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The mid pto kit and 2 additional rear remotes were substantially more than that for my 1740m haha. I did all my own install work though.

I also suggest a used massey 1760m. I have a 1740m and I love it. I only wish I would've jumped to the 1760m from the get go.

Since the site never wants to upload more than one photo at a time properly for me, here's the after at part of one job.

I've been giving this thing a heck of a workout the last few weekends doing tree jobs. Each weekend we'll fill a 1 ton dump truck 3-4x. With fresh knives, this thing is an absolute monster. I didn't realize how dull the bed knife was in the first couple test uses until i went to flip it before...

Not quite, compact massey's are built by Iseki in Japan.

I had my neighbors tym 474 in the shop last week to fix some broken loader bolts. As a cnc machinist and mechanical engineer, I'm VERY glad I bought a massey 1740m instead. It's like comparing an old harbor freight ratchet to a matco ratchet. Yes, they both do the same thing, but the amount of...

I made a bracket that spaced the air filter down and forward slightly. Silly photo server here, let me try again. After a solid 4 hours, I'd say the tune and intercooler was a success! The tractor has way more power now running the chipper. Even with duller knives than I realized, only limbs...

Got the intercooler setup done just in time for 5 tree jobs over the next few weeks. It was a pain in the arse to make it all fit perfect and not rub anywhere.

5/6 of my vehicles are sticks, but you couldn't pay me to go back to a geared tractor for what I do. I will never mow, plow, hay, etc. My current massey was available as a power shuttle, but I went with the hydro. My tractor is used as an off road forklift, logging with skidding winch, moving...

When i ordered my diamond c 212, I purposely upgraded to the square coupler tube. No issues and I run heavy regularly. Looking at it from an engineering point of view, if the inner tube failed first, the outer tube would absolutely fail in rapid succession. DC doesn't build the inner tube...

Thanks! This was all standing dead elm, beech, or ash that will get burnt this year. The wet oak loads I cut earlier this spring/summer will get split this fall and have a year to dry. Thanks! The log bunks were a game changer. Sooooooo much better! It's a 32' trailer as that's the shortest...

I put a set of these on my massey, the load ratings are borderline silly. I've been very happy with them in all terrain I've encountered. https://yokohama-oht.com/usa/product-detail/?product=437&size=265%2F70R16.5

That's crazy the iseki engined massey's seem to be hard cold starting. My '19 1740m with the shibaura engine was never once plugged in last winter. The only time it didn't start was the fist cold snap, original battery clearly was done for. After the new battery, give it two glow cycles and...

Took advantage of another cool day to squeak another load in. This makes 8, should be done for winter now [emoji846].

One beech and one elm filled the trailer today!

How many other people have upgraded to a vermeer 606/906 from any of the other pto units? The woodmaxx is absolutely a tin can vs the vermeer. The 8h might be 900lbs, but the 906 is 2150lbs and a 606 is 1400lbs. The folding part of the feed chute is 3/16" thick alone. I'd be happy to add some...

They're Yokomaha alliance 550, very similar to the nokians. Going from r4 to these was night and day! You couldn't pay me to switch back. I really don't get why they aren't a major option like the r14 are becoming now. Granted, I will never plow a field or enter a mud bog competition so I can't...

I have a 2019 1740m and absolutely love it. Its exactly the same as the 1840m, just a shibaura engine instead if the iseki. The cab is incredibly comfortable and quiet. I added two remotes, wr long 3rd function, and mid pto for a front blower over two days of wrenching. I just crossed 1k hours...

I had a woodmaxx wm8m and just upgraded to a vermeer bc906 9" pto chipper. I can't speak of hill stability, but there is absolutely no comparison between any of the homeowner units and a true commerical grade unit. I would strongly urge you to look for a used vermeer bc606 if you plan on doing...

Took advantage of a 20° cooler day than yesterday to get rid of some poplars in odd places. This was 5-6" at the butt and feed set as slow as it goes, ran it much faster when doing the brush. With the 3 point lift rods moved it does pickup substantially higher also.

That was max lift height at the moment of the picture. The 3 point lift links that run down to the lower arms were at their longest possible setting. I moved them to their shortest possible setting after taking the chipper off, so it should go substantially higher now :).

I just gave it a proper test and I'm thoroughly impressed! I took down two ~12" dead oaks and chipped all the brush up. I ran the feed as slow as it would go while still having power to pull stuff in and left it there. Even being ~15hp under the recommended minimum, the only time it pulled the...

Ready for work now!

Got the last pieces welded in today at the bottom of the hitch structure and 2 coats of cat yellow put on. As much as I wanted to repaint the whole thing, that'll have to be a winter project when I don't need it in a couple days. I've got a dead oak that needs to come down so I'll give it a...

Well you definitely did better than me, but I did better than the recent auction, so I don't feel too bad haha. You straight up stole yours! I got a ton of progress done today! The plasma cutter made quick work of the crappy stick welds and it was free of the trailer in about 15 minutes...

Haha, no it won't get a question mark downpipe, it will be tig welded stainless if I have to though. The intercooler will be out front of the current cooling pack so the engine fan will pull air through it. I'm going to weld bungs on the in/out pipes for a thermocouple to measure the delta...

As my side tree work has gotten to be more and more, I needed more of a chipper than my woodmaxx wm8m. Its been great, but clearly isn't a fair comparison to a commercial duty. I stumbled onto a vermeer bc906 for a fair price a reasonable distance away. Yes, I'm well aware a bc606 would've been...

I have a set of yokomaha alliance 550 on my 1740m. They are very close to the Nokians in pattern and intended use. I switched from R4's and I absolutely love them. For what I use the tractor for, you couldn't pay me to switch back. Being that the footprint is so much wider/flatter, their...

No, the original owner didn't check that option box :rolleyes: Yes, I haul my tractor over to the job on the gooseneck. With the vermeer setup as a tow behind like it is now, I'd have to make second trip or have someone follow me as it would be over 32' long all hooked up on the deck with the...

My side job tree work has turned into enough that my woodmaxx wm8m just wasn't keeping up and was clearly not enough for the volume of brush I needed to deal with. At the last tree job I did, my friend brought over a morbark 9" unit that he had to "test" after doing some engine work on it for...

Well, I needed the grabble a couple times lately so I dusted off all the parts and fired up the welder! I'm happy to report it works as intended! Yes it's light duty and will bend if abused. Again, 99% of intended use is simply to move/load/unload logs more safely than using forks only. It is...

I have a woodmaxx wm8m and it's fantastic. Anything over 4" is firewood, but the 8x8 throat saves on secondary trimming. Heck, I wish the opening was 12x12, it would be even better! As other's have said, don't bother with a gravity feed chipper. The power feed gently grabs a branch and you walk...

I have a Hudson 35m that I ran on my new holland 1620 and now on my massey 1740m. IMO was very well matched for the 1620 and slightly undersized now for the 1740m. Zero complaints with the winch functionally, the 1740m could definitely handle the 45m winch is all. It would be perfect on your...

I have a woodmaxx wm8m on a 45hp (engine) tractor. Do not get anything smaller than an 8" in feed opening for the simple reason of less trimming. Anything over 4-5" is firewood to me, but that 8" opening disappears real quick when it's not a matchstick. If I ever stumble across a used mx9900...

It's a blessing and a curse being handy, seems everything likes to break around you haha. I'm happy it was a relatively straight forward fix too! I purposely bought a used tractor that was still under warranty so I wouldn't have to deal with things like this. Well silly me, I didn't read the...

Welllll, everything has been fantastic until the other day. I noticed that I couldn't pick up the blower at idle anymore. Steering and pto clutch operation was totally normal. So onto the diagnostic tests. Fluid level good, clean (just changed when mid pto kit went on in December), and not...

I bought a lightly used woodmaxx wm8m and its been fantastic. I wouldn't trade power feed for gravity feed any day of the week. I've run it on a nh 1620 and a massey 1740m. Obviously the massey runs it better with another 13hp, but it was still very usable on the 1620 for things that weren't...

Try taking a look again, I re-uploaded them. Go figure. I hope so! I had a front mount on my old new holland so this is what I'm used to. I looked at inverted 3pt units, but they were hardly any cheaper when you added a rear scraper blade and hydraulic chute rotation/deflector. That's not a...

Dealer called saying the blower kit came in! It was definitely not quite "bolt on" like you'd expect though. A handful of wrong hardware, holes too small, and the latch on the quick connect mechanism needed tweaks. But the war was won and then mounted a 1x6 hydraulic ram for the chute deflector...

Since you can only attach 10 pictures...

Spent a day and a half putting the 2nd and 3rd rear remotes, bumped loader valve relief pressure from 2300psi to 2700psi, wr long 3rd kit, and mid pto on. The front mount blower is supposed to be arriving in the next two weeks so I made use of time when the shop was closed. For anyone else...

Awesome! How do you like them so far?

Pulled and loaded a bunch of red oak logs!

Scored a free load of red oak today!

Looks like I've got some work to do! Ups man dropped off mid pto kit, 2nd and 3rd remotes, and a wr long 3rd kit. Mid pto to run the front mount blower, 3rd function for the grapple, and rear remotes for top/tilt/hydraulic rippers on box blade.

I added a 3 spool valve to my 1620, here's some pictures of how i did it. Adding rear remotes to 1620

Can't say exactly how much different they ride as the r4s were not filled and these are, so it's not exactly a fair comparison. It still rides like a tractor with no suspension off road if you hit a big rut you didn't see, but is very smooth at full speed going down the road. Sizes im running...

For anyone considering tire options, I can't say enough good things about the Yokomaha alliance 550s. For the life of me I cannot understand why r4s are the default all purpose tire. I switched from galaxy r4s to them and after 40 hours, I'm blown away by their performance. They don't tear up...

Now that I have about 40 hours on them, I'm blown away with their performance and legitimately don't understand why these aren't the standard "r4" tire option. I can't wait to see how they do in the winter, i just ordered the factory front blower kit. With 10psi in the rears, they have a...

That's a light load! I had it way heavier with a tornado blown down 40" black walnut in may. That load was still lighter than a 23klb off road man lift I hauled for a friend. That thing was HEAVY! I purposely ordered the heaviest spec non FET taxed trailer I could to do exactly this type of...

It was a perfect Sunday for some work!

Helped a neighbor across the lake take down some trees and he didn't want any of the logs!

Coming from northern michigan, I had to deliver a customer vehicle to houston. Since it was a paid trip and I was going to have an empty trailer on the way back, I used it as an excuse to pick up a Massey 1740m in Oklahoma City for a very good deal.

As the owner of a Wm8m with 40 couple hours just this year behind a Massey 1740m, I'll offer my 2 cents. Bigger is 110% better. It's amazing how fast the 8" opening fills up when branches start folding in on themselves. If someone made a 12" opening pto chipper that wasn't 2.5k+ lbs, I'd sell...

Thanks! The neighbor wanted to borrow it and the chipper yesterday so it was a good test. No leaks to be found when he brought it back after 6 hours of use so I'm calling it a success!

And it's back together! The repair was a success, no more puking oil out of the bellhousing!

Bought the tractor with 820 hours on it leaking hydraulic oil from the bell housing. Let's fix it! Here's day 1 progress. Still haven't seen a smoking gun of where it was leaking from, but every seal in here is getting changed. There was just oil EVERYWHERE.

I have a shocker hitch on my 32' gooseneck. Admittedly, I've never pulled the trailer without it, but everyone who rides in my truck remarks at how incredibly smooth it is loaded or empty. I run about 40-45psi in the bag.

I fill all 4 tires. The fronts are so cheap to do, so why not? Adding more weight down low only helps stability and traction.

They're definitely not a normal r4, maybe the sidewall says it because these 2 particular sizes are a common r4 replacement size? Here's what the Yokomaha site says about these Alliance 550's: "550 MULTIUSE pattern is used in agricultural applications because of its versatile tread design...

Not exactly, but they are a hybrid design tire also. I now realize I forgot to specify that these are Alliance 550 tires made by Yokomaha. They are a radial tractor tire marketed towards municipal equipment or farm equipment that travels frequently on roads but still needs to handle heavy loads...

After selling my new holland 1620 with turfs and front chains, I knew I had to do something on the new to me 1740m that had worn r4's. After as much research as I could do, I ditched the galaxy r4s for something that should do much better for my uses. If they save me from buying chains for...

Had 2 loads just like it! Plan is selling off the logs that are worth anything to a mill, then firewood for the rest. It does looks a little funny, but it tows absolutely beautifully. My friend riding with me couldn't believe just how smooth actually. But, that's the difference an air ride...

The correct size rear tires finally came in so I ran down to the Mennonite tractor shop and helped them switch the tires out and fill all 4 with rim guard. If these save chaining up for the winter, they will be worth every penny.

I have to ask, Johannesburg MI is a rather small and incredibly random place in Michigan to choose for an example unless you live there. Are you a local also? So as to not totally derail this thread, I'll add my 2 cents. Unless you're dead set on buying new, look at lightly used 2-4 year old...

I'm also with you. Yes burning is "free", but it certainly still requires labor and often more time tending/stirring than just chipping and being done with it. I have limited time to get work done and I'm not waiting around for a good day to burn. I have a woodmaxx Wm8m that I've run on both a...

Many hands make light work, so it was a good opportunity to take down a 32" white pine that died 2 years ago when the water levels were crazy high. 1740m got a workout running the Hudson 35m winch to pull the logs up to a flat/dry area to work on them, carrying logs, and then running the...

Helped clean up tornado damage in town over the weekend and hauled 2 loads of blown down black walnut out!

SOLD!!!

As an update of sorts, the new to me massey got 20 hours on it over the weekend cleaning up tornado damage in town. I'm very pleased with it overall, just getting used to the touchy loader controls and the twin pedals instead of a rocker vs my new hollands. The loader lift is very impressive...

Ended up racking up 20 hours on the 1740m this weekend! A tornado hit downtown so a few other firemen and myself piled in my truck and headed to town to help clean up. I'm extremely impressed overall with the tractor. The rear tires are 47" tall for scale of the black walnut log. I ended up with...

Will do! Got the hydraulic top link mounted today and going to get a set of tires on thursday. It rolled 760 hours running the chipper yesterday. Judging by the lack of wear on the loader joystick/bucket and geographic location, I have to assume mowing or hay was the primary duty of this tractor...

New holland 1620 tractor package deal, hydro trans and 4x4. Asking $15,000 OBO. Location is just outside of Gaylord michigan. Includes the tractor with soft cab and heater, loader with ssqa conversion, qa 5' bucket, qa 1200lb forks, 5' box blade, and factory front mount 5' snow blower. She's...

I'm just breaking out some math, that's all! I thought the price was quite reasonable for what it was. I looked at buying new, but I just couldn't stomach ~$40k for a 35-40hp with a loader and a blower. Clearly no one knew what a grease gun was on this tractor though, I had to beat all the...

I was as well! Apparently the bank wanted to get rid of it! Yup, that's me. I got for just under $24k. Please use scientific data to back up your opinion or take your thread crapping elsewhere. Would you like to offer some explanation as to why it "doesn't look that great"? There are ~3.5"...

Not really, this is a 2008 Grand Cherokee crd. It's the same 3.0L diesel V6 engine and transmission that's in a Mercedes Sprinter of the same era. The Jeep weighs 5500 lb and the factory tow rating is 7700 lb. The engine has a stage 1 tune and downpipe which bumps it to 420 lb/ft of torque...

I had to deliver a customer vehicle to Houston, so I used it as an excuse to do some out of state tractor shopping. I ended up finding a 2019 1740m Hydro/cab outside Oklahoma city. It was a bank repo that was on consignment at a dealer. I made a cash offer for $6K below what they were asking and...

I'm honestly not sure what size other companies are using. Running the hydraulic math, each 1.5" cylinder will provide 3900 lb of force at 2200 PSI. A 2" cylinder would give 6900 lb of force. I feel like a pair of those is significant overkill and a legitimate risk of bending parts if you're not...

I considered adding a removable thumb to my pallet forks, but I use them to load / unload Freight semis at the road 2-3 times a week for my business. In real world daily practice, there is no way I would take the thumb on and off. It will be much faster to pop 2 latches for the quick connects...

The primary purpose for my grapple build is loading and unloading logs from my gooseneck bunk racks. I don't do much brush handling/raking, but I can absolutely see why a shorter lower tine would be advantageous for that. I do the job now with pallet forks, but I want to be able to grab handfuls...

Yup, sorry! Got back from vacation today and had two boxes waiting :). The 2 hydraulic rams and the WR 3rd function kit for the massey 1740m (that I'll hopefully go pickup in 2ish weeks). Time to go over to the neighbors to nest the dxf files on his plasma table software to see how big of a...

I added the turbo, I detailed it in the thread here Turbo NH 1620 . It has worked very well for the intended purpose and minimal cost involved.

No idea what a bunk of logs weighs, easily 5k or more. I load/unload them grabbing as many logs at a time as I can. I was using forks, but I'm building a grapple right now. I hope I will be! I stopped at the dealer in OK on my way to california for family vacation and actually put eyes on it...

Have your dealer do a WR Long 3rd function kit instead of the oem massey. The oem kit is nothing more than a diverter valve on the loader cross tube for $1800ish. The WR kit is a true 3rd function with the solenoid valve fed by the power beyond port of the loader valve. This way you can curl and...

Ironically I just ordered a WR Long 3rd function kit for my 1740m today, so I'm very glad to hear I made the correct choice! I know I could buy the valve itself and piece everything together and save some money, but 5 trips to the hydraulic shop and 3 days of messing with it certainly aren't...

I have a Wm8m that I've put about 50 hours on with various power levels. So I have some impressions that might be useful. Stock 1620 with 22hp at pto, the chipper had no noticeable rpm drop doing 2-"3" oak branches 3-4" green pine. Anything over that and it was working hard and clearly getting...

Very nice work! I see you went for a much shorter lower tine size, have you ever wished they were longer? What is your primary use for it? No, I'm having all the tines and cylinder brackets cnc plasma cut in town by a friendly business that does all my cnc plasma, laser, and waterjet work. They...

After dragging my feet too long, I've decided it's time for a grapple. I can't justify paying $2500+ for picking up logs and I own a fab shop, so let's build one! I modeled it all up tonight and have the mechanics worked out. I'll use 1.5"x6" cylinders which will give more than enough clamp...

After more YouTube videos than I can count, reading around here until I went cross-eyed, visiting dealers, reading around on different brand FB groups, I made a final decision on a 2019 MF 1740M cab tractor with a Hydro trans. I found a clean used one with 730 hours on consignment at a equipment...

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to own a backhoe of my own and I could surely find uses, but I have zero legitimate need when there's a monster case half a mile down the road with the keys in it. I've certainly been prowling the classifieds, but it makes it so much easier when you're looking for 2...

Here was my solution to add auxiliary hydraulics to my 1620. Adding rear remotes to 1620

Anything that has a mechanical pump means it can't be that complex to remove. Just requires a little creativity to fool the sensors/data recorder! I just know what all those lovely 3 letter acronym devices do over the long haul to an engine and if I were to spend the coin on something new, I'm...

I took a deeper look at current Mahindra offerings and the 1640 and 2638 look pretty good spec wise and I'm very glad to see they still don't use a DPF. I'll make it a point to drop by a dealer and put some hands on them. As handy as it would be to keep the 1520 and have a newer cabbed unit...

Hey guys, through a series of fortunate events over the last 5 years, I've ended up with two tractors for very good deals and I'm thinking it might be a perfect opportunity to sell them both and upgrade to one larger/slightly newer unit. The two tractors I have are both mid 90s new hollands...

I had this exact same thing happen to my 1620. It's the o ring marked #15 in the messick's diagram. Here's my thread with pictures of doing the job Zexel Injection pump internal leak repair

I went another route to add rear hydraulics to my 1620. Maybe there's some pictures in here to help you...

I have a 1620 and just went through the same pain in rear. I bought the tractor with the factory front blower and no loader. I hunted for a few months calling every new tractor dealer anywhere remotely near, watching fb marketplace, Craigslist, etc. I also got a quote from westendoef for $4700...

I had been looking for good a bit and missed 3 used units, but I got lucky on this one! The owner got a short notice transfer for work so they were liquidating the estate.

Keep your eyes peeled on searchtempest and Facebook marketplace. I just picked up this woodmax wm8m with 1.0 hours on it for $1400 in Wisconsin. Gave it a quick test and it chewed a whole 6" butt poplar like nothing. I'm running it on my turbo 1620. Not sure of exact pto hp, but has to be over...

Made use of the beautiful day to get 90% of a blown over oak :)

Got a pair of beat up ramsey 8k hydraulic winches for cheap off Craigslist a while back. Made one decent winch out of the two, some scrap steel from the shop, and now I have a hydraulic winch on my boom pole for dragging logs in! I heat my house and shop with a wood boiler, so I burn about 20...

After the last snowstorm, it was very apparent my 1620 could use some more *** for blowing large drifts. For a total of $300, it's now turbocharged! Disclaimer, diesel performance is what I do for a living. I fully understand the potential risks and methods for minimizing them. Please don't...

Fired up my 1620 the other day and proceeded to blow a 2ft diameter oil puddle out from the crankcase breather tube. I quickly shut it off as soon as I noticed it, pulled the dipstick and it was ALL the way full with the odor of raw diesel. I ran the tractor less than 2 weeks ago and the oil...

Howdy guys! I recently acquired a early 90s NH 1620 that I would like to add a 3 spool rear remote valve to. I'd like to do hydraulic top and side links and convert my box blade teeth to hydraulic up/down. The tractor has a front end loader control valve with a power beyond plug on the bottom...

Hello folks, I've searched the net and haven't found anyone discussing these two in the same conversation. The reason for these two is there is one of each for sale within reasonable distance of me for what I feel are reasonable prices (as reasonable as compact tractor prices are anyway...