The real frustration is that I bought this tractor when I accidentally killed my 27HP Cub Cadet. I continually find jobs that the old loader did that this one on my 41HP LS cannot. On top of that, the size of the loader between the boom pivot and the bucket pivot is 12 inches less, so it is also a smaller loader, and things I could reach with the Cub Cadet, I cannot reach with this one. Add to that that the bucket width is also a couple of inches less than the full 60" that the Cub Cadet's was. It all continues to chafe. It is pretty sad that I have to hope I can someday resurrect my 27HP tractor so I can have that better loader again.
Here's a really weird thing too. The first week or so that I had this tractor, I popped a hydraulic hose on the roll-back side of one of the bucket cylinders! It's hard to imagine I'm short of pump pressure or the relief is set low. That's the only time I've popped a hose on two tractors. That happened moving a few skinny logs on my bucket forks. I soon discovered I couldn't move enough weight on those forks and so, had to build my log forks to gain enough mechanical advantage to do the work I needed to do. Work I was used to doing with the same bucket forks on my Cub Cadet.
I'm sure that my Cub Cadet would roll back toxicjeeper's lathe without a grunt.
