workinonit
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Yea, no hills around here. I'm sure that's a different operating experience. I pucker when a rear tire drops in a mud hole.
It's a 4WD, no cab and no bucket......and no weights. Got a lot of hours on it and will need the breaks worked on as they drag, plus a new radiator. But for the price all that is okay.
What I am a little concerned about is that the purpose for it is to haul a 225 gallon PTO driven water tank when we do prescribed burns. The frame the tank is on is a beast...3/8 X 2 SQ welded tubing.....and it's not just a underframe but a box frame. So the frame must add a good 300+ pounds.....maybe a lot more.
My concern is that even though the "specs" for the tractor say it will handle in the 3300 pound range I know from experience with other tractors that just because it will lift it does not mean that you want to be wandering about the woods with whatever it is attached.
So.......225 gallons.....1800 pounds....+ at least 400 more for the frame pump and the like......is this going to flop around and be dangerious?
Or is it far enough under the spec max to where it is going to be reasonable?
You mis understood what I said.@LD1
I would expect the 5320 to handle the weight better than the 630 did. The 630 may be a little heavier as shipped from the factory and have a little longer wheelbase, but the 5320 is a stouter machine with heavier axles and tires that can withstand more counterweight, particularly on the front end. The 6.00-16 front tires on the 630 have about half of the weight-carrying capacity as the tires on the 5320 and the axle construction would be similarly lighter on the 630 as well. Those old tractors weren't designed to be heavily ballasted on the front to be able to lift heavy mounted implements, they were mainly designed to pull drawn implements. Shoot, the 30 series is only the second generation of Deere to even have a standard 3 point hitch.
You mis understood what I said.
I said nothing about how "stout" the 5320 is compared to the 630.
Its symply a physics calculation. The 5320 is LIGHTER and a SHORTER wheelbase (shorter lever-arm). Therefore WITHOUT front end weight.....its foolish to think the 5320 can lift as much as the 630. As the 630 can lift enough to make the front wheels come up........given that it is LONGER and HEAVIER......physics says it will take LESS weight to make the 5320 do the same thing
I still stand by my statement that the 5320 would only handle 180 or so gallons without ballast added.Unballasted, the 5320 can likely pick up a bit more weight and retain steering control than the 630,
I still stand by my statement that the 5320 would only handle 180 or so gallons without ballast added.
NO ONE here is arguing about adding ballast, that was you. Infact everyone was suggesting TO add ballast.
So Agree to disagree. I dont think a bare 5320 is gonna outperform a wide front 630 in simple terms of what it can lift before the front gets light. Continue to argue all you want, it wont change my mind, and simple phtsics and geometry doesnt support it