The TC30 continues to impress me. It certainly is one stout tractor, little as it is. Yesterday, I tackled a project that had been growing, literally, for the past four years. One of the pastures had begun to be taken over with saplings. They were unwelcome. However, until this past spring, I did not have a reliable means by which to remove them. Even after purchasing the TC30, I did not tackle this problem for lack of a brush guard to protect the nose of the tractor.
Early summer I finally ordered a brush guard for the TC30. Now here is an interesting point. When my dealer received it from his distributor, it was painted the old Ford blue instead of the New Holland blue. I guess there isn't a great call for these. Oh, I left it the old Ford blue.
So I finally had time this week to clean up my growing mess. Many of the saplings were already head high. Some were much taller, nearly ten feet! And to make matters worse, there was probably a half acre were they grew like weeds. These were so close together you could not walk through them, and they were at least head tall. The TC30 had plenty of power to handle all of them. Not only that, my rotary mower is also the New Holland brand. I think it is rated as medium duty, but it did not have any trouble at this task.
During this mowing operation, I had the trans set at third/medium. Of course, the seatbelt was also being used. The tractor never stalled once, and the only time it really had to grunt a little was when I cleared out the area where they grew as thick a weeds. There I pulled a full five-foot cut. The mower chopped them up nicely, and the tractor pulled right through them.
Also, I did finally fill the rear tires with water before this job. I really like the difference. It is not "bouncy" while riding along anymore. It really feels anchored to the ground.
Unfortunately, she now has a few scratches on her.
Early summer I finally ordered a brush guard for the TC30. Now here is an interesting point. When my dealer received it from his distributor, it was painted the old Ford blue instead of the New Holland blue. I guess there isn't a great call for these. Oh, I left it the old Ford blue.
So I finally had time this week to clean up my growing mess. Many of the saplings were already head high. Some were much taller, nearly ten feet! And to make matters worse, there was probably a half acre were they grew like weeds. These were so close together you could not walk through them, and they were at least head tall. The TC30 had plenty of power to handle all of them. Not only that, my rotary mower is also the New Holland brand. I think it is rated as medium duty, but it did not have any trouble at this task.
During this mowing operation, I had the trans set at third/medium. Of course, the seatbelt was also being used. The tractor never stalled once, and the only time it really had to grunt a little was when I cleared out the area where they grew as thick a weeds. There I pulled a full five-foot cut. The mower chopped them up nicely, and the tractor pulled right through them.
Also, I did finally fill the rear tires with water before this job. I really like the difference. It is not "bouncy" while riding along anymore. It really feels anchored to the ground.
Unfortunately, she now has a few scratches on her.
