Buying Advice: Tractor Sizing

[RSR]

I think it was back to basics. A good watch.

Found it. It's "Back to Basics - Full Movie". It looks like it starts at about 25:00.

Thanks!

 

[Citydude]

I think it was back to basics. A good watch.

Your welcome!

 

[Citydude]

That is pure horse feathers.

Cabs are NOT fragile.

You just have to actually pay attention to what you are doing, a little bit.

That may be a tall order for some.

Yep, my neighbor has a cab. Been in the woods with it for 15 years. No issues and he doesn't baby it.

 

[4570Man]

I don’t like cabs. Although if I was snow blowing on a regular basis or working in the heat 10 hours a day I’d have a different opinion.

 

[ericm979]

The one disappointment with my grapple (EA Wicked 60" double lid) has been picking up firewood rounds. It's no better than the bucket was.. maybe slightly worse. I think it'd be even worse at picking up split firewood. It could be that I need more practice but I have loaded a couple large gooseneck trailers with rounds using it and I have not gotten even a little better. For every other task it's been better than expected. So I'm not disappointed. But you may be if picking up firewood was the primary reason for getting it. I'd at least talk to people who have tried to pick up split firewood with a grapple and pay close attention to the spacing between the tines. Most grapples (like mine) have wide enough spacing that burnable size material can fall through.

Could you task the boys with stacking firewood in the boxes (or do it yourself) and then use forks to move them?

Kubota rates their loaders at a distance from the pins (I think it's 18" but could be wrong) while most everyone else rates them at the pins. You don't often pick up something by the pins so that inflates the rating somewhat.

My Branson dealer ships. Others do as well. So far I've only needed filters.

 

[4570Man]

I could pick up split firewood off concrete pretty well, but not so much off dirt. I couldn’t pick up very many at a time but picking up rounds of firewood was no problem. What is your setback with it?

 

[Citydude]

I could pick up split firewood off concrete pretty well, but not so much off dirt. I couldn’t pick up very many at a time but picking up rounds of firewood was no problem. What is your setback with it?

Are you picking up rounds one at a time? Trying to pick up rounds out if a pile is fruitless in my experience.

 

[rngrrymd]

No.

More properly two questions.

1. What percentage of neophyte tractor operators damage their tractor due to lack of experience during first five years of operation, to an extent requiring dealer repair?
[Neophyte operators do not know what they do not know.]

Answer: 100%


2. What percentage of neophyte tractor operators buy a too light tractor first, then operate it constantly at 100% trying to compensate, leading to repetitive damage requiring dealer repair?

Answer: 25%


It is not the hardware. It is the software.

Jeff, can you please provide the proof to back up this asinine statement. 100% of first time users damage their tractors in 5 years?? Bull. Or maybe you just speak from your own experience?

 

[4570Man]

Are you picking up rounds one at a time? Trying to pick up rounds out if a pile is fruitless in my experience.

I could usually pick up big ones 3 at a time off the ground. Picking up rounds under 12” took forever and I threw those in by hand. I could get a few out of a pile but you had to get under the bottom. Moving rounds isn’t a very common occurrence for me since I try not to cut them until I’m ready to split them because as you’ve found out moving rounds is hard.

 

[Citydude]

I could usually pick up big ones 3 at a time off the ground. Picking up rounds under 12” took forever and I threw those in by hand. I could get a few out of a pile but you had to get under the bottom.

I usually lost more than I packed out of a pile. I guess I expect more productivity than I should.