3 weeks and counting......

[rjkobbeman]

Actually they make both a L5040 and L5240, I believe the former is GST and latter HST with a little HP difference.

Yup. The L5040 is a ROPS only GST. The L5240 is an HST that can be had in both ROPS or CAB.

I just noticed that you can't get a Grand L in 2wd except for the smallest one, an L3240. Interesting.

 

[bilrus61]

Yeah its a open station glide shift tractor. A tractor for real men! When I want to ride around in air conditioning and listen to music I get in my car.......

 

[TripleR]

Yeah its a open station glide shift tractor. A tractor for real men! When I want to ride around in air conditioning and listen to music I get in my car.......

Actually real men use non synchronized geared transmissions with no power steering and steel seats; bunch a pansies:laughing:

 

[DiezNutz]

Actually real men use non synchronized geared transmissions with no power steering and steel seats; bunch a pansies:laughing:

That's what I cut my teeth on! :thumbsup:

No pampering here... HST, P/S, and foam padding are luxuries.

Now, a cab? That's just coddling.

 

[TripleR]

That's what I cut my teeth on! :thumbsup:

No pampering here... HST, P/S, and foam padding are luxuries.

Now, a cab? That's just coddling.

One of the tractors I used growing up on a farm was an Allis Chalmers with a hand crank and steel wheels to use in "new ground" as the stobs/roots etc were a bear on our other rubber tired tractor.

Now if it was up to me, we wouldn't have any of these girly tractors, but being a real man and all, I will do what it takes to make my wife happy even if it means riding around in an air conditioned tractor

 

[DiezNutz]

:laughing: "I don't really want that silly ol' cab Sweetheart, but... well doggonit, I just love ya that much!"

 

[TripleR]

:laughing: "I don't really want that silly ol' cab Sweetheart, but... well doggonit, I just love ya that much!"

In all seriousness, when I went shopping for a 30-40 HP tractor, I was going to get an open station tractor. The first place we stopped, my usual dealer, had a used L5030 HSTC that had just been put on the lot. My wife immediately went over to it and wanted it. I told her a. It's too big. b. We can't afford it. We then looked at everything from a B3200 up and decided on an L3940/L4240. This was on a Sunday and when I called Monday to order one, my wife asked me to "just check on that big tractor".

As you can see, I bought it. The upside is that I love it and the downside is that not only was she right, but I was WRONG. Now as to the M8540, did I mention that my son has terrible allergies

 

[DiezNutz]

Y'know, I do seem to recall that you did mention it somewhere or 'nother.

Getting that nice big cab was just the selfless thing to do.

 

[Grandad4]

Actually they make both a L5040 and L5240, I believe the former is GST and latter HST with a little HP difference.

Didn't know that! Thanks for the lesson!

 

[TripleR]

Y'know, I do seem to recall that you did mention it somewhere or 'nother.

Getting that nice big cab was just the selfless thing to do.

Yeah, I'm kind of a Phil Donahue sort of guy.