Rk55

[Soundguy]

TYM is not the only manufacturer to put fuel tanks there. A lot of them do it.

Yes.. I believe I expressed/implied that by saying that I had run plenty of equipment with low saddle tanks and then had to deal with debris hits and stick punctures.

 

[Btown]

Yes.. I believe I expressed/implied that by saying that I had run plenty of equipment with low saddle tanks and then had to deal with debris hits and stick punctures.

I know. I was just pointing out that just about every tractor manufacturer puts their fuel tanks there on certain size tractors. It is a normal spot. A hole in the fuel tank is bad but not as bad as a stick through the oil filter. There is one manufacturer that put the oil filter low and unprotected. There was one guy on this site that had a stick damage the filter and lost a lot of oil. I can’t remember if he lost the engine. But a new fuel tank is nothing compared to a new engine. If I remember correctly I think Cabelas might have made a skid plate to protect the fuel tank.

 

[Soundguy]

BTDT on the oil filters too. I sold a tractor to a driving range that had a golf ball fly in and ding an oil filter on kubota SCUT and turn it into a pile of scrap before the un-trained operator knew what was going on.

Have had sticks and limbs snatch oil lines, cables, wires, you name it. If it can be poked or snatched by a limb or a stick, I mighta seen it. Even had cows rip distribuitor cap and spark plug wires off tractors with their horns too.

 

[LouNY]

Park anything were a cow can reach it and if it has exposed wires they will be removed, plug wires, alternator wiring harnesses, they are all fair game to acow.