Ballast for B2601

[LarJea]

As long as you don't space your wheels wider than your mower deck and loader bucket, any size will work.

As far as the 54 inch mower on my B2601 is concerned, the wheels on the mower are just ahead and further out of the back wheels, so looks like anyway, that 2 inch spacers would put the rear tractor wheel/tire edges around a inch or so behind the mower tires. Hopefully that's not to close. I am contacting Bo-Tec now on spacer price and thinking about buying the $335.+ $30. shipping ones on e-bay, but hoping to find some cheaper ones that come with studs. What kind of spacers is that in the picture you posted?

 

[rswyan]

Thanks for all the responses. This is my first small tractor and it looks like I have a lot of learning to do ...

It's good that you recognize this ... don't ever sell that idea short.

You can get yourself in a whole pile of trouble - including the dead kind - if you do.

Traversing sideways across an incline with a (substantial) load in the bucket ain't something that's a real good idea.

Even just a slight depression in the terrain on the low side could be enough to radically alter your balance and push things past the tipping point (pun intended)

 

[chucky79]

CUT = Compact Utility Tractor
SCUT = Sub Compact Utility Tractor

Didn't see anyone else answer that yet. Im a year in and still on the learning curve with my BX. Mowed my hillside and she made my butt pucker so I loaded the rear tires which made a huge difference. I really want the next size in b2301 like u got but have been told by multiple people to stick with the BX for my hill. Considering its primarily a mower I plan on listening.

 

[LarJea]

CUT = Compact Utility Tractor
SCUT = Sub Compact Utility Tractor

Didn't see anyone else answer that yet. Im a year in and still on the learning curve with my BX. Mowed my hillside and she made my butt pucker so I loaded the rear tires which made a huge difference. I really want the next size in b2301 like u got but have been told by multiple people to stick with the BX for my hill. Considering its primarily a mower I plan on listening.

Thanks for the Cut/Scut definition. I would have got the BX too if I was going to mostly mow hillsides. In fact, I would have got one anyway had the B2601 not come along. So far, hillside mowing is working out and expect to get better when my rear wheel spacers show up.

 

[russellm]

post a picture of it on your hill when you get a chance

 

[LarJea]

I actually have taken pictures of the Kubota on the hill. Waiting for one of the kids to come by and show me how to post.

 

[russellm]

In the quick reply, select the "insert image" icon (third from right), then select choose file button from the popup (make sure "from computer" tab is selected), then after you select the image, you choose "upload files"

 

[varmint]

Whoever has that water view is a lucky person! I added wheel spacers (1.75") to my L3400 just because that was the size I could get a great deal on, and they seemed "right" without being so big that I might run into un-foreseen issues. I sense more stability, even though I seldom operate on anything called a slope unless I am headed straight down or up. Easy first step, IMHO.

 

[Citydude]

As far as the 54 inch mower on my B2601 is concerned, the wheels on the mower are just ahead and further out of the back wheels, so looks like anyway, that 2 inch spacers would put the rear tractor wheel/tire edges around a inch or so behind the mower tires. Hopefully that's not to close. I am contacting Bo-Tec now on spacer price and thinking about buying the $335.+ $30. shipping ones on e-bay, but hoping to find some cheaper ones that come with studs. What kind of spacers is that in the picture you posted?

They are Bo-Tec 4" spacers. 200 hours on them and no issues. I contract mow right of ways with a lot of slope work. They are well worth the money. Make sure you torque the bolts to specs and put red lock-tight on them.

 

[AxleHub]

Oops . . Someone already covered what I was going to say.