New Baby on Way (M95s)

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I stopped by the dealer today and they told me that the fluid in the rear tires will add 1,760 lbs. I also picked out a rear blade since my old one is just to small. The new blade is a Woods 96" that weighs 650 lbs. With the loaded tires and blade the tractor should weigh about 12,000 lbs. I'm going to go out on a limb here but I think that my old 10,000 gvw trailer is going to not cut it.
 
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Maybe torture should be illegal.:) I'm still waiting for the tractor to be delivered. The dealer had to fill the tires and do a few minor things first. Then yesterday they didn't have a driver available.
I have a few days off during Christmas and was hoping to get some projects done. I figured that over the next few days I could add bucket hooks, chain carrier, hydraulic lines for the grapple, etc... Then I would spend a few days in the woods moving fallen trees, limbs and firewood.
Oh well it's kind of like that Brad Paisley song "Waitin on a Woman". :)
 
   / New Baby on Way (M95s) #13  
Better check with your dealer and see if they go by the "Rumsfeld" torture definition....

Congrats on the great tractor.
 
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Pitt,
Good idea about checking Rumsfeld's definition.

I did just get some great news about 2 hours ago: They delivered the tractor!!!!! We had a minor ice storm today and they almost had to delay it again.

The ground here still is frozen so I quickly took the tractor out back near the woods and tried her out. I have several trees about 10" in diameter and 40 foot tall that I want to take out. So I put the bucket about 8' up on the trees and could push them right over. Then I would back up and push out the big root ball with ease. What a huge testosterone fest!
I had to put my toy away and go back to work. Over the next few weeks I'll try to post some action pictures.
Life is good!
 
   / New Baby on Way (M95s) #15  
I stopped by the dealer today and they told me that the fluid in the rear tires will add 1,760 lbs. I also picked out a rear blade since my old one is just to small. The new blade is a Woods 96" that weighs 650 lbs. With the loaded tires and blade the tractor should weigh about 12,000 lbs. I'm going to go out on a limb here but I think that my old 10,000 gvw trailer is going to not cut it.

If I understand correctly, your new rear blade is 650 lbs. Your new tractor will be able to bend that one and you won't even feel it. Be very careful and or get a heaver rear blade. I went that route already, dealer thought that the blade that he sold me would be fine. ( and it would have been if I only had a 50hp tractor) I bent it the first time that I used it. Showed pictures to dealer, he showed manufacturer, was told that I abused it and would not cover under warranty. I continued to use it and it just gradually got worse. I finally broke down and bought a good one that would stand up to the tractor that it is hooked to. A rear blade that will hold up behind your tractor is not going to be cheap. A minimum of $3000 and probably more I would guess. !2,000lbs and 95hp is a lot of power, just hate to see you ruin a brand new blade.

Just trying to give you a heads up after what happened to me.

Good luck with your new tractor.
 
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If I understand correctly, your new rear blade is 650 lbs. Your new tractor will be able to bend that one and you won't even feel it. Be very careful and or get a heaver rear blade. I went that route already, dealer thought that the blade that he sold me would be fine. ( and it would have been if I only had a 50hp tractor) I bent it the first time that I used it. Showed pictures to dealer, he showed manufacturer, was told that I abused it and would not cover under warranty. I continued to use it and it just gradually got worse. I finally broke down and bought a good one that would stand up to the tractor that it is hooked to. A rear blade that will hold up behind your tractor is not going to be cheap. A minimum of $3000 and probably more I would guess. !2,000lbs and 95hp is a lot of power, just hate to see you ruin a brand new blade.

Just trying to give you a heads up after what happened to me.

Good luck with your new tractor.

MtnViewRanch,
Thanks for the advice. I will have to baby it to keep from bending it. The specs on the blade rate it for 75 HP which is asking for trouble. Right now I just need the blade to move snow (if we ever get any this year down here). I think that you are right, I had better start saving up for a real heavy duty model. What also may motivate me to buy one is that this one is manual angle and climbing up and down each time to adjust the angle may push me over the edge.
 
   / New Baby on Way (M95s) #17  
MtnViewRanch,
Thanks for the advice. I will have to baby it to keep from bending it. The specs on the blade rate it for 75 HP which is asking for trouble. Right now I just need the blade to move snow (if we ever get any this year down here). I think that you are right, I had better start saving up for a real heavy duty model. What also may motivate me to buy one is that this one is manual angle and climbing up and down each time to adjust the angle may push me over the edge.

One of the things that I looked for before I bought my new Land Pride RBT45108 blade was not only HP ratings, but weight ratings. I have no doubt that your blade is rated for 75HP, but is that 2 wheel drive, or 4x4? Some of the mfg are listing their stuff with HP ratings for 2WD.

My tractor is a prime example, factory weight is 7350lbs, add the FEL, another 2000lbs, add wheel weights of 860lbs, add fluid in the tires, another 1600lbs, a rear implement of over 1000lbs. Now I have a 75Hp tractor that weighs 12,810lbs, but I still have a 75HP tractor, do you think that an implement that is built for a 5500lb 75HP tractor is going to hold up?:rolleyes:
"But the implement was built for your size HP tractor" the dealer will tell you when you take back the mangled piece of metal.:( "We're sorry, but this implement has obviously been abused, we will not be able to help you out with this. But we can sell you another one!"

All this and you never even felt what happened because of the size of your tractor and the small size of the implement. I'm sure that your blade will be fine for snow, but I would pretty much forget about it for grading dirt. As you have said, hydraulic adjustments are the way to go anyway.
Start saving now, a rear blade that will hold up to your tractor and have hydraulics on it is going to run you over $4000 if you buy new.

Good luck with your new equipment, your tractor sure is nice. ;)
 
   / New Baby on Way (M95s) #18  
Wow...congrats on that tractor. That model --and 96 successor is probably Kubota's best larger tractor. Lots of weight, nice cab, solid castings. I looked at one real hard but could not quite swing it. I used to have an M8950 that was a beast in what it could do and it did it on a thimbleful of fuel. At first I thought the gauge was broken. I loved that tractor.
You are a lucky man to have such a fine piece of machinery.
 
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Wow...congrats on that tractor. That model --and 96 successor is probably Kubota's best larger tractor. Lots of weight, nice cab, solid castings. I looked at one real hard but could not quite swing it. I used to have an M8950 that was a beast in what it could do and it did it on a thimbleful of fuel. At first I thought the gauge was broken. I loved that tractor.
You are a lucky man to have such a fine piece of machinery.

Thanks for the kind words. I sat in an M95 two years ago but never thought it was in my price range. Getting a used one in good shape and getting $23,500 for my L4330 on trade put it within reach.

Never give up. :)
 
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I had to take her out this morning to move some equipment and I took the opportunity to take a few pictures.
 

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