So I did a thing... Agria 8900D

[airbiscuit]

If you can make telescoping stabilizers,they are way more convenient than turnbuckles.

 

[ptsg]

If you can make telescoping stabilizers,they are way more convenient than turnbuckles.
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That's my plan. Have them on my Branson and it's indeed very handy and easy to use.

Space, however, will dictate how am I going to squeeze the stabilizers in there, either telescopic or chains. This tractor has a weird rear end setup with very limited space. Stabilizers on the inside, won't quite work given the PTO gearbox setup. On the outside of the lift arms, may work but will be very tight.

 

[ptsg]

I think I may have a plan for the 3 pt that shouldn't even require stabilizers. Just brainstorming though.

Another option would be to make some spacers for the wheels, so I would get some room for the stabilizers, but then it would make the tractor over 1 meter wide, so the tiller that came with it wouldn't cover the tracks.

Anyway, this is one of my plans:

 

[Xfaxman]

Put the stabilizers on the inside of the lift arms like the Toolcat:

 

[ptsg]

Put the stabilizers on the inside of the lift arms like the Toolcat:

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No room for that. Check picture on post #122. The PTO gearbox sticks out too much for that and for those to work well, it would need to be in the same pivot shaft as the lift arms which is impossible since there is a gearbox in the way.

 

[etpm]

No room for that. Check picture on post #122. The PTO gearbox sticks out too much for that and for those to work well, it would need to be in the same pivot shaft as the lift arms which is impossible since there is a gearbox in the way.

I'm waiting to see your solution. I'm sure you will come up with something that works well. I wish you lived near me so that I could ask permission to drive the thing. It looks like a truly novel driving experience.
Eric

 

[2manyrocks]

This kind of tractor is extremely rare to even see in the USA.

 

[MTGreen]

That's my plan. Have them on my Branson and it's indeed very handy and easy to use.

Space, however, will dictate how am I going to squeeze the stabilizers in there, either telescopic or chains. This tractor has a weird rear end setup with very limited space. Stabilizers on the inside, won't quite work given the PTO gearbox setup. On the outside of the lift arms, may work but will be very tight.

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There's a green piece hanging down from the axle just inside of the tire. Is that the pivot point for the lower 3pt arms or are the pivots on the rear case next to the pto outputs?
It would seem from the pics that one would be pivots and the other would be stabilizer attachment points

 

[ptsg]

There's a green piece hanging down from the axle just inside of the tire. Is that the pivot point for the lower 3pt arms or are the pivots on the rear case next to the pto outputs?
It would seem from the pics that one would be pivots and the other would be stabilizer attachment points

Maybe these pictures will help a bit better. For some context, this are looking from the back at the left side of the tractor. Left picture is looking from above and the right picture is looking from behind.

The U shaped bracket is where the lower lift arms attach and pivot. The vertical plate in front of that bracket is part of the original 3 pt setup, where the arms would rub on it but this provides a fixed spacing on the arms, so if I need to go any narrower, I can't. If I need to go wider (most likely), the will be a lot of side to side play.

Between the tire and the vertical plate, I have 3" to 4" of space to work with.

 

[ptsg]

I'm waiting to see your solution. I'm sure you will come up with something that works well. I wish you lived near me so that I could ask permission to drive the thing. It looks like a truly novel driving experience.
Eric

It's just an entire country and a tiny ocean in between.

It's very cool to drive, maneuvers in tight spots super nice, but I'll say right away, it's a very tight operators platform, even for me that I'm slightly vertically challenged. Specially coming from a open platform tractor with lots of room.

Even though it's basic transmission with straight cut gears, it still shifts very nice and smooth. I can easily change all 4 gears and High/Low ranges on the move easily and no grinding at all.

I did took some more pictures with the hood and also checking the pivot range. It will still twist a lot more than that but I wanted to get out of the rain.