GaryS
Gold Member
I had quite a scare this weekend with my MF 1428. I was helping a neighbor dig out from the ton of snow we got and the right front wheel buckled and came off. I was pointed in that direction so that wheel had weight on it. The bolts just stripped right out. I was able to jack it up, get new bolts at TSC and get 4 of the six back in got get the tractor back home. I think a contributing factor was that I had the front wheels filled with foam a couple years ago. Doing that added a bunch of weight and I lost a lot of traction. I'm going to have it taken to the shop to have the foam tires cut off the rims & replaced with regular tires again and have them rethread the holes that got striped. Heck, I'm going to have them check everything up front because I bet if this side failed, the other side is weakened too.
The photo shows a couple of the stripped bolts and a new one from TSC just for comparison. I was a heck of a day.
The photo shows a couple of the stripped bolts and a new one from TSC just for comparison. I was a heck of a day.