Tractor Sizing How important is rear diff lock on CUT?

[TJP89]

Fair enough, but here the price difference would have been closer to 10K equivalent.

OK, HST is not worth 10K to me. I would have gone gear in that case.

 

[onelostdogg]

OP here. Just an update...I have 2.2 hours on my EX3200 and already got into a diff lock situation on some rutted ground. No regrets at all. . Thanks for the advice.

 

[SPYDERLK]

OP here. Just an update...I have 2.2 hours on my EX3200 and already got into a diff lock situation on some rutted ground. No regrets at all. . Thanks for the advice.

Trying to visualize. ... I anticipate split braking would have been more appropriate for that. Was steering involved? Side slope?
larry

 

[scoutcub]

QUOTE=onelostdogg;4213774]OP here. Just an update...I have 2.2 hours on my EX3200 and already got into a diff lock situation on some rutted ground. No regrets at all. . Thanks for the advice.[/QUOTE]

:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[scoutcub]

Trying to visualize. ... I anticipate split braking would have been more appropriate for that. Was steering involved? Side slope?
larry

:stirthepot::hissyfit::muttering: :laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[Fawken]

OK, this is an old thread, but for me diff lock has saved my arse more times than I can remember. Mind you my Ford is really small and didn't always have an FEL which has also gotten me out of some slimy, yucky, muck that I should not have ventured into in the 1st place. I've always imagined (right about the time I start sweating bullets) that big heavy, 4wd machines never get stuck and therefore don't need diff lock.

 

[vtsnowedin]

I've always imagined (right about the time I start sweating bullets) that big heavy, 4wd machines never get stuck and therefore don't need diff lock.

Imagination will get you in trouble someday. A bigger machine just needs a deeper snow drift or mud hole to get stuck in but there are plenty of big , really big mud holes out there.

 

[jonnmero]

Imagination will get you in trouble someday. A bigger machine just needs a deeper snow drift or mud hole to get stuck in but there are plenty of big , really big mud holes out there.

As pointed out, a bigger machine will just get you into bigger problems if you're not considering the limits of your equipment. And it is easier to get into a sticky situation when you think that all the different gadgets will always get you out.

 

[RalphVa]

Very important. Many times, you'll get one wheel out of contact with ground. Tractor won't go without diff lock then.

Ralph

 

[LD1]

Very important. Many times, you'll get one wheel out of contact with ground. Tractor won't go without diff lock then.

Ralph

It will go if you have split brakes