Recent content by Fred hunstable

Yes it is, which imho means the oem prob should have addressed it a very long time ago, cost would have been relatively minor to have used a beefier ram shaft, who doesnt use a tractor to back drag But my biggest complaint isnt the failure itself as much as the no response from TYM at all...

Yep see them too, i didnt really expect much out of them, really just wanted to make sure they were aware and they strain hardened and treated them properly, but being ignored and no response is really what gets me. And of course letting the general public know there appears to be an issue…

Even a piece of A36 1 1/2” steel rod should easily hold 35 to 50 ksi Hard to believe it put anywhere near that amount of force on it as a bending moment

Well aware, but engineering should have assumed it would at least be capable of carrying the weight of the tractor front end

What gets me is ive been in construction 40 years and have back drug everything from concrete to stone to dirt, you name it and never bent rams like that on any make,,, Especially just on cow poop and hay

No, had blade straight down It does supposedly have a good warranty on drive line and my paperwork reflects it, course this was before TYM. But not even a phone call response is pretty poor customer service.

Couple of years ago I stopped by my local tractor dealer and looked at a Branson 3515c basic tractor with cab and front end loader. What convinced me to buy it was price was good and the 6 year bumper to bumper warranty. Been pretty machine but recently had something happen that ive never had...