Hay Dude
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You mentioned good traction a couple of times. Are you saying that this machine doesn't perform well on surfaces that aren't paved? I am planning on using it on a 3 acre orchard/garden. I requested a utility management company to drop free mulch if they could and they dropped about 100 yard of mulch in one day and moving it with gc1710 was painful to say the least. I tried looking for case 580 and the cheapest machine around me was 14k. Thank you so much for your input.
Given those tires, Traction will be ok on lawn type surfaces and small hills as long as its dry
Traction will be pretty minimal in mud with those industrial tires and a heavy scoop, which will lessen the effectiveness of the rear weight. Add slopes and it gets worse.
If it had new R-1 AG tires on the rear and it would be improved.
If they arent already, filling the rear tires with fluid would help (at least 99% of people believe that is true).
Another great way to get cheap traction is CHAINS.
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