robertwhite
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So in my quest for the new homestead tractor, I pretty much have settled on the L3400 w/FEL. I was going to do a L4400, but the extra weight is kind of leaning me towards the smaller tractor.
Tractor will mostly be used to mow & hog 15 acres and the main concern of the bigger tractor is sinking/leaving ruts all over the yard with R4's in the flat, clay soil.
That being said, I started thinking that by loading the tires, I am adding another 600lbs or so to the mix, permanently.
That in turn got me thinking of why not forgo the loaded tires and get a ballast box with 500+ pounds and that way, I could just set the FEL & PTO mounted Ballast box in the shop and take a few minutes to hook them up when I need to use the FEL. It would also dramatically reduce the rutting/marking while cutting which will be 90% of the time anyway.
Make sense?
Anyone use a ballast box instead of loaded tires?
Tractor will mostly be used to mow & hog 15 acres and the main concern of the bigger tractor is sinking/leaving ruts all over the yard with R4's in the flat, clay soil.
That being said, I started thinking that by loading the tires, I am adding another 600lbs or so to the mix, permanently.
That in turn got me thinking of why not forgo the loaded tires and get a ballast box with 500+ pounds and that way, I could just set the FEL & PTO mounted Ballast box in the shop and take a few minutes to hook them up when I need to use the FEL. It would also dramatically reduce the rutting/marking while cutting which will be 90% of the time anyway.
Make sense?
Anyone use a ballast box instead of loaded tires?