Gutless wonder tractors still beats a tractor too light for the job. My L3240 pulled a box blade or plow slow. The L3800 is a lot higher power to weight ratio but when the going gets tough it sits there spinning its wheels. The l3240 was the smallest engine of that frame and more power would have definitely been better but a smaller tractor with equal power is worse.
As someone who is looking for a loader tractor right now, bare tractor weight is unimportant to me.
I want something that has a diesel engine and at least 40HP at the PTO.
Is there any compact tractor with at least 40HP at the PTO that weigh less than 3,700 pounds, bare tractor weight?
All much newer and lighter than what I am looking at (Massey 150, International 575, Ford 3550, to name a few).Kubota MX4800 2wd shuttle. The MX4800 4WD shuttle is 27 lbs over.
The L4701 gear is 39.3 PTO hp and well under 3700 lbs.
All much newer and lighter than what I am looking at (Massey 150, International 575, Ford 3550, to name a few).
Aaron Z
Hmmm, the first part above (in bold) directly contradicts the second part below (in italics), unless there is a gearing change as well.
Larger wheels mean a higher ground speed and less torque on the ground for the same axle RPM, if a tractor has larger wheels, it generally gets different gears to increase the torque at the axle and make up for the larger tires.
Aaron Z
You forgot to mention....
Tire width and flotation VS traction.