m5040
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- Nov 23, 2008
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- Tractor
- Kubota M6040 L2250, JohnDeere 310D, Ford 841 Elenco, Ford 961, Trapmaster, PT180 w/LM bucket and 45" brush cutter, PT1430 Deutz w/grapple bucket, Antonio Carraro Tigrecar 6500. John Deere 5300. Former owned Steiner 430 max, Goldoni REV Maxter 7
IMHO the PT tractor is a jack of all trades and master of none. It would be nice if they had a high/low range (instead of swapping wheel motors) but they don't and yet still develop the torque to run a bucket into a bank and fill it with material. I have PTs and regular tractors and almost never use the regular ones except for a logging (winch) and snow plowing due to the cab. I have wrote before that on the PT the engine sits low and between the wheels unlike standard tractors. After using mine for years, I can almost not worry about a roll over on side hills (this might be a bad thing). Unlike me, you might be better off with the PT cutters as I mostly use skid steer implements which are much heavier and exasperate the side hill issue.
Just yesterday I thought of this post while using a rotating log grapple on a side hill and was annoyed at how far out of plumb is was hanging (due to the side hill) and how it couldn't get below the brush because the jaws were now not parallel to the ground. After I picked up a pile, the grapple swung and caused the uphill wheel on the PT to lift off the ground an inch or so. (these log grapples swing around like a cowbell. Although this happened it still felt OK, even know it was the worse scenario I could imagine with the loader at full height and a hanging load that would swing out beyond the wheel track. I think once you use a PT with front attachments you will park your Kubota.
I agree on the diesel, and wonder what they will do once they use up their supply of 45 and 60 HP Deutz engines?
Just yesterday I thought of this post while using a rotating log grapple on a side hill and was annoyed at how far out of plumb is was hanging (due to the side hill) and how it couldn't get below the brush because the jaws were now not parallel to the ground. After I picked up a pile, the grapple swung and caused the uphill wheel on the PT to lift off the ground an inch or so. (these log grapples swing around like a cowbell. Although this happened it still felt OK, even know it was the worse scenario I could imagine with the loader at full height and a hanging load that would swing out beyond the wheel track. I think once you use a PT with front attachments you will park your Kubota.
I agree on the diesel, and wonder what they will do once they use up their supply of 45 and 60 HP Deutz engines?