Actual weight?

Fallon · Jul 12, 2018

Ya, tractor + loader + ballast should get you within 10-20%. If you need better than that, hit up your local gravel pit. They usually let you use the scales for free if you dont get in their way. Other places with big scales around as well if you look for em. Drive across with & without the tractor on the trailer if you can't unload & run the tractor across on own.

If that 10-20%is to close to your trailer rating, you need a new trailer. It's never a good idea to push things to close to their limit. Especially when safety like towing at road or freeway speeds is s factor.

oosik · Jul 12, 2018

OK - - so on my M6040 I used all the weights listed for : rear blade, FEL, grapple, loaded rear tires & canopy. Then I added: tank of fuel, hydraulic fluid, engine oil, anti-freeze and gear oil in the front end.

All of this added up to - 9985 pounds. I drove the tractor in to the ADM(Archer Daniels Midland) grain scales in Cheney and it weighs - - 10,100 pounds.

So in all my figuring - there was an error of 115 pounds. I can see how this could happen - Example - the Op Manual says the engine uses 11 quarts of oil when changed WITH the filter. In fact, it takes 14 quarts to get a full reading WITH the filter change also. This could also happen with the hydraulic oil and even the fuel tank.

And I only WISH the 115 pounds was me still on the tractor - DEFINITELY not the case.

Its also easy to see how the manual listed weights of such as - FEL, grapple, loaded rear tires etc, etc could be off slightly.

If you need the EXACT weight - - private grain scales or Highway Patrol weigh station. As long as you aren't looking for a weight certification receipt - having your tractor weighed should be free.

jrbarnard · Jul 12, 2018

I ended up getting the Branson 2400H instead of the 3725H. I wanted the a/c BAD.. lol... but, I will love this for my first tractor.. maybe some day I may want to upgrade, who knows.. for now, all I know is rather than paying $460 a month, I am paying $320 a month and got me a brand new shiney 20 ft trailer AND... I dropped the backhoe off the list and, instead, got a zero-turn mower to boot!

So, tractor AND a new mower that will 'git 'r dun'! lol

Thanks all!

R

oosik · Jul 12, 2018

Well - JR - I do not know your situation there in Cedar Creek but - IMHO - you have already made a wise decision. Swap the backhoe for a zero-turn. I read many posts on TBN over the years where folks want to know - "what is the best way to store my backhoe implement?". Backhoe is a VERY EXPENSIVE rear ballast. If you were going to use the backhoe as much as the zero turn - then it could be justified.

Many years ago - back when God made dirt - I was in Houston and Galveston for a week - in July. I had NO IDEA that there was anywhere in the good 'ol USA that was so hot and humid. At the time I was living in Anchorage, AK. You talk about a shock to the bod. Get on the plane in Anchorage at 72 F and get off at Houston at some unGodly temp and humidity.

Wondering - there in Cedar Creek - are you far enough inland to be out of the influences of the humidity from the Gulf?? Checked the location of Cedar Creek on Google Earth.

jrbarnard · Jul 12, 2018

@Oosik - Thanks bud. I was born in Houston, grew up mostly in Slowdeatha (Odessa.. lol) went into the Navy in S.C., then moved outside of Austin and am stuck here .. heh.

When I built my workshop, I had plans for a 40x60x16 building and aaaaaallll these great ideas. The hardest part was letting reality and common sense kick in and tuning out all the "you can never go bigger, once you go smaller" and going, "okay.... what can I be happy with?".

It was not easy getting a 30x40x10, but it was the right choice, for me.. for my wallet, for my marriage.. heh

With this tractor, it was not so much what others wanted, it was really.. "I" wanted that A/C so so so much... it has taken me almost two years to talk myself out of it. I talked myself INTO it right up till I made the call to make the order, literally. When the words started coming out of my mouth to order, I just could not do it.

I wanted that backhoe. I could have used it too.. like mad... for all of about a month. Then, it would have sat... and sat....till the next time I needed it. Then I called the rental place and asked how much to rent. They do not rent them, they rent the tractor only. So I convinced myself... but, as I made the call, I realized something....

When I get the 2400H.. and I save all that money... when I look at the zero turn and IF it has an issue.. I can jump on the tractor or visa versa... etc..because of all the money I saved, I got a new 20ft trailer, that can haul ALL of it at once now.. and you know what else it can haul?... a stand on trencher that is 125 for the freaking weekend....and can do what that backhoe does, then sits somewhere else letting someone else pay for it.. lol

So, thanks...

I sure did think about that A/C yesterday when it was hot as ****... and my grass.. oh my lord it is tall right now, may take two passes even with that monster of a mower.. but... it will get done.

I cleaned up the riding mower, fixed the tire.. and listed it and the 12ft trailer on craigslist and THAT.. pays for 1500 of something right there too

Thank you all for the great input and the help!

I will post pictures next week when they deliver it all!

Not sure about humidity.. my body only knows heat or no heat lol...anything in between is irrelevant to me

Russ

oosik · Jul 12, 2018

Russ - I'm located 25 miles due SW of Spokane. Out in what is called the scab rock lands. Just enough dirt over basaltic lava bedrock to grow bunch grass and Ponderosa pines. We get hot here too but as the heat increases the humidity drops like a rock. So anything 90 or above - its normal for the humidity to be less than 25%. And a LOT of times - down around 15%.

I thought seriously about a cab when I bought my M6040 back in 2009. Would have been nice in the winter around here. Not much help in the summer. Fortunately - I've spent quite a bit of time in the neighbors BIG Versatile tractor - helping with wheat and hay harvest. The cab helps in those conditions because it can get so darn dusty - hard to see where you are trying to go. My experience might not be normal - close up the cab to keep the dust out - air conditioning on to pressurize the cab and because the sun is shining in thru the acres of glass.

Then there is the cost - even in 2009 it was an added $7K or $8K. Just not in my budget. Besides I have a closet full of Eddie Bauer down clothing for the winter.

Sooo....... it kind of ends up - pretty darn cold from the waist down - however from the waist up its fairly hot due to all the glass and the sun. Open the doors when ever I could to get fresh air - close them when you come back on the return trip because winds not blowing hard enough to clear the dust. I'm in his big Versatile with the "wheat wagon" following the combine.

Now its the - big wait. For sure - pictures of that shiny new tractor would be great.

If you only recognize heat/no heat - - humidity must not be a MAJOR factor.