Having a blast with our new M62

[4570Man]

The real surprise is that the tires on the front of that L39 didn't go flat ...Besides that you were able to pick up those rocks...

Don’t look down on the little Kubota TLB that could. That machine has twice the loader most comparable sized tractors do.

 

[mike69440]

8 Ply At +50 psi and they get squished a bit, Wheel weights and other ballast bring her up to 4 tons. I redesigned cylinders at only 5mm larger than stock, & run 3,000 psi on the relief, maybe just 5% more than factory. Probably can lift well over 3,000 lbs, but I never lift more than a ton to full height only on very hard level ground real slow. I load rock in the bucket really careful with my excavator. Extended teeth help hold larger pieces. Travel real slow with load low. in 2WD if possible. I bet I moved 100 tons last month. That big one in picture about 9' across. That one did not go in L39 bucket! Excavator really struggled.
Had I purchase a regular farm tractor, suspect I'd have worn out 3 of them by now. L39/L45/L47 stock is stronger than just about any tractor of its size.

 

[rScotty]

8 Ply At +50 psi and they get squished a bit, Wheel weights and other ballast bring her up to 4 tons. I redesigned cylinders at only 5mm larger than stock, & run 3,000 psi on the relief, maybe just 5% more than factory. Probably can lift well over 3,000 lbs, but I never lift more than a ton to full height only on very hard level ground real slow. I load rock in the bucket really careful with my excavator. Extended teeth help hold larger pieces. Travel real slow with load low. in 2WD if possible. I bet I moved 100 tons last month. That big one in picture about 9' across. That one did not go in L39 bucket! Excavator really struggled.
Had I purchase a regular farm tractor, suspect I'd have worn out 3 of them by now. L39/L45/L47 stock is stronger than just about any tractor of its size.

Do you use all those rocks on your place? My own rock walls sure don't look that good; wall-building always struck me as an art form.
Ya know, I'd enjoy learning a bit more about building rock walls. Did you power wash that rock wall in the photo?
rScotty

 

[mike69440]

Do you use all those rocks on your place? My own rock walls sure don't look that good; wall-building always struck me as an art form.
Ya know, I'd enjoy learning a bit more about building rock walls. Did you power wash that rock wall in the photo?
rScotty

Yes those are my rocks.

I am not as good at building walls or a lot else as I was 10-12 years ago. weaker, dumber, tired, and less patient.
I'm the $6 dollar man!
Power wash?

I should power wash my muddy cars and our moldy house siding.

Thunder storms wash walls.

 

[MutzFarm]

I've been a mechanic for so long that I'm out of date on lots of things - but probably not out of date on that front drive axle as it has been around pretty much unchanged since the 1970s and is a simple mechanical system common to lots of tractors.

1. First of all, thankfully that is a sort of lucky failure because that front axle is a separate self contained system from almost the whole rest of the tractor.

2. The problem with it is that bearings don't just fail for no reason. And especially not more than one. Those ring gear ball bearings are oversize, and the pinion bearings are tapered rollers. Having any of them fail is very rare - although I do agree with replacing as many as you can get to if one should fail. Just how far to extend that to replacing other front axle parts is always the question that the mechanic wrestles with. There's no real answer; just policy and philosophy. At the least, I'd ask that the warranty begin again for the front axle. That seems to me to be a reasonable compromise between owner and manufacturer.

3. Fixing anything is the easy part. Figuring out why it failed in the first place is the hard part....but it still has to be done on any job. Especially so when the failure is so unusual.
If the tires are stock, and the axle has oil, then the first place I would look would be the 4WD engagement mechanism. If it is not disengaging properly then the tractor could be in 4wd when it shouldn't - like at road speed - and then the front-to-rear differential ratio might just possibly build up enough stress and heat that it could knock out the front ring and pinion assembly. So maybe ask them to check that foot lever and disengagement mechanism.

Hope you can get it back quickly - great machines.
rScotty

Thanx. Just hope never happens again. They claim it never will. Hopefully have it back Wednesday. I'll try to get more info when I pick it up as they claim now it is kind of a freakish thing.

 

[MutzFarm]

I was kind of questioning a front axle failure on a M62, as the M62 has a lot more front axle than my humble +2200 hour L39 that I incidentally never ever overload?

Does not make sense to me either.

 

[MutzFarm]

8 Ply At +50 psi and they get squished a bit, Wheel weights and other ballast bring her up to 4 tons. I redesigned cylinders at only 5mm larger than stock, & run 3,000 psi on the relief, maybe just 5% more than factory. Probably can lift well over 3,000 lbs, but I never lift more than a ton to full height only on very hard level ground real slow. I load rock in the bucket really careful with my excavator. Extended teeth help hold larger pieces. Travel real slow with load low. in 2WD if possible. I bet I moved 100 tons last month. That big one in picture about 9' across. That one did not go in L39 bucket! Excavator really struggled.
Had I purchase a regular farm tractor, suspect I'd have worn out 3 of them by now. L39/L45/L47 stock is stronger than just about any tractor of its size.

Wow. Nice upgrades.

 

[MutzFarm]

Yes those are my rocks.

I am not as good at building walls or a lot else as I was 10-12 years ago. weaker, dumber, tired, and less patient.
I'm the $6 dollar man!
Power wash?

I should power wash my muddy cars and our moldy house siding.

Thunder storms wash walls.

$6 dollar man....:shocked: :laughing::laughing: :drink:

 

[MutzFarm]

This thing is a swiss army knife. It does everything. Had a customer call us and ask can you do so,e dirt work? We said sure. Didnt know we was gonna bury the old living quarters.

 

[MutzFarm]

I will add the m62 hates South Texas heat. The unit is designed to run at 2,700 rpms. Tried running it there or around that range as I usually do. It kept getting HOT. Throttled down to 2,000 rpms. Didnt have any more issues.