New Guy First Tractor

[Forky]

That was 18 minutes of painful bias toward Yanmar...first 3 minutes when they compare cost, it's the added warranty that add plus k's to the price of Kubota to keep Yanmar in the ballbark for a inferior tractor to the Kubota. Additional cost to the price that is not necessary ... with service that is par non for Kubota. No way they will ever convince me that I bought the wrong tractor...sorry to disappoint. Watch your bottom...it's close to the ground.

 

[ProfJeff]

OK so the weights are in! Next questions.
How high or low do you carry them? I would think the answer is as low as possible without hitting the ground, right?

When storing the tractor, do you let the weights just hang off the hitch or do you put some support under them so the hitch isn't holding up 500 pounds for days without use?
Thanks all!

 

[RjCorazza]

I doubt it really matters, but I store my stuff with no weight on the hitch. A cut to length 6x6 looks like it would work.

 

[Williy]

Forky you say Yanmar is a inferior tractor? I ;guess they must be as there are over 75 different tractors that are powered by Yanmar diesels
Yanmar made tractors for John Deere for over 20 years and they still use the Yanmar diesels and Yanmar has been making diesels for over a
100 years for ships and all kinds of equipment etc. with all these companies using Yanmar diesels they surely must be inferior

IMO Kubota & Yanmar are both quality tractors but being an old
fart I like comfort. The joy stick for the Kubota you have to reach
out to operate the bucket and no cab for it. The Yanmar has an
adjustable arm rest that the joy stick to operate the bucket is in
your hand and Yanmar has a cab and 100+ temps don't agree with
this ole fart I'm 81 maybe you young guys like the joy stick for the
bucket out next to the steering wheel I don't.

this guy was walking down the street just looking around and he
happened to see a ladder up against this house and looking up
he sees this blonde painting her house with 2 great big heavy over
coats on be walks over and says excuse me but why do you have
2 great big heavy over coats on when the temp is over 100 degrees? blonde just following directions she holds up the paint
pail and says see put on 2 coats


willy

 

[blacktruck]

OK so the weights are in! Next questions.
How high or low do you carry them? I would think the answer is as low as possible without hitting the ground, right?

When storing the tractor, do you let the weights just hang off the hitch or do you put some support under them so the hitch isn't holding up 500 pounds for days without use?
Thanks all!

You asked a couple of good questions.
I would run with the weights in a raised position. Less chance of bottoming out if crossing a ditch or depression. The difference in height of where the tractor carries the weights is negligible in the case of stability. Before I get flamed for that, if the high point was above the wheels it would begin to have an effect. Also it would have to be a significant amount of weight that is probably more than most of us carry on the tractor. A few hundred pounds mounted on a weight bracket on the back will not change the stability of the tractor in normal operations. Raise the weight up and do your work. A good precaution is the keep your head on a swivel while operating the tractor. If you will be operating on a slope that seems to make you uncomfortable, lower the weights or drive up and down the slope instead of across it. If you get a feeling of uneasiness when operating, stop and check your surroundings and conditions. Trust your instinct. As far as the next question, lower the weight. This particularly true if it is being supported by the hydraulics. No need to have the extra weight hanging on the tractor at rest. Also even more important is from a safety aspect. In all almost all equipment and almost all instances, standard practice is to release the hydraulic pressure and lower the load to a resting position.

 

[Williy]

You guys talk about ponds, hills and valleys and I stick one foot in the
bathtub and get sea sickness and put the other foot on the edge of the
tub and get air sickness woe is me!!!

why don't they have phones in china? too many wongs and too many
wings and they might wing the wong number!

willy

 

[ProfJeff]

You asked a couple of good questions.
I would run with the weights in a raised position. Less chance of bottoming out if crossing a ditch or depression. The difference in height of where the tractor carries the weights is negligible in the case of stability. Before I get flamed for that, if the high point was above the wheels it would begin to have an effect. Also it would have to be a significant amount of weight that is probably more than most of us carry on the tractor. A few hundred pounds mounted on a weight bracket on the back will not change the stability of the tractor in normal operations. Raise the weight up and do your work. A good precaution is the keep your head on a swivel while operating the tractor. If you will be operating on a slope that seems to make you uncomfortable, lower the weights or drive up and down the slope instead of across it. If you get a feeling of uneasiness when operating, stop and check your surroundings and conditions. Trust your instinct. As far as the next question, lower the weight. This particularly true if it is being supported by the hydraulics. No need to have the extra weight hanging on the tractor at rest. Also even more important is from a safety aspect. In all almost all equipment and almost all instances, standard practice is to release the hydraulic pressure and lower the load to a resting position.

Thank you, trying not to damage it in the first 50 hours! I just figured out yesterday that I needed to lengthen the top link and tighten the sway stabilizer turnbuckles--thanks YouTube!
I had 0 training / orientation when I bought it, very disappointed.