It sounds as if the right hand lever is way out of adjustment, siezed up, or the selector knob below the floor is not engaged with the
external draft or position linkage, you should be able to lift with the right lever also. Adjustment can be obtained by adjusting the
length of the operating linkage under the right rear mudguard, removing the seat and the access panel below it fully exposes the linkage
and valve for service.

I have one of these, it too has become a single use tractor (spraying). I have used the 3pt for cultivating and mowing, while it never worked real good, I used the lever by the seat to raise and lower it. I never used either lever by the steering wheel to raise or lower it. Early on, one winter I used it on a snow blower it worked OK , this was before the lights and switches started giving me trouble, but since then it gets put on the JD, brother won't put up with the 825. When it was on the blower I used one of the remotes by the steering wheel to control the spout. I used a vice grip clamped on those handles so I can reach them better.

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The lever by the seat is draft control. I've been around 805/825/5260 etc and that lever was best left alone, tie it all the way back and use the lever next to the steering wheel.

These tractors have down pressure on the 3pt and the lever by the steering wheel makes the double action cylinder work.

The 3pt and remote controls are about the poorest ergonomic thing I've run. They are not designed to be used when turning around.

The later 5370's etc had the levers bent back towards the driver and a joystick for the remotes.

If it was my tractor I'd clamp an bent extension to the lever so it could be reached.

Yours have the twisty shift? I actually liked that once I got used to it. Used to do lots of haulage with one, no clutch up or down.

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Yes, mine has the shifter that you twist the knob to change gears. I am still trying to figure out the all the way forward for high and all the way backwards for low. and then adding in the high/low shifter on the floor. makes for a lot of combinations. I probably only use about 3 or 4 of the gears.
And I will try the extension on the lever. Thanks for everyone's help. Its really frustrating trying to figure this stuff out from a loosely translated Russian manual.

Yes, mine has the shifter that you twist the knob to change gears. I am still trying to figure out the all the way forward for high and all the way backwards for low. and then adding in the high/low shifter on the floor. makes for a lot of combinations. I probably only use about 3 or 4 of the gears.
And I will try the extension on the lever. Thanks for everyone's help. Its really frustrating trying to figure this stuff out from a loosely translated Russian manual.

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18 speeds forward, 4 reverse. Shift pattern should be on the front window glass. Should be geared nice and slow for snow blower.

Think of the range selection as being it's own transmission that you use the main stick to bump into gear. Twist knob all the way to the left, shove into the range then pull to center and twist knob back into the speed gates. 9 is same in both high and low range which can mess you up. Road shift pattern is high range 6-7-8-9

I always left the foot pedal tilted forward in "direct" , that grinding POS reducer pedal I hated it, only time I could get a clean shift was pulling a harrow or something in low range, stab clutch and jab pedal and it'd drop right in perfect and you'd keep going. Never could get a clean shift on the road, which would of been nice cause the gap between 16th (8 direct) and 18th (9 direct) is big and 17th (9th reduced) was exactly halfway in between.