New L2501 Owner

jweedz · Jul 18, 2020

After countless hours of TBN research, I finally pulled the trigger on a new L2501 a few months ago, and had it delivered last month. Will be used mostly for maintenance of a 1,000' driveway, as well as various cleanup chores around the property and whatever else I can justify doing with it (getting the mail/etc :laughing

. So far, really liking this machine!

Roadworthy · Jul 19, 2020

Hi, and welcome to TBN. I guess I just got lucky - no research and I love my L2501.

Tomtint · Jul 19, 2020

I have basically the same setup with the front remotes on my L3700 and the LPGS on the rear. Be careful with the skids on the rear scraper. The front leading edge can wear pretty fast if the LP is not laying perfectly flat.

Peter 315 · Jul 19, 2020

Nice looking tractor ..........:thumbsup:

Thomas · Jul 19, 2020

Your bones and muscles will be thanking you in years to come for purchasing setup. :thumbsup:

The Deerslayer · Jul 19, 2020

Congrats on your new machine :cool2:, and welcome to TBN! I suspect you will be amazed at how many things you will find to use it on and then wonder how you lived without it. Enjoy!

jweedz · Jul 19, 2020

Good info, thank you!

nybirdman · Jul 19, 2020

Wise choice;we have a similar sized(L3000DT) and constantly amazed what that little tractor can do.

Steppenwolfe · Jul 19, 2020

Great tractor you bought. Think about wheel weights, even with loaded tires. Did that with my 3301 and it made a world of difference in the stability. Enjoy!

Fallon · Jul 19, 2020

Steppenwolfe said:
Great tractor you bought. Think about wheel weights, even with loaded tires. Did that with my 3301 and it made a world of difference in the stability. Enjoy!

The economy Ls aren't really safe lifting heavy on the loader without loaded tires. Even if you have heavy ballast on the 3pt.

It took me a while to learn my former L3200 had a loader that could write cheques the rest of the machine couldn't cash. Every machine has a weak point. In this case it's a lack of weight & ballast.

The back of the barn has a pair of pallet fork sized holes because a gate (200lbs?) On the pallet forks while in 2wd was to much. Proper ballast, or loaded tires or being in 4wd would have been fine. Back end came off the ground moving "1200lbs" square bales. Had a rotary cutter on with 100-200lbs of junk stacked on the back for extra ballast. Forget if that was before or after I got the tires loaded. Think it was after.

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