Class I -- How wide?

[Cliff_Johns]

How wide is a 12LA loader? I can't seem to find
that info on the NH web site. It's also not clear how
wide the Class I machines are with turf or R4 tires. Any
one have such a rig that could give me an idea?
Does it depend on which Class I? I have been assuming
that all the Class I's are the same on the outside,
but have different amounts of Chewy Caramel on the inside.

Cliff

 

[jwstewar]

These may not be exact, but the bucket on my 12LA loader is 54". I have a TC24 with R4s and my width is right about 48" as my 48" Rotary cutter just barely covers my tire tracks. Hope this helps, though turfs will be a be wider. Maybe Inspector507 will chime in here as he has turfs on his 18.

 

[hazmat]

you can get a 48 or 54" bucket for the loader

The tractor width varies depending on tire choice - ags, turfs, Industrials & wheel position (dished in or out).

The Widest tractor I believe is turfs dished out - I think it is 52". R4's dished in are 48". This is all off the top of my head. The owner's manual (at home) spells it out.

 

[Inspector507]

Cliff,
I'd have to measure it when I get home tonight. I have the turfs.
Is the bucket width the loader dimension you're looking for?

 

[Cliff_Johns]

Thanks for the help everyone. It sounds like a small 12LA bucket and R4s
will yield a 48" wide unit on any of the Class I machines. That's
what I wanted to know. People don't always take tractors into
consideration when they put in fence gates.

Other data I've been able to get from the web pages.

The thing I've noticed is that a bigger tractor doesn't cost that much
extra at first. The base prices don't change as much as I expected based
on size and power.

But everything you add after buying that base tractor is more expensive
for the larger tractor, from maintainence to implements to repairs to tires.
You have to think about costs over the life of the tractor, not just the
purchase price of the base machine. Tradeoffs everywhere.

I guess this is obvious to most, but I was somewhat surprised at the
way costs layout.

Thanks again,
Cliff

 

[OkeeDon]

I have a TC18 with R4s (Industrial), 48" bucket, 48" brush hog and 48" box blade. The outer tread measurement is 48" front and rear. I love it. I can line any part of it up, for example alongside a fence, and everything will follow and fit. When navigating, I look at whatever is convenient - rear tread, front tread, bucket edge, rear implement edge, and I know that if what I'm looking at clears, everything will clear (as long as I'm going straight, of course).

I do have a 6' landscape rake for the rear and a homemade 6' root rake that mounts on the bucket, and when I'm using either of these, I'm constantly forgetting that one part is wider than all the rest, and I get hung up or knock things over. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Inspector507]

OkeeDon,
When I mow, the 54" bucket and loader are gone. The MMM is 60" and the RFM is 60" when I use that. The rear blade and box blade are both 60". So......whenever I go anywhere, I have to consider the extra width....... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif, which sometimes doesn't happen. I've been lodged between the proverbial "rock and a hard place" quite a few times /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif