Ford 1520

Marveltone · Jul 25, 2011

mcgyve said:
Thumb grapple, gotta look into that, thanx for your encouraging words, hoping to have some fun with the old girl. Gonna do all the filters and fluids on it soon, oil and fuel right away

The Thumb is incredibly useful, and I can't imagine working without it. It was available in different sizes to accommodate different buckets. The price was also reasonable. There are many other good brands of grapples out there also. Shop around and read the many threads on TBN regarding them.

Good luck!

Joe

mcgyve · Jul 25, 2011

Yes I looked into the grapple looks like it would be very useful. I've got brush, limbs and rocks and misc. to move, I'll have to figure out down the road how to plumb it in, I'm ordering a shop manual soon, I'm used to wrenching on my own junk, been a boat mechanic for forty years and don't trust a lot of people when it comes to working on my stuff. I'm a computer technician and still work on boats especially this time of year so I keep busy

RobertBrown · Jul 25, 2011

Turbys_1700 said:
I have owned the bigger brother to your tractor, a 1720, for five years now...
Bought it used with 245 one owner hours...
I now have 550 hours on the tractor...
Mine has been stone cold reliable...
I service it every year and that's about it...
You will be very pleased with your purchase...

I own the bigger bigger brother, 1920 and it's been nothing but reliable. I really like this machine. I think you'll like yours to.

fordson51 · Jan 6, 2013

hello happy new year. I was wondering if you can give m the overall width and hieght of the tractor with the loader and mower deck. I have the same setup as you and it was givin to me and i need to pick it up. I need to know if it will fit on my trailer. thanks for your time. steve