New 2520 arrived, put right to work

[CompactTractorFan]

Tires are filled, think it needs the ballast box too?

Probably...or a heavy implement like a box blade...

 

[pdp11]

Congratulations on the new tractor. I usually carry my RB2060 rear blade, along with having liquid filled tires, when I do any serious loader work. I've never felt it get light in the back with the extra weight of the blade.

Also, swap the rear tires to the wide offset before the MMM lift linkage wears groves in the inside sidewalls of your tires. It will also improve the stability of the tractor.

 

[kennyd]

Tires are filled, think it needs the ballast box too?

Yes. You need weight behind the rear axle for proper ballast-that makes the rear axle the fulcrum point-whereas now your front axle is (think see-saw). If you read the loader manual it spell's it out pretty clearly.

 

[doabbs]

Also, swap the rear tires to the wide offset before the MMM lift linkage wears groves in the inside sidewalls of your tires. It will also improve the stability of the tractor.

I got the independent lift kit so the 3PH isn't what lifts the mower deck. Should I still move the tires to the wide offset?

 

[North Country]

Deere says you need weight now, before you've even put a pebble in the bucket. More than 1/2 your weight is on your front tires with an empty bucket and it gets worse when you add load.

You may have thought the salesman was trying to sell you a very expensive paperweight (ballast box) but he really was trying to help out...:laughing:

Compact Utility Tractor Ballast Calculator

 

[doabbs]

Deere says you need weight now, before you've even put a pebble in the bucket. More than 1/2 your weight is on your front tires with an empty bucket and it gets worse when you add load.

You may have thought the salesman was trying to sell you a very expensive paperweight (ballast box) but he really was trying to help out...:laughing:

Compact Utility Tractor Ballast Calculator

Says my weight right now is 50/50.

 

[North Country]

I may have missed some details (I don't know your tire size) but I came out at 51/49, which is the point at which they recommend rear ballast. 50/50 is right on the edge. They don't recommend you add front weight until you exceed 20/80 to the rear, so that gives you an idea of what the acceptable range is. You're right at the front limit.

 

[doabbs]

I was able to pickup a 647 tiller for cheap, when I add that it gives me 37% 63%. So I should be good now?

 

[North Country]

According to the JD calculator, yes. I think most of us here would also agree.

 

[glc24]

I was able to pickup a 647 tiller for cheap, when I add that it gives me 37% 63%. So I should be good now?

Yes you're ratio is good now,but do you really want to lug around your tiller when you're doing loader work? IMO get the ballast box,or something that is compact like a ballast box. You could and probably sooner or later will be in a position where the tiller could be damaged.

Greg