Finally pulled the trigger

[dhjmd]

Congratulations Aquabird, nice looking tractor!

 

[Aquabird]

Thanks Dhjmd, Kubota made it, I did wax it though. Took me two days for my shoulders to quit aching.
Got lots of work to do with it when I get the time. Seems like things seem to go in cycles. Not much to do for a while and then so much to do and so little time. Everything comes at you at once.

 

[Aquabird]

So, after owning the tractor for a few days, I have some observations to share.
First, I may have bought a tractor larger than I really want/need. Yes, I bought it because I wanted a loader that lifted a good deal of weight more than the tractor I just sold.
This tractor will definitely lift lots more weight.
My old Ford 1520 sipped fuel, this tractor gulps it.
I know this may be my imagination, but the hour meter seems to add another hour for each 1/2 hour I use it.?
This tractor seems to bounce a lot more than my old tractor. I tried to lower the pressure in the front tires, but it did not help, so I will put the air back in the fronts again.
This tractor turns a lot quicker than my old tractor.
The FEL operates a lot more smoothly than my old one.
The Turf Tires I have on this tractor get great traction on turn and on my gravel driveway.

I will keep posting about how I feel about this tractor.

 

[civilian]

............I told him great, get me 200 more ton....a ton does not go far.
I do wish now I had gotten the forks for my tractor.

You be a very long time moving that amount of top soil on your fork tips. I think the bucket would be much faster. LOL Jon

 

[Aquabird]

You be a very long time moving that amount of top soil on your fork tips. I think the bucket would be much faster. LOL Jon

Yeah, funny. I think there is going to be a bull dozer out there at some point and they will move that around.

 

[Aquabird]

Well, I think I have talked myself into getting a set of Forks. Not to eat on.
I have some projects upcoming that I will need them for. My wife told me she thought we should have bought the ones he used to help unload my implements when the dealer brought the new tractor.
Need to see what I can get a good set made in the U.S.A. for.

 

[Aquabird]

I drove my Tractor about 5 miles to the nearest small town to weigh my tractor yesterday.

I wanted to know exactly how much it weighed, so I would know if my trailer would haul it.
My MX5400 with loader, weighed 5280lbs with 3/4 full fuel and Turf Tires.
Has anybody else weighed their tractors?

 

[Bullwinkle123]

I drove my Tractor about 5 miles to the nearest small town to weigh my tractor yesterday.

I wanted to know exactly how much it weighed, so I would know if my trailer would haul it.
My MX5400 with loader, weighed 5280lbs with 3/4 full fuel and Turf Tires.
Has anybody else weighed their tractors?

I'm thinking that weight is such that you do _not_ have loaded tires, right? I'm not entirely sure what that adds, I've been using a guesstimate of 1600 pounds. Anybody know? (Loaded R4's on MX5400)

 

[Aquabird]

I'm thinking that weight is such that you do _not_ have loaded tires, right? I'm not entirely sure what that adds, I've been using a guesstimate of 1600 pounds. Anybody know? (Loaded R4's on MX5400)

Right, no loaded tires.
Really, if you look at the book, you would not think it would weigh that much. The book says 3734lbs. And I would guess the FEL adds the rest, possibly fuel and oil too.

 

[Bullwinkle123]

Right, no loaded tires.
Really, if you look at the book, you would not think it would weigh that much. The book says 3734lbs. And I would guess the FEL adds the rest, possibly fuel and oil too.

The loader and bucket weigh a lot, the loader in particular gets ignored.

LA1065 Loader: 1322 lbs
L2296 Bucket: 397 lbs

Bare tractor weight doesn't include the loader and attachments. I keep a little chart of all the component weights of things I own for the tractor so that I can remember the real weight when assessing things like "can I drive over that?" and "can that trailer haul this?". What I'm missing is an accurate weight for the added tire filler.

The moral of the story is that when you have all your attachments on it and your own body weight (1/8 ton for me ), you're looking at something approaching 4 tons for an MX5400 with loaded tires.