Fractured LS 3039 Frame

[radios1]

Be sure to add the extra plates they use to add support now. See the long thread below about LS sometimes supplying those plates even when the tractors were out of warranty. This is a well know and widespread issue by LS.
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/ls-tractor-owning-operating/298742-ls-frame-issue-video.html

they should have designed the frame properly before they started manufacturing it, though!.. cost savings?..

 

[ruffdog]

I just hope I think twice around mud next time.

They say pictures are worth a thousand words......after seeing the mud pictures, I only had MORE questions. Good you are getting it fixed.:thumbsup:

 

[Ford850]

they should have designed the frame properly before they started manufacturing it, though!.. cost savings?..

From reviewing the several threads and comments from dealers and manufacturer reps, it sounds like the loader frame focused stress on the tractor frame at a bad spot. The plates are really extending the loader frames out past that flex point. There was also a comment from a rep who said they have more issues with the 4xxx than the 3xxx models. Either way, those extension plates are welded on to the loader frames of several models, allowing for an extra bolt placement in the tractor frames.

 

[Industrial Toys]

An ag tractor had a loader added to move manure and bales. It was NEVER intended to be an earth moving machine. It's actually EXACTLY what the name implies, a "LOADER".

Look at tractor history books. The design is all wrong.

 

[ruffdog]

Maybe the frame break happened BEFORE it went in the mud! The break caused the OP to lose control of the steering at then he went in the mud hole. He was lucky to survive the ordeal. The manufacturer should be happy to cover the costs...........:stirthepot:

 

[Bentley Meredith]

If I was still drinking, I can guarantee you that would have been the rap I laid on the dealer!

Maybe the frame break happened BEFORE it went in the mud! The break caused the OP to lose control of the steering at then he went in the mud hole. He was lucky to survive the ordeal. The manufacturer should be happy to cover the costs...........:stirthepot:

 

[radios1]

An ag tractor had a loader added to move manure and bales. It was NEVER intended to be an earth moving machine. It's actually EXACTLY what the name implies, a "LOADER".

Look at tractor history books. The design is all wrong.

but then you see the strong teeth on the loader, and realize they are for moving earth!..

 

[PCABE5]

I'd rather have a tractor from a manufacturer that is not known for making defective tractors. to each his own though..

Which manufacturer is that?

they should have designed the frame properly before they started manufacturing it, though!.. cost savings?..

Is it a design or material issue? Cost savings, I doubt it.

You seem to come across with a lot of finger pointing with no RCA, root cause analysis. Where we're you when John Deere had a frame issue.

 

[ovrszd]

Which manufacturer is that? Is it a design or material issue? Cost savings, I doubt it.

You seem to come across with a lot of finger pointing with no RCA, root cause analysis. Where we're you when John Deere had a frame issue.

I don't think the LA145 ever had frame issues.....

 

[sd455dan]

Which manufacturer is that? Is it a design or material issue? Cost savings, I doubt it.

You seem to come across with a lot of finger pointing with no RCA, root cause analysis. Where we're you when John Deere had a frame issue.

Speaking of frame design...


Anyone know if any CUT's old or new have a cast steel / iron front cradle that mounts the front axle like many utility tractors?

Or are they all built using welded/fabbed up steel assemblies?