RalphVa
Super Member
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2003
- Messages
- 7,902
- Location
- Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Tractor
- JD 2025R, previously Gravely 5650 & JD 4010 & JD 1025R
I'm surprised that they'd let the tractor out the door without either loaded tires or a ballast box if it has a bucket. Gotta have one or the other, preferably both. I put something on the back. Last winter, it was my soil ripper. In the spring/summer, it was my LX4. Now, I have the Frontier back blade on it. In heavy snow, you need something, plus loaded tires, back there for safety.
The 4010, 2210 and 2305 units are very light weight. You can easily get 1,000# in even a 50" bucket. That's 1,000# out front of a 2,200 # package with tractor plus front bucket. Need something out the back to offset the potential 1,000# out front. My little 160# back blade plus loaded tires really isn't enough if I were to get on uneven ground. I have to be careful how much I pick up, but my driveway is all very level. Where I've had to watch is going down my back hill, going over little stumps in the ground, etc.
Ralph
The 4010, 2210 and 2305 units are very light weight. You can easily get 1,000# in even a 50" bucket. That's 1,000# out front of a 2,200 # package with tractor plus front bucket. Need something out the back to offset the potential 1,000# out front. My little 160# back blade plus loaded tires really isn't enough if I were to get on uneven ground. I have to be careful how much I pick up, but my driveway is all very level. Where I've had to watch is going down my back hill, going over little stumps in the ground, etc.
Ralph
