The BEAST has arrived!

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clee4020 said:
Yea, it doesn't seem right welding on something new, but it may keep you from buying a new radiator. Luckily I bought mine used and it already had a few scratches and paint faded on some areas of the brush guard. I think it looks better now than when I bought it.
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I like your brush guard, but the place for the chain is awesome. I'm going to have to get one of those fabbed up. There's no good place on my 7040 to stow the chain.

Now, that Grapple is really the deal.


Charlie
 
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Well I found out something else today I'm going to have to figure out a solution to. I was raking through the ashes of a brush pile to sort out a few larger pieces that hadn't burnt all the way through to move them to another pile. I was backing up and heard this gawd awful racket coming from the engine. Shut it down and jumped off to find a stick the front tires had kicked up rubbing into the fan!!! :( I got it loose, no damage to the fan, but when I fired 'er up the battery light came on. OH NO! It got the fan belt too!! ... Kubota price $40 (not in stock), auto parts store $15 (come get it)...

The bottom of the fan is wide open to the ground, I will admit on our old Deere under the fan was inclosed but it gathered lots of crap that came in from the sides and leaking hydro fluid. I'm thinking that I'll have to fab up some expanded metal or punch plate to prevent this from occurring again.
 
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I love my grapple and have used it quite a bit considering all the dead trees from the drought. The only damage I have done while using it was not to the front of the tractor, but from a log that popped up at the rear tire and wedged against the hydraulic line bracket and tore up the bracket, broke one line and bent two others. Would love a solid belly pan to prevent this from happening again.
 
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At almost 1000# my grapple does limit what I can pick up, but I do love having all the iron up there.
 
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@Bubbles, I mean Mace.... MIL hahaha!!! That Sir would imply I'm married. Something I have no intentions of doing soon.

@ AGGIE00 One thousand pounds you say? I knew mine was heavy but I'm not sure mine is that heavy. What brand/size do you have??
 
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I also have a M9540 with a 84" grapple. A lot of fun and quite useful. I've done a barn tear down with mine and am currently clearing 15 acres of bottom land. The tractor will pick up more than it should and as you stated you have to be very careful of what pokes up.

Cary
 
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Yeah I have had both of the hydro lines (one on each side) that run the lift cylinder spring a leak at the fittings from lifting way too much.
 
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DT86 said:
@Bubbles, I mean Mace.... MIL hahaha!!! That Sir would imply I'm married. Something I have no intentions of doing soon.

@ AGGIE00 One thousand pounds you say? I knew mine was heavy but I'm not sure mine is that heavy. What brand/size do you have??
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Frontier AV20G I say...operating weight 972lbs, shipped weight 1012lbs.
 
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