Pulled the trigger on a 5100M

[Mistyridgefarm]

Forgot one tip - If you want mount any items to the built in threaded holes in the cab, go to RAM type mount supplier. The threads are 10mm and RAM makes a ball socket to fit. Then go from there. I saved over hundred bucks on just mounting my bale monitor.

 

[wmonroe]

Very nice tractor! Glad it is working out how you want.

 

[arlen4720]

with the bucket level, the lip is 2" or so above grade. The lift cylinders are fully retracted. I'd prefer the boom to go all the way to the ground.

That seems odd. Deere list the digging depth for that loader on a 5M tractor at 5 inches. You're saying you can't get a level bucket down to grade? If so, I think you have a setup issue.

 

[bigblock]

What he said.^^^^

 

[Mistyridgefarm]

Well, it will dig, but you have to angle the bucket downward. I looked at the specs and you are correct that it says 5" digging depth. I see no adjustments or settings that could be changed. My 520 loader has to positions to put the lift rod ends in to switch between digging depth and maximum height. The H260 does not have this as an option.

 

[bigblock]

It's hard to see in the pictures but this is my 5105M with an H260. With the bucket level it just lifts the front wheels clear of the floor. The front tires turn freely by hand.

 

[Mistyridgefarm]

I didn't get home before dark so I could not get pictures. BigBlock, I noticed you have the skidsteer attach. Mine is the Global. I wonder if the attachment points on the bucket are too low, raising the bucket higher in relation to the dump pins? Would you mind measuring from the floor to the grease zerk on the bucket pin on loader side. I'll measure mine tonight for comparison. The one I mean is the lowest on the loader arms.


Also, I found my first drip last night. Looks like there is a very small hydraulic leak near the rear axle, just right of center. My son is going to look harder this afternoon in the daylight.

 

[arlen4720]

I didn't get home before dark so I could not get pictures. BigBlock, I noticed you have the skidsteer attach. Mine is the Global. I wonder if the attachment points on the bucket are too low, raising the bucket higher in relation to the dump pins? Would you mind measuring from the floor to the grease zerk on the bucket pin on loader side. I'll measure mine tonight for comparison. The one I mean is the lowest on the loader arms.


Also, I found my first drip last night. Looks like there is a very small hydraulic leak near the rear axle, just right of center. My son is going to look harder this afternoon in the daylight.

Those aren't skidsteer mounts, they are regular John Deere mounts. The global should put things in the same place ( I thought). Do the loader mounts themselves have any adjustment? Or maybe the wrong mounts are on the tractor?
It just can't be right not to be able to scrape (and dig) with a level bucket.

 

[bigblock]

I didn't get home before dark so I could not get pictures. BigBlock, I noticed you have the skidsteer attach. Mine is the Global. I wonder if the attachment points on the bucket are too low, raising the bucket higher in relation to the dump pins? Would you mind measuring from the floor to the grease zerk on the bucket pin on loader side. I'll measure mine tonight for comparison. The one I mean is the lowest on the loader arms.


Also, I found my first drip last night. Looks like there is a very small hydraulic leak near the rear axle, just right of center. My son is going to look harder this afternoon in the daylight.

Arlen4720 is correct. That is the standard JD mount. I will try to measure tomorrow if I don't get called to work early.

 

[arlen4720]

Also, maybe both of you could list your tire sizes...that has to play a role somehow