MT357HC getting delivered tomorrow: do I need wheel spacers?

Macinnis · Oct 22, 2020

PCABE5 said:
Just ordered one should be delivered on Monday or Tuesday.

The factory add on for the loader 3rd function is now the Walvoil valve. I think they didn't use this before due to clearance issues which are gone now that they made the valve horizontal.

I forgot to ask my dealer about that...may I ask what they are charging for the third function and install?

PCABE5 · Oct 22, 2020

Don't know yet. It bolts right to the side of the loader valve. Really neat and tucked away.

Avenger · Oct 22, 2020

Congrats!! :cool2:

PCABE5 · Oct 23, 2020

Macinnis said:
I forgot to ask my dealer about that...may I ask what they are charging for the third function and install?

He told me this morning that the kit is about $1000. Would be valve, hoses, new joystick handle and fittings.

hammick · Oct 23, 2020

You may already know this but the MT357HC comes with 3 rear remotes. If you don't need all 3 you could extend one up front for a cheap 3rd functions.

Macinnis · Oct 23, 2020

Thanks for the info...sounds like a fair price.

lostcreekranch · Oct 24, 2020

PCABE5 said:
He told me this morning that the kit is about $1000. Would be valve, hoses, new joystick handle and fittings.

Have you, or your dealer, looked into the WR Long 3rd function?

W.R. Long, Inc. | Valve Kits

We have them installed on both tractors. I've had three of their valve kits and they've been flawless.

PCABE5 · Oct 24, 2020

lostcreekranch said:
Have you, or your dealer, looked into the WR Long 3rd function?

W.R. Long, Inc. | Valve Kits

We have them installed on both tractors. I've had three of their valve kits and they've been flawless.

Yes I'm familiar with those kits. I'm attaching a picture of how the LS one would look.

oosik · Oct 24, 2020

Cheers!! Nice tractor. Regarding being tippy. If you are running on a side slope. You will probably "chicken out" LONG before you simply tip over. What is far more likely - on a side slope and one wheel drops into a hole. Having 3" wider wheel spacers is very unlikely to help in this situation.

My M6040 weighs 10,100#. I have Ag rims and they are set at the widest setting. Outside to outside - 82". I'm open station. I've had my rear tire drop, unexpectedly, into a dip/hole and it made my guts tie up in a knot. However, upon close inspection - I was tilted over but no way even close to tipping over.

I know - for a God honest fact, I would NEVER attempt to traverse a slope that would result in a tip over. I'm just to chicken and the required slope would be beyond excessive. Simple visual analysis of an excessive slope would prevent even trying.