Weight is bad

   / Weight is bad #21  
Everyone says you can always add weight, but how much can you really add? Anyone have an idea?

Quite a lot really! But your Doctor may tell you to lose it!:D
 
   / Weight is bad #22  
Good answer,

At some point it wouldn't fit in the seat.. All I know is the only complaints I've ever heard are from Kubota owners who are farming larger farms. Most of my friends here have 50hp and up. I'm sure the light weight works well for mini farms and lawn mowing.
 
   / Weight is bad #23  
Everyone says you can always add weight, but how much can you really add? Anyone have an idea?

Check your manual.. It's likely the engineers that built your tractor already did the hard work for you and told you what you can and can't do. A quick check of a few of my ford and nh manuals all show reccomended and max weighting ... I suspect many machines manuals do the same.. or I would hope so..

soundguy
 
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Everyone says you can always add weight, but how much can you really add? Anyone have an idea?

It depends on how easy the axles are. The rule with Kubota is no more than 50% of the tractors weight... thats alot. Kubota's make great haying tractors and loader machines, they are not tillage tractors.
 
   / Weight is bad #25  
It depends on how easy the axles are. The rule with Kubota is no more than 50% of the tractors weight... thats alot.

Does that include what's in the loader and on the 3 pt? If so, with a tractor like mine, half the weight would be around 1800 pounds. You could have 1000 pounds in the loader and 400 in fluid in each rear and you'd be maxed out. Or does that just include fluid, wheel weights and what you hang on the front?

Kubota's make great haying tractors and loader machines, they are not tillage tractors.

Why is that? I know they don't make big articulated machines and I think their max HP tractor is a 125 HP. What else makes them not good at tilling (I'm assuming we're talking about commercial farming)? In other words, take the M125x or something similar. Is it less suited for tilling than a comparable 125 hp JD or NH? (I've never seen any big Kubota used for any sort of tilling around here, only JDs and NHs).
 
   / Weight is bad #26  
Surplus weight is bad,
excessive wheel slip is bad,
pick your poison,

err, pick your balance.
 
   / Weight is bad #27  
Check your manual.. It's likely the engineers that built your tractor already did the hard work for you and told you what you can and can't do. A quick check of a few of my ford and nh manuals all show reccomended and max weighting ... I suspect many machines manuals do the same.. or I would hope so..

soundguy

Huhh ?

Read the F-word Manual ?
Are you kiddin', on drugs, or what ?

Somewhere there are pics of tire prints that show how to know when you have ideal wheel slip, indicating proper ballast for what you are pulling.
Check 'em out, know when you have excess weight or insufficient ballast for what you're pulling.
Yeah, I know the implement wipes 'em out, but if you look between the tractor and the implement.... (-:
Yes, it IS the tire print on the surface you havn't processed, THAT is the surface your traction is with.
 
   / Weight is bad #28  
I had to add a bunch of weight packs to the front of my JD2355. With my 1300lb chipper on the 3pt, the front end was really light. It was nearly impossible to clutch out of a stop without popping up the front tires. Kind of fun but sort of a pain when in tight quarters.
The packs did the trick. The front tires are not weighted. On this tractor, this combo makes good sense.

On my JD3720, I have filled R4s on all corners. I have never been sorry about that decision. That unit does all my loader, backhoe and general utility work. No other weights. I never have compaction problems. The R4s leave a light track and the newer design gives fine traction in the clay mud I have. All around it just works great. Even with the hoe mounted and 1000+lbs in the bucket, it moves around just fine, without strain at all. Heck, I hardly ever need FWD, even with heavy loads in the mud. I pretty much only use it when I need to dig in the bucket, or to pull something out of the ground.
 
   / Weight is bad #29  
Huhh ?

Read the F-word Manual ?
Are you kiddin', on drugs, or what ?

.

Are you?

if the data's available.. use it.

soundguy
 
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