The BEAST has arrived!

[DT86]

After almost a month of waiting... It is here!! Time to do WORK!! Well actually the 9540 is in the shop getting the 3rd function installed at the moment. Maybe if I slip the shop guys beer money I can have her back by 5. Drum roll please....





This thing is 84 inches HUGE.

Completely inclosed cylinders.

Hoses are inside the frame.

That gray appears to match the Kubota grey!

Hope this isn't more than the little M9540 wants, now that I see it I wonder. I do have loaded rear tires, cast wheel centers and two sets of rear wheel weights.
I plan on tearing out old fence rows, rooting smaller trees and bushes, holding logs up to be sawed for fire wood, feeding round bales and moving cars parked in the fire lane.

 

[MtnViewRanch]

You'll be happy with it, I know that I am with mine. :thumbsup: Their paint sure looks a LOT better than mine did back when I got mine 6 years ago. CID makes some good stuff and looks like they have been improving on the finish some.

 

[creekbend]

Congratulations. You appear to be on :cloud9::thumbsup:

 

[DT86]

They finished the 3rd function about 3pm today. I love this thing, already pushed up two brush piles and set them on fire. I was afraid it was too big but so far so good. Pics of it on the 9540, and the fire to follow. I was so busy smiling that I didn't get any pics today!

 

[clee4020]

You'll love the grapple. My Kubota dealer told me that if I bought a grapple it would stay on my M9540 90% of the time...he was right. Unless I need the load/unload something the pallet forks, move hay with the stinger, or do dirt work with the bucket, my grapple is on the tractor. Not just for brush. I move implements around and move/pick up other stuff too. I went the cheaper route and run mine off rear remotes since I have 2 sets.

You will probably want to modify your brush gaurd on the front of your tractor because I had a limb put a dent in the mesh under the headlights. You can see what I have done. I added mesh to the upper part, made a chain box with receiver tube, but I still need to finish the middle.

 

[bigbull338]

enjoy your new grapple.

 

[DT86]

Thanks to all, and you guys are right, I love this monster! I spent most of the day cleaning up small under growth around larger trees. So much faster and cleaner than using a dirt bucket.

clee4020, I too have two sets of remotes but seemed like having the "rocket launcher" buttons on the joy stick would be faster/smoother operation, so I had the dealer include 3rd function in the price of the tractor.

My dealer came over after work last night to check out how it was working and also warned about breaking the latch and pushing the brush guard backwards into the hood and lights with larger limbs and recommended sticking a bolt into the hole the opposite of the latch (passenger side of brush guard)

I was thinking about adding heavy punch plate to my brush guard but I almost hate to weld and need to repaint it.


Here are some poor quality pics (cell phone/sunset) I took with it all mounted up.

 

[DT86]

Forgot about this one.

 

[clee4020]

Yea, it doesn't seem right welding on something new, but it may keep you from buying a new radiator. Luckily I bought mine used and it already had a few scratches and paint faded on some areas of the brush guard. I think it looks better now than when I bought it.

 

[DT86]

Well I'm for sure going to have to do something, today I dented the screen below the lights!! But luckily not too bad, I just opened the hood and pushed it out by hand !!