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Would larger tires help?
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rustyshakelford
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What's the front of the Massey look like? Can you chain or bolt some Craigslist find workout weights. I bet a couple hundred pounds would make a big difference. Maybe I missed it but have you tried with your kubota?
Brett
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daugen
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Brett, thanks. The Kubota has a FEL on all the time, and I just load that with weight.
The Massey has a nice bull bar up front that was not designed to hold weight apparently. It is held on by four large bolts, but
the optional Massey weight bar, the one that costs $750, goes much further under the frame apparently and therefore is stronger.
So I think I'm stuck buying that factory bar. I already have 600 pounds of weights for the factory bar, bought because I was told they would
fit the bar I had on the tractor already. Wrong, they don't.
So I've decided to just suck it up and buy the factory bar. I needed some weight, sure didn't want to spend almost 1300 bucks to accomplish this...the
salesman and I are going to have a heart to heart talk tomorrow about not doing this to me again. I have a very good relationship with this Kubota dealer and
this is a new salesman I don't want to burn. But he sure didn't get his facts straight and that we will chat about.
Too wet to get back into fields yesterday after over two inches of rain, but around 9am this morning I am back at it. And this time....brakes unlocked and they will be used.
Harrow readjusted to position three in front, one down from most aggressive, and position 2 in the rear, one up from least aggressive. Harrow is hitting on front gangs about an inch faster than rears, so they are biting in, which is good with all this grass involved. What a pain that was to get out of the discs...took me almost an hour. Notched discs are stamped Land Pride, not another company and boy are they sharp. Actually cut the end of my finger on one.
I'm going to lower the air pressure to 14# in both tires. They look pretty flat as is, but no bulge or ripple in sidewall. Maybe I can soften them just a little.
Am curious as to what air pressure others run in rears.
LD1
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14psi still seems high for an ag rear. What does the sidewall max say? What ply?
Alot of older 2wd farm machines, 6-8psi was pretty normal
Alot of older 2wd farm machines, 6-8psi was pretty normal
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daugen
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only says max 35psi when inflating
Turbys_1700
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Go low on the psi and load your rears. It will make a lot of difference. Should add close to 1000# total. Loading rears is a lot less expensive versus rear wheel weights.
Every tractor here on the farm has always had the rears loaded. Back in the day that was ground engaging equipment and haying operations.
Fast forward 30 years ago my first compact was a little Yanmar 1700. The rears were loaded and I finished mowed with it. Even with rice tires the turf was OK if I did not mow wet. Total eight was was around 1800#. 12 years ago I traded it in on a NH 1720 with loaded rears. Total weight around 3300# with AG tires. Again I finish mowed with little tearing of the turf. Last year I traded up to a Workmaster 50 with loaded rears. That tractor is over 6K pounds and with R4's. I have very little damage to my turf when finish mowing. I don't mow when the grass is wet or turn sharp.
Keep us updated. That is a really nice disc and tractor you have there Daugen.
Every tractor here on the farm has always had the rears loaded. Back in the day that was ground engaging equipment and haying operations.
Fast forward 30 years ago my first compact was a little Yanmar 1700. The rears were loaded and I finished mowed with it. Even with rice tires the turf was OK if I did not mow wet. Total eight was was around 1800#. 12 years ago I traded it in on a NH 1720 with loaded rears. Total weight around 3300# with AG tires. Again I finish mowed with little tearing of the turf. Last year I traded up to a Workmaster 50 with loaded rears. That tractor is over 6K pounds and with R4's. I have very little damage to my turf when finish mowing. I don't mow when the grass is wet or turn sharp.
Keep us updated. That is a really nice disc and tractor you have there Daugen.
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daugen
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thanks guys. In for lunch. Been out there for four hours, it's running great.
boy does using the foot brakes help, probably knocked the new pad glaze off them.
by the third pass I did not have to lift the harrow very often.
Again this is land that should have been bushhogged and/or plowed.
Farmer neighbor delighted, he thought it was too wet.
after raising the disc this morning before starting, I wiggled the tractor back and forth and there is
both flex in the sidewall and some small bulge when the weight of the harrow is on. Looked pretty flat
and for sure not overly stiff.
boy does using the foot brakes help, probably knocked the new pad glaze off them.
by the third pass I did not have to lift the harrow very often.
Again this is land that should have been bushhogged and/or plowed.
Farmer neighbor delighted, he thought it was too wet.
after raising the disc this morning before starting, I wiggled the tractor back and forth and there is
both flex in the sidewall and some small bulge when the weight of the harrow is on. Looked pretty flat
and for sure not overly stiff.
