5000 Series Safety Problem

[OhioGuy]

I've primarily just mowed with it. I have a older (late 80's) Ford 1220 with the FEL backhoe that I use for all the 3 point jobs.

The mowing deck on the 5252 isn't the easiest to get off and on and the luxury of having two tractors makes life a lot easier.

I was thinking of buying a back blade for the 5252 as a backup for snow removal this winter, OK, I really have three tractors, I have an old Cub 1872 SGT with a 45" snowblower.

I paid less, a lot let for this (the 1872) rig with a 60" deck that the blower was going to cost for the 5252. I would love to have the 5252 set up with a blower but from the dealer it was around $3500.

I will say the 5252 is the finest mowing machine I've ever owned in terms of quality of the cut, turning radius, ease of operation.


Curt

 

[wojnaroski]

Curt,

You will probably want to add some weight to the front for any rear attachments. I know my tractor is very light in the front with the box scraper. It can make it hard to steer.

In the process of getting some suitcase weights from a John Deere dealer for $40 each. My local Cub dealer wants $85 each. Go figure.

No pardons at our house. Put the bird in two hours ago and only now realized that I forgot to turn the oven on! True story.

Happy Thanksgiving. Wojo

 

[Hard]

Well your cub dealer is ripping you off at $80 each for sure. I bought mine for $85 a pair at my Cub dealer. I have 8 in total that I use when I run my tiller, box scrapper, PHD, dirt scoop, 6' rear blade I use for snow removal or 5' rear blade. I leave 4 on when I'm just mowing.

That MMM can be a pain to take off and put back on. I'm thinking about buying another 5234D next spring with a FEL and just leave the MMM on my present 5234D so I don't have to mess it anymore. A rather expensive option, but what the heck, it's only $$$$.

 

[ducati996]

You would be better off getting the suitcase weights from Deere - they are more than 50% less than Cub. You can always paint them if its that important /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I have them both hanging off the back, dont care long as it works /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif