Vigo327
Platinum Member
I have a B6100 and could certainly imagine that to be the case.
This is my first tractor and while I wasn't dead set on 4wd i've come to the conclusion that it's basically necessary on a tractor this small. My FEL subframe is MUCH more substantial than the one pictured there and even with the loader+subframe probably adding 50%+ to the bare weight of the tractor (up to 1500-1700lb, id ballpark), it can rarely manage enough traction in 4wd with the rear diff lock engaged to actually use all of the fifteen mighty horses the engine supposedly makes. I never realized how much i took the weight of heavier machines for granted until i started using this and also a <3000lb skid steer i bought shortly after. Both machines are limited by their own lack of weight more than a lack of power. I would imagine a front blade on something this size would only be great for snow or relatively loose material. I guess if i already had it i could see breaking loose a bunch of stuff with the rippers on my box blade and then spreading it with much more finesse with the front blade. I wouldn't go out of my way for it, though.
Seems to me it would be better to rig an appropriate blade onto an FEL somehow and just be careful with it. One thing I could see myself doing if you're actually trying to break into the ground at all is making some supports from the tractor frame forward to the rear of the loader arms so that forces would go straight into the frame instead of through the loader arms and tower. The small skid steer i mentioned has this feature from the factory.. when the lift arms are all the way down they rest directly against the 'frame', directly behind the bucket. Good thing too because every time i get into a skid steer i use 'ramming speed' at least once (including today in a borrowed Bobcat S150).
This is my first tractor and while I wasn't dead set on 4wd i've come to the conclusion that it's basically necessary on a tractor this small. My FEL subframe is MUCH more substantial than the one pictured there and even with the loader+subframe probably adding 50%+ to the bare weight of the tractor (up to 1500-1700lb, id ballpark), it can rarely manage enough traction in 4wd with the rear diff lock engaged to actually use all of the fifteen mighty horses the engine supposedly makes. I never realized how much i took the weight of heavier machines for granted until i started using this and also a <3000lb skid steer i bought shortly after. Both machines are limited by their own lack of weight more than a lack of power. I would imagine a front blade on something this size would only be great for snow or relatively loose material. I guess if i already had it i could see breaking loose a bunch of stuff with the rippers on my box blade and then spreading it with much more finesse with the front blade. I wouldn't go out of my way for it, though.
Seems to me it would be better to rig an appropriate blade onto an FEL somehow and just be careful with it. One thing I could see myself doing if you're actually trying to break into the ground at all is making some supports from the tractor frame forward to the rear of the loader arms so that forces would go straight into the frame instead of through the loader arms and tower. The small skid steer i mentioned has this feature from the factory.. when the lift arms are all the way down they rest directly against the 'frame', directly behind the bucket. Good thing too because every time i get into a skid steer i use 'ramming speed' at least once (including today in a borrowed Bobcat S150).
