So my dad and I just picked up a gehl hl 2600 skid steer. Unsure of year. Motor starts and runs fine, and bucket works great also, lifts bucket, tilts it with no hesitations. However, it doesn't like to move very well. It gets stuck in forward and reverse and turning doesn't work very well. We have gotten it to move every way it can but you really have to mess with it. When we got it, the hydraulic fluid was pretty low and super contaminated, (filters looked like **** also). Drained fluid and replaced fluid and filters and that seemed to help a little bit, but definitely did not solve the problem. Could there be junk in one of the pumps causing this, or a bad pump/motor. Not too familiar with how these work. Any help/comments is greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot!
That is an oldy machine; one of the first that Gehl made. I would check the main drive belt off the engine for proper tension. If that's ok ; check for loose linkage parts from handle to hydrostats. If everything is OK your hydrostat units are probably chewed up. If there is any scoring of the valve plates and the rotating group you will have too much fluid loss to operate properly. Terry