I did it! M6040 is all mine!

[drollz]

I made my down payment today and should take delivery of it this weekend or the first part of the week. I went with the 1153 FEL, r4 tires, 600 lb. wheel weights, tires filled with water,and Gearmore 72" scraper with scarifiers.

With tax the price ended up at $30,455. 2% farm sales tax in my county. I am very happy with the price and especialy with the dealer that I have been working with. I decided to use the 5.9% for 72 months finance plan to keep the payment as low as possible. Just couldn't beat the terms. I will be sure to post up some pictures as soon as I can for everybody.

 

[FamilyFarm]

Congrats on the new M6040!!

I just got a L5030 HST Cab yesterday!! I made the mistake of driving a M7040 Cab and really had to talk myself out of it! That seat was the most comfortable thing I could have imagined in a tractor. I had back surgergy 3 years ago, so I needed one that rides good. Having a bad back makes me really notice how ones handles the rough ground and that thing rode oh so well. I also enjoyed the hydraulic shuttle more than I thought I would. The engine was very smooth, reasonbly quiet. All in all, I was very impressed. It is just physically too large for much of what I need to do with a tractor. I love the 5030 also, but that 7040 was very tempting!
Enjoy it and you must post pictures. I posted a few in another thread, but here is one for quick viewing.

Terry

 

[riptides]

Sweet

I am sure that tractor will make projects easier. Seems like you got a deal on the price.

Very nice. Thanks for the price/setup info.

-Mike Z.

 

[drollz]

When I got home from work last night my tractor was sitting there waiting for me! WOW does that thing have alot of power. I sure am glad I put the 600 lb weights and filled tires because I loaded the fel several times and I could feel the rear end still bouncing alittle bit. So far I have no regrets. Here is a photo of it sitting in front of the garage.

 

[riptides]

You know that is a really nice piece of equipment.

Hope you can share some in action details when you start working it out.

Is that your property too? Looks nice.

Good luck with it....

-Mike Z.

 

[drollz]

Yes it's my property. I have 20 acres here. Right now I have safflower and some weeds growing for the upcoming dove season. I will be sure to share some stories.

drollz

 

[FamilyFarm]

What size/type/brand/weight box blade do you have attached? That should provide some ballast. My box blade is only 600 lbs. (is your box blade the 600 lbs you refer to?) so I need to figure the best way to add weight to it for extra ballast for FEL. I hated to pay the extra $$ for a 1000 lb box blade when I really don't need one that heavy except for ballast. I can always use the 1140 lb rotary cutter for ballast, but it sure takes up a lot of space and can easily get in the way.
Terry

 

[drollz]

I have 600 lb wheel weights, fluid in the tires and the box blade. The blade is a 72" medium duty type. It was not the heavy duty type. I just didn't think I would need it for sand and dirt. I have not taken it off yet to actually see how heave the scraper is.

I am still amazed as to how much pulling power this thing has. I put it in 4x4 and you can't stop it with the scraper full, it doesn't even feel like it is struggling. The hydraulic shuttle works perfect, way smoother than I thought it would be. Very exciting

drollz

 

[Dishpointer]

Man what a sweet tractor! I can't wait to mine.

 

[Stef]

Nice tractor. I like the new look of the hood and fenders. Have fun!