Bob77064
Elite Member
Welcome congrats
If I were you the first thing I would build is a ROPS.
Roll over protection was one of the first thoughts I had for this rig yet I was mostly thinking about a canopy. I have to figure out some way of bringing it up behind the fenders and attaching to the loader arm pillars somehow. It has to be seriously stout if it's to help in a rollover situation.. Where I live there is not much slight grade.. it's either flat or goat territory.
I love that Massey, looks like a hotrod =) and as far as weight for the rear goes cheap is better. I read up somewhere around here where someone had built a box and filled it with concrete and pvc pipe so you can carry your shovels, rakes, chainsaw, etc. It's a great idea, yet somehow I can't justify building a single purpose attachment for the rear.. If I'm going to have weight back there, it will have to be on top of a box blade.
k0ua, how many gallons roughly did you put in your tires? I suppose I can break out my hydraulic book and get a rough estimate.. RV antifreeze here is around $5 a gallon.. $2 a gal for windshield washer fluid, or a 5 gallon pail of concentrate for $60 that makes 160 gallons.. I think I've found the winner xD