HCJtractor
Veteran Member
- Joined
- Jan 28, 2009
- Messages
- 1,544
- Location
- upstate South Carolina, Greenville
- Tractor
- Kubota M6800, Massey Ferguson 240
My buddy and I co own a M 6800 that we use on our hunting property. He was clearing for a new food plot/shooting lane today and just about has it finished. We have a grapple, and he thinks it turns our tractor into a bull dozer. But in his defense, the area was just about clear, almost ready to disc. On the last pass out, he drove over a dislodged cedar stump that was about 3 feet long and 5" in diameter. It was already loose and just sitting on top of the ground. Whe he passed over it, it somehow got cocked upward and found the one unshielded vunerable spot under the tractor. It drove upwards smashing both hydraulic filters, breaking two hoses, and bent the right floor board up about 5 inches. Of course it also bent the bottom of the fender where the floorboard attaches, and bent the back of the sheet metal behind his right calf, and the bends were bad! The accelerator pedal and rear remote hydraulic lever were locked down by the bent sheet metal, and the diff lock pedal was also. I could not believe the damage!! Of course he also lost 42 quarts of hydraulic fluid. The bends are really too bad to even try to straighten. So the entire floor of the tractor and the left fender is shot. Not a good day. At least he wasn't hurt. You would think the undercarraige would be better shielded! This is going to be a nightmare to repair. I really need to pull the whole right rear wheel off, but of course it is loaded, has a cast iron weight, and weighs a ton!
Grapples are really nice, but since we have had one, it had caused us to really damage our tractor. So beware.
Grapples are really nice, but since we have had one, it had caused us to really damage our tractor. So beware.