Pic of my 4010

[RalphVa]

Here's a picture of my new JD 4010 parked in the basement garage of the carriage house. The Gravely's upstairs, as it won't get up the hill from the basement in the winter snow.

LX4 cutter is parked on TSC castors behind and to the left. The Gravely hog is that orange one to the rear of it.

I'm in the process of changing the draft pin locations and rear mount positions on the LX4 in order to raise it higher with the draft arms. Am also going to a chain in place of top link and am thinking seriously about getting Pat's quick hitch gizmos for the draft arms because removing them from the LX4 requires almost dismantlement to move them off the pins. Have pics and discussions on these either on this forum or general/owner operating one.

I posted a review of the 4010 in the Review section. Commented about the low lift height there. Problem seems to be that the top link is longer than the draft arms. The draft arms then want to push the trail wheel into the ground, rather than raise the LX4. Positioning the pins to the lower setting and the frame members in the forward hole will lower the pins and kick the top link location forward to shorten it.

Ralph

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

Nice looking tractor and storage area! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[bigpete]

Ralph--it's stil haunting me. Can you turn the pins on the LX4 inward to overcome your problem? I'm still incredulous that you are having hitch problems with your cutter /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[RalphVa]

No. I think the best solution is a quick hitch, and I'm leaning towards Pat's because I'll have to twiddle with the top link: chain on LX4 and ridgid one for the carryall.

Here's that pic again of my runaway chain with the Gravely cart. You can see the "U" shaped connectors from the lift bars that go to the draft arms. These "U" connectors and the turnbuckles keep the draft arms pretty rigid. With a quick hitch thing, all I'd have to do is to lower, back up and then raise the arms up to the hitch pins. Now, I haven't checked out where the pins fit on the KK carryall yet. They can be put inside or outside. I'm not sure the turnbuckles have enough space to tighten up enough for inward-mounted pins on the LX4. Also, the "U" connectors may not allow the draft arms to swing in enough either.

I plan to move the hitch pins on the LX4 to the lower holes and move the bars forward one hole that go from the top link on the LX4 to near the rear of the LX4. This will give more lift height and should kick the top link of the LX4 closer to the tractor to where it might lift it even with the rigid top link in place. Where the pins and top link is now, when I raise the front of the LX4, the top link forces the tail wheel down, because the top link is longer than the draft arms. My dealer screwed up; I think.

Ralph