PT-425 PROS & cons??

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con: Power Trac Headlights



Problem: The PT-425 OEM Headlights are mounted too low, and can be blocked by a load or attachment on the FEL!



Solution: You can replace the PT-425 headlights with: PM V502HF Flood Beam Utility & Tractor Lights mounted under the front lip of the ROPS Canopy.

Install the new lights in new mounting holes drilled through the canopy lip, bolts up, and wire to the original switch with wires attached to the ROPS. For a pro installation, drill small holes in the top and bottom of the ROPS and route the wires through the inside of the ROPS pipe!


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Attachment: High Bright Lights.

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[blackwell]

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14, Not to take issue with your changes, they sound like good ideas, and I'm sure they work good for you, but to just show how different people think. We use the front hitch provided by PT to move all types of trailors, including a power dumper, the 12' trailor package without tractor, an several other carts and small trailors, you could say, large pallets on wheels. Our people brag about how easy trailors are to move with the hitch ball on the front arms on an articulated machine. We have never used the rear hitch.

We also like the flat black paint, because it is easy to touch up, since it don't chip like gloss paint, thus no sanding and blending in.

We have only added one light, on the rear canopy on the 2445 to see the backhoe better.

I think its neat to see how most people costom their PTs to meet their needs. Saw a PT the other day painted blue, entire machine, with some kind of special GISMO, that I had not seen. Another a year ago in AR or MO mowing a steep bank, painted orange. Looked like a 1850.

As I stated before, PTs must be one of the most modified, costomized, and special attachments made to fit, of any tractor on the market.

Not to try to change this thread, but we should find a central place to post photos only of modified PTs. Maybe have a contest to see who made the most modifications or the most different attachment. Maybe Power Trac could host this on their site!
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[toolz_not_toyz]

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How about adding a light facing backwards for backing up in the dark? Or how about LED tail lights? How many watts can you draw from the PT with all of these extras? Moving from 2x35W to 2x55W is a pretty big jump.

 

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" to move all types of trailors "

The critical word here is "move" ! I do not "move" my trailers or DR Chipper, but rather "use" them! For example, I mount my Grapple Bucket with the Stump Grinder, axe, rake, and shovel inside, hitch up my DR Chipper to the rear ball with it's tool basket full of chainsaw, gas, bar oil, wedges, and hand tools, and off I go to my job!!
I would not like to drive for up to a mile in reverse through twisting woodland trails just to get the DR Chipper to the job, and then have to go back for everything else!! (Even if I were one of your employees, getting paid by the hour!!)

To just "move" a trailer around, I would drill a hole in a Fork and mount a ball on it!

I won’t even mention that the PT Towing Adaptor also costs nearly TEN times as much as my Custom Hitch!!!! Or about FORTY times as much as a Ball In The Fork Hitch!!!!

The Power Trac articulates in reverse also!!



" We also like the flat black paint, because it is easy to touch up. "

Note that I specified Valspar Anti-Rust "SATIN" Enamel! It is very tough, does not chip or scratch easily, blends well when touched up, and does not have the cheap shiny look of gloss or the dull look of flat!! If you spill gasoline on it, you can wipe up the gas without wiping off the paint!!



" I think its neat to see how most people costom their PTs to meet their needs. "

That's why I started this thread - to show what I, in less than 2 months of ownership, have found, pro or con, about the PT-425. FOR ME, these have been improvements to an already fine machine! Are they mandatory? NO, but for me, they make the PT-425 a little better, a little more useful, a little prettier, a little safer, or just a little more mine!! In the future I will be pointing out some of the many pros, but, for now, I will be concentrating upon curing it's few cons!



" we should find a central place to post photos only of modified PTs "

Sounds good, but no coon tails or fuzzy dice!! By Model! I hate to get all excited about a modification only to learn that it only applies to a PT-2460 with a Plugger Kit!!



“ PTs must be one of the most modified, costomized, and special attachments made to fit, of any tractor on the market. “

That may be because the Power Trac is a quality, unique, fun to operate machine that inspires it’s owners with a desire to make them even better!! Power Trac owners don’t seem to be the type that are most interested in having the latest hat or t-shirt, or bragging about how much they spent on a foreign CUT with an American made decal on it! And they enjoy answering the oft repeated question: “What the Hell IS that!!??!!”!!


Attachment: Custom no-weld Ball Hitch.

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[Charlie_Iliff]

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Hitch on 1845

 

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Nice job, Charlie, but too much welding, $$, and work for my light duty needs!!



Your hitch should give you about an extra 100# of FEL lifting capacity!!!



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[MossRoad]

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Tow Hook on my PT425.

 

[MossRoad]

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Spinner Knob on steering wheel

 

[MossRoad]

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$10.00 soil slicer

 

[MossRoad]

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Animated googley eyes!

Oops, sorry.

Half finished grapple bucket.

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