Compact Tractors are Designed All Wrong

[Creamer]

Or ...... have “very well behaved” snow that does not fall on your roads??

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Are you claiming you can train snowflakes?

 

[lostcreekranch]

Are you claiming you can train snowflakes?

I see what you did there.

Some little “snowflakes” are untrainable. They just need to go to their “safe spaces”.

My roads ....... are not safe spaces for any snowflakes.

 

[Creamer]

I see what you did there.

Some little “snowflakes” are untrainable. They just need to go to their “safe spaces”.

My roads ....... are not safe spaces for any snowflakes.

Thanks! I appreciate that!

 

[Xfaxman]

Tractor loaders are definitely on the wrong end? What is your reasoning for that? I can not imagine wanting it on the back even if I had a swivel seat.

Ken

The straight axel should be under the loader. Much stronger that way. The non pivoting axel should be under the loader. Much more stable that way. The engine should be at the opposite end as the loader. It would serve as ballast and not block your vision that way. Really you couldn稚 do much worse. Look at a machine that痴 designed better such as a skid steer, wheel loader, or forklift.

Right. That is why I put a loader on this machine:

 

[bcp]

Other DIY builders do it right, too.

Bruce

 

[Xfaxman]

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Hydraulics drive attachment are expensive. Forward facing mowers are better unless it痴 a big one. 15 foot bat wings aren稚 a very good candidate to be pushed. Tractor loaders are definitely on the wrong end. And if you haven稚 figured it out Americans like doing a lot of things like grandpa. Even if it痴 wrong or not the most efficient way. Foreign equipment is much more intuitive than ours.

Big mowers can be pushed, but the ones I've seen are on commercial single purpose machines:

 

[4570Man]

Those are golf course mowers. I’ve never seen a batwing rough cut push mower.

 

[Creamer]

Those are golf course mowers. I’ve never seen a batwing rough cut push mower.

Why not? Is it because that is the hitch? Modern hay machines mount on the front and rear of tractors.

 

[Xfaxman]

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Modern hay machines mount on the front and rear of tractors.

Yep, a lot of hay mower pictures here: front mount hay mower - Google Search

 

[MultiMow]

Some are better than others. The ones with pinned sway bars and telescoping end links are pretty easy to hook up. The ones with turn buckles and fixed position ends suck pretty bad to hook up. And you could get a quick hitch if you’re still not satisfied. Regardless of how bad it does or doesn’t suck I’d hate to give up that pool of implements. And SSQA isn’t a good replacement either. It’s not made to take much abuse while being pulled. That puts nearly all the force on the small pins at the bottom.

I couldn't disagree more. SSQA has been reliably used on skid steers with well over 50hp in highly abusive applications for 9,000hrs+. If it can stand up to a non-articulating wheeled chassis (skid steer = bumpy as ****) with a forestry mulcher and a power rake... it can easily withstand the abuses of sub-30hp subcompact tractors.