Decision Time

[W5FL]

I head of tractor pulls, but this looks like a tractor lift. Guess the rules are simple. Pin the 3 points together and use an extra long hydraulic top link. At the pistol shot, raise the 3 point. The one still on the ground wins.

By the way Mark, how strong are those hydraulic top links? Mine is a Gannon and looks like it is about 4 inches in diameter. Looks strong, but not a single spec available from Gannon (or Instruction Manual).

 

[W5FL]

Can't say as I have ever seen anything fall off a Kubota. It was the John Deere dealer telling me that they had some bolts break in the loader if they were not really torqued down hard.

 

[Bird]

JimBinMI, the only things that fall off Kubotas are careless operators./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird

 

[Cowboy]

This Is Good....This Is Really Good!

I can see it in the future.

Huge Tractorbynet member reunion.

Lot's of laugh's, lie's, fish stories,/w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif good food, not so good food AND....


The LARGEST small tractor competition in, the history of ownership.
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Cowboy
N.H. vs Kubo. (round 1)

 

[MChalkley]

Wen - Well, considering that a 4" cylinder with 2500 psi in it will generate over 31,000 pounds of push and over 23,000 pounds of pull (with a 2" rod), I don't think you need to worry about it. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Mine is only 2" and it's never noticed any load I've ever put on it.

Mark

 

[W5FL]

Hmmm, You mean that little hydraulic cylinder will pick up a TC18? Sounds like that would make a good dump cylinder on Jim's rear bucket.

Seriously, glad to know that it is strong enough to do the job. Gannon seems to do things well, and doesn't have the "can we make it any cheaper and sorrier mentality".

 

[paccorti]

JimBinMi,

I'm sympathetic to your arguments about tractor size. I'd be willing to bet that I could get just about every job done with your TC 18. Of couse how long will it take? I'll probably have 7 mowable acres. Even with a 7' mower this will take some time. On the topic of hp/acre I'd imagine that most owners are all over the place. For example, my good friend has a 25 hsp lawn and garden tractor for his 2 acres (12.5 hsp/acre).

Signed now looking at 125hsp tractors

Peter

 

[stvman]

Jim,

To quote Ronald Reagan "There you go again" /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif It seems you are trying to convince everyone you made the right decision, and for you it may well be.

I believe that tractor HP/acre ratios are useless if you don't consider all the pontentials for use, a TC18 is useless if your moving 3000#rocks.

If you ever decide to go for a loader the most lifting capacity you could hope for is 600/650# and I don't believe it will even take a back hoe.

Maybe I am wrong but to me you seem to get defensive when anyone suggests a tractor with a HP rating higher than yours. I think if you had a 30 HP tractor with a loader and a backhoe you would be surprised how many more things you could do with it . I think you have a great little tractor but someday you might need a great BIG tractor.

You made a dispariging remark before about the "Tim Taylor" mentality on another post. I would venture a guess you have never owned or worked a farm,if you had I don't think your opinion would be the same.

As an example I came upon a trucker one day (18 wheeler)with a dead battery I pull started him with a 1/2 ton Chevy truck (no hill flat plane). Did it pull the truck? yes. I guess that Kenworth was overkill/w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif...

 

[Anonymous Poster]

30hp? How about 35 or 45?

I'm amazed at how much more "push" a 6200lb 35 gross hp tractor has over a 5000 lb 28? gross hp tractor has. Unfortunately to get the advantages of hp aren't realized without weight and that usually means a "bigger" tractor.

I take my 22hp 2200lb BX into places I could never fit the L35, and do things with it that I'd never even bother trying with something bigger. I think it just depends what you're property's like and what you want to do. A tractor that's too heavy (as in having to plywood the lawn to cross it) or too wide or too long is as bad as one that is underpowered, but at least with the little one you can keep nipping away at the problem and eventually get it done (like I do with the L35 when I should be using something bigger)

Then there's the overall "feel" of the tractor. I think a big percentage of these compact tractors are owned by Saturday farmers and weekend users, (some of us dream of being more!) The overall feeling is a a big consideration to me. Maybe it's just because I use the L35 that every time I do something, especially in tight areas with the BX I find my self grinning./w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif It's sort of like my JD Garden Tractor but the BX is a pushin' little fool. I guess you'd call it the "fun aspect".

 

[Anonymous Poster]

And backing up to the fellow that was tractor shopping.

No matter what the specs are, if both tractors will do the job and one feels more comfortable to you, it's a no brainer as even if the other tractor is better in some respects, you're not going to care after hours and hours on the thing.