I've had this tractor since Father's Day 2007 and I never posted a picture of it so I thought it was time. It just went over 73 hours yesterday morning. I have been very impressed with the performance of this little beast. So far I haven't found a task it couldn't handle. Prior to this purchase I had owned a 1952 Ferguson TO30. The ease of use compared to the dinosaur is amazing. My wife wouldn't even touch the Ferguson with a 10 pole. Once I introduced her to the 2520 she wants to drive it all the time. I hate to say this but, she actually has more seat time than I do. She has taken on the job of mowing our ten acres! This is a good thing because it actually gives me more time to do other fun things with the tractor.
An interesting thing happened to me yesterday. I was moving some dirt around the property early in the morning to back fill this planting bed I'm building. The pile of dirt I was moving was frozen from the night before. Since the dirt was frozen I was able to pick up a great deal of dirt, the dirt was actually hanging off the front and sides of the bucket. I thought this was great because I wouldn't have to make so many trips. Wrong!! I almost rolled it on its right side when I tried to get back on the driveway.
I took the same path to the house as I did a few days ago when I moved a couple buckets of dirt and didn't have any problems. I found out there is a fine line between a safe load and one that isn't so safe. I didn't have the ballast box on the other day why should I need it now??? Well, I was in a hurry and didn't want to mess with those stupid wire clip thingys the other day so I didn't load the ballast box. Conclusion, from this day forward I will NEVER use the front loader without the ballast box installed! It's better to get the job done safely and use a little more time than not get the job done real fast!! OH, quickly dropping the bucket to the ground prevented the tractor from flipping on its side
An interesting thing happened to me yesterday. I was moving some dirt around the property early in the morning to back fill this planting bed I'm building. The pile of dirt I was moving was frozen from the night before. Since the dirt was frozen I was able to pick up a great deal of dirt, the dirt was actually hanging off the front and sides of the bucket. I thought this was great because I wouldn't have to make so many trips. Wrong!! I almost rolled it on its right side when I tried to get back on the driveway.
I took the same path to the house as I did a few days ago when I moved a couple buckets of dirt and didn't have any problems. I found out there is a fine line between a safe load and one that isn't so safe. I didn't have the ballast box on the other day why should I need it now??? Well, I was in a hurry and didn't want to mess with those stupid wire clip thingys the other day so I didn't load the ballast box. Conclusion, from this day forward I will NEVER use the front loader without the ballast box installed! It's better to get the job done safely and use a little more time than not get the job done real fast!! OH, quickly dropping the bucket to the ground prevented the tractor from flipping on its side
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