Finally M59 delivered!!!!!!!!

[Bill in VA]

The blessed event finally happened!!

Some pics should be included here showing:

The delivery; since it was pretty tall on the rollback I had them drop it off on the road due to tree limbs.

Heading home; just tooling along for what I'm sure will be many trips on our road.

Reaching out; I just had to take one stab at the shale bank en-route.

Practice; we spent some time stacking small boulders to start getting use to the backhoe. My youngest son is shown.

My initial impressions on the M59 are that the exhaust design stinks(literally, rScotty warned me about that), the turning radius was much better than I expected(very maneuverable!!), and the backhoe tore into the shale bank with no problems. Plus I need much more practice with the loader, the hydrostatic transmission is wonderful (our other is manual shift), and it will take me awhile to find the right range for various tasks.

Funny how the payment book arrived the same day.

Now the road wars begin. More later........

 

[beppington]

That is awesome!

 

[TripleR]

Congratulations, very nice piece of equipment as well as property.

 

[powerstroke444e]

Sweet machine, I only wish I could find enough work for one like that I have its baby brother the B26 and it has been bullet proof. I can only imagine the trouble I would get in to with that big dog.
Enjoy and don't for get to locate those underground utilities.

 

[Trigger]

:thumbsup:

Nice! Congrats.

Did you decide on a name?

 

[Jaylegger]

Very nice, hydraulic thumb too you lucky dog.

 

[cdaigle430]

The blessed event finally happened!!

Some pics should be included here showing:

The delivery; since it was pretty tall on the rollback I had them drop it off on the road due to tree limbs.

Heading home; just tooling along for what I'm sure will be many trips on our road.

Reaching out; I just had to take one stab at the shale bank en-route.

Practice; we spent some time stacking small boulders to start getting use to the backhoe. My youngest son is shown.

My initial impressions on the M59 are that the exhaust design stinks(literally, rScotty warned me about that), the turning radius was much better than I expected(very maneuverable!!), and the backhoe tore into the shale bank with no problems. Plus I need much more practice with the loader, the hydrostatic transmission is wonderful (our other is manual shift), and it will take me awhile to find the right range for various tasks.

Funny how the payment book arrived the same day.

Now the road wars begin. More later........

Just one big problem, they delivered it to the wrong house

 

[kongmen]

Awesome looking tractor, don't play err.. work to hard.

 

[Adiredneck]

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[rScotty]

The blessed event finally happened!!
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Reaching out; I just had to take one stab at the shale bank en-route.
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and it will take me awhile to find the right range for various tasks.
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More later........

Congratulations on getting your M59! What do you think of the backhoe in shale? Was it what you were expecting?

On range selection, I just leave the right hand main range lever in the midrange for most work but am constantly flicking the column mounted splitshifter between high and low.

You'll know when you need to use low range. High seems to be a traveling gear only.

I did get into some deep mud last week and had to use low/low, 4WD, the differential lock, and even a bit of FEL bucket curling to crawl out. Still, there was no doubt we were going to make it.

Although the operator's manual seems to concentrate on full throttle operation, I prefer to run our M59 at just above idle with the autothrottle control turned off for backdragging and for backhoe work, advancing to about half trottle for leisurely lower-noise road travel on the flat.

Ours has been an excellent tractor; hope yours does as well. And I also hope someone eventually offers a high exhaust stack. That's the only flaw in an otherwise very nice machine.
rScotty

 

[kuboman]

Hmmmm.....I am quite jealous.:laughing:

 

[Johndeere3720]

Awsome new tractor! :thumbsup:I bet my tractor could fit in your bucket.:laughing: If you ever run out of projects to do with it, Im sure We have a few things to keep er' busy for you.:laughing::thumbsup:

 

[Bill in VA]

Thanks for all the comments...much appreciated.

I've been giving it a go on the shale bank we were going to use for fill. rScotty knows I had a concern if the tractor would handle the shale or not.

The first pic shows the view from my seat. So far (although I bogged it down once) it has handled the shale just fine. The second pic is just sort an off seat view. We call this black or dark shale. It comes out larger and is tougher to break the big chunks apart. I'm using it to fill in some deep ruts. Then I'll switch to another spot where there is what we call yellow shale which is smaller and breaks apart easier. We''ll use that for topping. I'm no geologist but I assume the darker was just compressed harder over time. Both the spots I'm digging out will become pull-offs to let vehicles by on an otherwise narrow road.

The third pic shows a large shale rock I popped out. This was an outcropping in the middle of the road and it was one of my tests to see what the M59 would handle. It did it without hesitation.

The last pic just shows one of the spots I'm filling. Very rough now but at least the rut is getting filled.

I'm working primarily in low range. I think once I get the hang of the loader I can step that up to M. I haven't even thought about high range yet.

To be honest I'm a little scared of this thing and that is probably healthy.

More later..............

 

[CurlyDave]

To be honest I'm a little scared of this thing and that is probably healthy.

It is very healthy.

Every time I get on my machine I remind myself that "this thing knows a hundred ways to kill you in a heartbeat."

My first job is to prevent it from doing that. Accomplishing any real work is secondary.

Looks real good, you will like it.

 

[magicheater]

That sure is one serious loader frame. I could not help but notice that your right rear tire looked a bit low in the last pic, unless the grass was extremely high. Really like the canopy, heck I really like it all!!

 

[SB photo]

You will love it the more you use it congrats on the m59.:thumbsup:

 

[KubieTwo]

That is one nice tractor. I am sure it will earn its keep and be a pleasure to own.

I was clearing a drainage canal yesterday with my B7510/Woods bh, got as far as I could because as I got nearer the creek, my bh would not reach the depth needed to clear any more. I was thinking then how nice it would be to own an M59. I am not sure I can justify one, and I know I can't afford one, but it is certainly my dream machine. I am impressed with how it tore into the shale.


Congrats and Enjoy.

 

[MarkV]

Bill glad you got your tractor. It is sure one fine machine. A little tip for you. Get religious about greasing the backhoe pins and bushings. Digging in the rock can be hard on them and they are very expensive to replace, not that you will have to worry about that for a good while.

MarkV

 

[crazyal]

Nice looking tractor. I'm not sure how the Kubota's are set up but my Case has both a hand throttle and a foot throttle. I often use the hand throttle when I first start her up to get the engine reving a little faster than idle to help get the oil flowing. I have made the mistake more than once where the hand throttle was advanced as I've started to drive. The engine not being at temp wasn't reving up much past normal but after driving it's warm and now the hand throttle is reving the motor up high enough so if you let off the foot throttle it'll keep moving. So now I have a little mental check list in my head that I always follow.

 

[rScotty]

Nice looking tractor. I'm not sure how the Kubota's are set up but my Case has both a hand throttle and a foot throttle..... (when)... it's warm and now the hand throttle is reving the motor up high enough so if you let off the foot throttle it'll keep moving. So now I have a little mental check list in my head that I always follow.

I'm thinking they are set up the same way. Seems like they ought to be anyway, and I might have experienced what you are saying on a cold morning or two. Neither machine should do that, but given cold oil they might.

Here's how the M59 is set up. It has a hand throttle that only controls the engine, and also there is a foot pedal for however much hydro F/R that you want. The foot pedal is also connected to an automatic throttle that will give it more or less fuel to meet the hydraulic demand and idle down if none. Plus a dial for speed of response. I think that's the same way the Case 580 is set up. And just like the Case, there is a switch on the dash that turns off the whole automatic throttle system and allows the operator to just run it via foot pedal for the hydro and hand lever for the throttle. I set it that way when traveling on the road because for neither of the Case nor the Kubota does the engine really know how much load it is about to see. It only knows what the foot demand is and so it helpfully revs up to be at max efficiency at whatever foot/pedal position/hydraulic setting it sees. That's a convenience when doing loader work, but not needed when just roading. So I turn it off.
The Case 580 was on my short list when we got the M59...I could sure use the extendahoe for cleaning out the creek, and in fact we like just about everything about the Case. Low hour used ones come in about the same as a new M59. My wife was more impressed with the Cat TLBs, but what finally turned the scales was a lot of tight fits between trees plus some soft ground where the M59 could get in and the bigger machines just couldn't. What I was concerned about was that the M59 wouldn't have enough power relative to the Case, but it turns out to suprise me by having ample. It's an industrial machine sure enough. But frankly if either JD or Case or Cat had built one the same size I probably would have gone that way....of course then I would have missed out knowing just how good that M59 is. It's one well worked out machine.
rScotty