Any words of caution, buying a 2016 JD 2032R tomorrow.

[Deere Dude]

Thanks everyone for your advise, I will read the manual, tighten all the Lug nuts, ...t.

Re-torque the lugnuts quicker and more often than the owners manual requires for the first couple hundred hours anyway. They loosen up fairly quickly. I did and heard of others ruid studs and wheels by not being pro-active in re-torquing lug-nuts.

 

[Catman8]

That's great, have fun with it! A 60" tiller would be what I would buy, it will have enough power to pull it through the tuff spots. For the forks, I have a set from Artillian and like them a lot. Here is a link.

Artillian 2300 Lb John Deere QA Pallet Fork Sets

Do you know how long Artillian has been producing these forks, I see that they have a lot of cutouts on the sides to reduce weight, do you think over time they could be prone to cracking in those areas, Artillian shows them digging with a front mounted hoe bucket and I'm wondering how long they could stand up to that kind of force vs another brand of forks.

 

[bigtiller]

I bought mine in 2012 from recommendations here on TBN. I have no complaints or concerns about their durability. At 2300 lbs., they are capable of lifting way more than my 2720 with a CX loader can do. I wouldn't be hesitant all about the hoe bucket, in fact, I am kicking around the idea of buying one. All the little cutouts is why it weighs just 73 pounds. If you add the 3" X 42" forks, the entire setup weighs 197 lbs., less than your loaders bucket weighs.

 

[ovrszd]

O trust me, my regional VP of operations were I work seen this picture and about had a heart attack. If I had followed every industrial safety type regulation I'd still be building the barn. No one got hurt and I'm enjoying it now.

I saw nothing wrong with it. Looked like a productive crew to me.

 

[Catman8]

JD arrived today from MN. . I bought the Titan forks and ballast box, the welding on the forks is ok not great, the welding on the ballast box is horrible and the three point pin was bent, but I really wasn't expecting something great for the price, I want to put my money into a good tiller and box blade. I like the tractor so far but need to get the tires filled, too bouncy. I use to operate tractors before all this emissions stuff and remember breathing all those Diesel fumes, I was surprised with the tier 4 engine I'm still breathing all those fumes, is that normal with a tier 4.

 

[MF283]

With a horizontal exhaust you will breathe fumes.

 

[ovrszd]

I never smell fumes on my JD2210 with ***. Exhaust. It smokes like a freight train. I sure wouldn't want a vert. Exhaust when mowing.

 

[Catman8]

With a horizontal exhaust you will breathe fumes.

Well that's not good, I wonder if I can reroute the exhaust to the back, those exhaust fumes are no good to breath, they make me sick and dizzy. So what exactly is all this tier 4 emission standards for if it's giving off exhaust fumes.

 

[bigtiller]

Well that's not good, I wonder if I can reroute the exhaust to the back, those exhaust fumes are no good to breath, they make me sick and dizzy. So what exactly is all this tier 4 emission standards for if it's giving off exhaust fumes.

I wouldn't worry about it. You might get a whiff of it occasional but it certainly isn't often enough to reroute the exhaust. Drive it for a few months and decide what you think.

 

[MF283]

I wouldn't worry about it. You might get a whiff of it occasional but it certainly isn't often enough to reroute the exhaust. Drive it for a few months and decide what you think.

Good suggestion, being new, it may give off more than normal til everything seat's itself. I ran a Kubota on another farm with it, the heat went right to my left foot, not fun in the humidity around here, i'd occasionally get a whiff of it. I've never had a problem with my vertical exhaust other than it setting up limbs to smack my head off:banghead:

That's a nice looking unit catman.

Ronnie