budepps3760
Silver Member
In just the past 2 weeks I paid $1200 for repair of my steering on my Mahindra 2810. I was using an implement that was a tad bit too heavy, causing the front end to come off the ground, damaging it when it came back down.
I made 3 weights for the front, each weighing about 150 pounds each. They will be installed in a manner that allows for removal but my preferred option would be to keep them on at all times if possible as I recently had shoulder surgery and as I get older I don't desire to manhandle them in the future.
Question is this, the tractor was designed to use a front end loader so I know it can handle the weight. The center of the weights would be about 18 inches in front of the center of the front axle. Is there potential to damage the front axle in keeping the weights on at all times? There is really only 1 implement that I use that I would to need to use the weights for, a 7 foot land plane. My land is fairly hilly where I would plane as well as bush hog. Would the continual use of the weights cause a greater potential for a roll over when using the bush hog? My slope indicator, at the largest amount of grade, is about 20-25 degrees of slope. The pucker indicator correlates to the indicator.
Recommendations?
I made 3 weights for the front, each weighing about 150 pounds each. They will be installed in a manner that allows for removal but my preferred option would be to keep them on at all times if possible as I recently had shoulder surgery and as I get older I don't desire to manhandle them in the future.
Question is this, the tractor was designed to use a front end loader so I know it can handle the weight. The center of the weights would be about 18 inches in front of the center of the front axle. Is there potential to damage the front axle in keeping the weights on at all times? There is really only 1 implement that I use that I would to need to use the weights for, a 7 foot land plane. My land is fairly hilly where I would plane as well as bush hog. Would the continual use of the weights cause a greater potential for a roll over when using the bush hog? My slope indicator, at the largest amount of grade, is about 20-25 degrees of slope. The pucker indicator correlates to the indicator.
Recommendations?